Joseph Emerson Brown was a politician who served four consecutive terms as Governor of Georgia during the Civil War. As a strong proponent of states' rights, he fiercely opposed Confederate President Davis's conscription laws and centralization policies, prioritizing the defense and resource security of his own state. After the war, he flexibly adapted to the political mainstream, serving as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia and a U.S. Senator. Amassing a huge fortune as a businessman in railroads, mines, and coal mining, he served as a pillar of the "Bourbon Triumvirate," powerfully driving the industrialization of the "New South."

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