In a five-month period in 1840, Wigfall managed to get into a fistfight, two duels, three near-duels, and was charged, but not indicted, for killing a man.
He later (Dec. 1860) co-authored the Southern Manifesto of southern Senators and Reps by which they denounced any farther attempts at compromise and urged immediate secession. Oddly enough, no mention of tariff rates or really any other reason for secession was mentioned, though the references to "the slave-holding states" implies there just may be some connection between the Peculiar Institution and southern grievances.
http://southernmanifesto.blogspot.com/
Also ran across what is far and away the most comprehensive timeline of the Civil War I've ever seen. Very useful.
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwar.html
Thanks. I've long looked for such a resource.
Already have two similar books here, but online is quicker & easier to reference...