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Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 32: press, literature and art. (search)
t or not, the fact is patent-had had but few writers of prominence; and in fiction especially the names that were known could be numbered on one's fingers. W. Gilmore Simms was at once the father of southern literature and its most prolific exemplar. His numerous novels have been very generally read; and, if not placing him in far. Few, indeed, of their works ever went beyond their own boundaries; and those few rarely sent back a record. Exceptions there were, however, who pressed Mr. Simms hard for his position on the topmost peak; and most of these adventurous climbers were of the softer sex. John Esten Cooke had written a very clever novel ofve been expected to excel; but, while the list of rhymsters was longer than Leporello's, the poets hardly exceeded in number the writers of prose. Thompson, Meek, Simms, Hayne, Timrod and McCord were the few names that had gone over the border. Up to that time, however, the South had never produced any great poem, that was to sta
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The honor roll of the University of Virginia, from the times-dispatch, December 3, 1905. (search)
rig. Gen., Ga., Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Shands, E., Capt., Va., Shenandoah, Va., 1861. Shearer, J. C., Va., Chickahominy, Va., 1863. Shearer, R. B., Capt., Va., Monocacy, Md., 1864. Shelton, C. O., Asst. Surgeon., Mo., N. O., La., 1862. Shelton, C. T., Va., Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. Shephard, S., Lt., Va., Texas. Shepherd, H., La., Camp Chase. Shepherd, W. F., Va., Cheat Mt., Va. Shewmake, V. P., Ga., Richmond, Va., 1862. Ship, F. E., Va., Winchester, Va., 1862. Simms, R. D., Va., Mt. Meridian, 1862. Simpson, E. W., Asst., Ga., Charlottesville, Va., 1862. Smith, F. W., Lt. Col., Va., Amelia Co., Va., 1865. Smith, S., Capt. Va., University of Va., 1864. Somerville, J. M., Tenn., Atlanta, Ga., 1864. Somerville, W., Asst. Surg. Va., Mitchells, Va., 1862. St. Clair, O. M., Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., 1862. Stevens, H. L., S. C., Manassas, Va., 1862. Stirling, T. P., S. C., Richmond, Va., 1863. Stovall, J. B., Surg., N. C., Granville, N.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Some of the drug conditions during the war between the States, 1861-5. (search)
ttles of water, one quart of molasses, one pint yeast, one tablespoonful ginger and one and a half tablespoon of cream tartar; mix and stir in an open vessel after standing twenty-four hours. As far back as 1857 it was suggested in the Patent Office Reports (says a Confederate publication), that the Pyrethrum would be found to answer the purpose of destroying insects, lice, etc., on plants and animals, and up to now, so far as I know, this has not been sufficiently experimented with. W. Gilmore Simms wrote a friend that the persimmon beer made in Orangeburg Dist., S. C., by Hon. J. M. Felder, equalled the best sparkling Jersey champagne, or carbonated cider. The old Southern song ran: Christmas comes but once a year, eggnog and 'simmon beer. It was customary to mash the fruit, strain through a coarse sieve, knead with wheat bran, and bake in an oven. This persimmon bread could be put away for winter use in making beer when wanted. A correspondent in the Charleston Mercury wrot
The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1860., [Electronic resource], How the Electors are to proceed. (search)
Southern lectures --Mr. Baldwin.--The following relative to the lecturers of the South, is taken from the Home Journal. It will be seen by an advertisement that Mr. Baldwin delivers a lecture upon "Cockney Travellers and others,"at the Mechanics' Institute, on Friday night next: W. Gilmore Simms, Ll. D, and Paul H. Hayne, the poet, both of Charleston, South Carolina, and Oliver P. Bald win, of Virginia, are among a list of lecturers announced to appear before various literary societies of the South during the coming winter. Most of the celebrated lecturers of the North have been so often before the public that they sometimes fail to draw paying audiences, and, in consequence, "lectures" are beginning to be pronounced unpopular. This state of feeling should not be allowed to continue, as there is no more pleasant and instructive way of passing a winter evening than in listening to the wisdom of sages, the wit of humorists, the eloquence of orators, or the honeyed words of
The Daily Dispatch: September 26, 1863., [Electronic resource], Fifty dollars reward. (search)
The wife of W. Gilmore Simms died near Charleston, S. C., on the 10th inst.