Editing Howell Cobb (section)

===A Founder of the Confederacy===
In 1860, Cobb ceased to be a [[Southern Unionist|Unionist]], and became a leader of the [[secession]] movement,{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} not surprising since he once owned 1000 slaves.<ref name="Larson">{{cite web |last1=Larson |first1=Erik |title=A President Called 'Aunt Fancy' |url=https://www.delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=5095 |website=Delanceyplace.com |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> He was president of a convention of the seceded states that assembled in [[Montgomery, Alabama]], on February 4, 1861. Under Cobb's guidance, the delegates drafted a constitution for the new Confederacy. He served as president of several sessions of the [[Confederate Provisional Congress]], and swore in [[Jefferson Davis]] as president of the Confederacy before resigning to join the military when war erupted.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Davis|first1=Ruby Sellers|title=Howell Cobb, President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy|journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly|date=1962|volume=46|issue=1|pages=20–33|jstor=40578354}}</ref>