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词条 James Innes Randolph
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

     American Civil War  Writings 

  3. References

  4. External links

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|death_date={{death date and age|1887|04|29|1837|10|25}}
|death_place=Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
|allegiance={{Flagcountry|Confederate States of America|size=23px}}
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James Innes Randolph, Jr. (October 25, 1837 – April 29, 1887) was a Confederate army officer, lawyer, and poet.

Early life and education

Randolph was born in Winchester, Virginia and attended Hobart College in Geneva, New York and was a graduate of the State and National Law School in Poughkeepsie, New York.[1]

Career

American Civil War

Randolph served in the Confederate army as a topographical engineer in the American Civil War, reaching the rank of major.[2][3][4]

Writings

After the war, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland to practice law. After giving up the practice, he wrote editorials for the Baltimore American in addition to poems. He continued writing and living in Baltimore until his death in April 1887.

His best known poem is "I'm A Good Ol' Rebel", in where he berates the U.S. and disparages its national symbols while praising the Confederacy, lamenting its defeat at the hands of the U.S.[5]

References

1. ^'South Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary,' Joseph Flora/Amber Vogel-editors,' Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 2006, Biographical Sketcj of James Ynnes Randolph, Jr., pg. 331
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/randolph.html|title=Randolph, Innes|website=myweb.wvnet.edu|access-date=October 2, 2017}}
3. ^Edwin Anderson Alderman & Joel Chandler Harris (eds.), Library of Southern Literature 349 (New Orleans: Martin & Hoyt Co., 1910)(1907)(Vol. 15, Biographical Dictionary of Authors, Lucian Lamar Knight ed.)
4. ^Curtis Carroll Davis, "James Innes Randolph, Jr. (1837-1887)," in Robert Bain, Joseph M. Flora & Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (eds.), Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary 368-369 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979)
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WRt_siIW22sC&pg=PA10|title=The Lost Colony of the Confederacy|first=Eugene C.|last=Harter|date=2 October 1985|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|page=10|access-date=October 2, 2017}}

External links

  • Lyrics of "A Good Old Rebel"
  • {{Find a Grave|18820031}}
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12 : 1837 births|1887 deaths|Lawyers from Baltimore|People from Winchester, Virginia|People of Virginia in the American Civil War|Confederate States Army officers|Journalists from Maryland|Poets from Maryland|Poets from Virginia|Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni|State and National Law School alumni|Poets of the Confederacy

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