In his March 21, 1861, Cornerstone Speech, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens presents what he believes are the reasons for what he termed was a "revolution." This revolution resulted in the American Civil War.

The Cornerstone Speech, also known as the Cornerstone Address, was an oration given by Alexander H. Stephens, acting Vice President of the Confederate States of America, at the Athenaeum in Savannah, Georgia, on March 21, 1861.

Nov 9, 2009 · Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) served as vice president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861-65). A career politician, he served in both houses of the...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens [a] (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the first and only vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1883. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state of Georgia in the United States House of Representatives before and ...

February 1861, Stephens was appointed vice-president of the newly formed Confederacy. He delivered the “cornerstone speech,” as it came to be known, in March 1861, at a rally held in the Athenaeum, a theater in Savannah, Georgia. Georgia had just ratified the new Confederate Constitution; the Civil War had not yet begun. In the speech ...

This is the text of a speech that Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America, delivered on March 21, 1861 in Savannah, Georgia. In his discourse, commonly known as the "Cornerstone Speech," Stephens defends the pro-slavery stance of …

Aug 18, 2017 · Alexander Stephens (1812–1883) served in various offices in the Georgia state government and also in the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. For most of his career Stephens was a Whig, the party to which Abraham Lincoln belonged, and the two served together in the same Congress.

Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883): Cornerstone Address, March 21, 18611 Alexander H. Stephens was the vice president of the Confederacy. He delivered this speech in Savanna, Georgia less than a month before the Confederate attack on Ft. Sumter on April 12, 1861. ... we are passing through one of the greatest revolutions in the annals of the world-

Alexander H. Stephens was a politician who served as vice president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–65). Called “Little Ellick” by his colleagues because he weighed only about 100 pounds, Stephens was admitted to the bar in 1834.

The Cornerstone Speech, also known as the Cornerstone Address, was delivered extemporaneously by Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens in Savannah, Georgia on March 21, 1861.