Chapter 2

ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE, 1830-1894 358 Changes Wrought by the War 360 The Country Gentlemen 360 The Negroes 362

ALBERT PIKE, 1809-1891 365 To the Mocking-Bird 365

WILLIAM TAPPAN THOMPSON, 1812-1882 367 Major Jones's Christmas Present 368

JAMES BARRON HOPE, 1827-1887 370 The Victory at Yorktown 371 Washington and Lee 372

JAMES WOOD DAVIDSON, 1829- 373 The Beautiful and the Poetical 373

CHARLES COLCOCK JONES, JR., 1831-1893 376 Salzburger Settlement in Georgia 376

MARY VIRGINIA TERHUNE ("MARION HARLAND") 379 Letter Describing Mary [Ball] Washington When a Young Girl 381 Madam Washington at the Peace Ball 381

AUGUSTA EVANS WILSON, 1835- 383 A Learned and Interesting Conversation 384

DANIEL BEDINGER LUCAS, 1836- 387 The Land Where We Were Dreaming 388

JAMES RYDER RANDALL, 1839- 389 My Maryland 390

ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN, 1839-1886 392

WILLIAM GORDON MCCABE, 1841- 393 Dreaming in the Trenches 393

SIDNEY LANIER, 1842-1881 394 Song of the Chattahoochee 396 What is Music? 397 The Tide Rising in the Marshes 397

JAMES LANE ALLEN 398 Sports of a Kentucky School in 1795 399

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, 1848- 401 The Tar-Baby 403

ROBERT BURNS WILSON, 1850- 405 Fair Daughter of the Sun 406 Dedication--A Sonnet 407

"CHRISTIAN REID," FRANCES C. TIERNAN 407 Ascent of Mt. Mitchell, N. C. 409

HENRY WOODFEN GRADY, 1851-1889 413 The South before the War 413 Master and Slave 413 Ante-bellum Civilization 416

THOMAS NELSON PAGE, 1853- 419 Marse Chan's Last Battle 421

MARY NOAILLES MURFREE, ("CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK") 423 The "Harnt" that Walks Chilhowee 423

DANSKE DANDRIDGE, 1859- 429 The Spirit and the Wood-Sparrow 430

AMÉLIE RIVES CHANLER, 1863- 431 Tanis 432

GRACE KING 437 La Grande Demoiselle 437

WAITMAN BARBE, 1864- 441 Sidney Lanier 442

MADISON CAWEIN, 1865- 442 The Whippoorwill 443

DIXIE 444

LIST OF AUTHORS AND WORKS omitted for lack of space 445

INDEX.

PAGE A Confederate Exile on His Way to Mexico, _Sarah A. Dorsey_ 338

Address in Congress, 1800, on the Death of Washington, _Henry Lee_ 124

A Dream of the South Wind, _Paul H. Hayne_ 349

Advice to His Nephew, _George Washington_ 76

A Health, _E. C. Pinkney_ 232

Alamo, Fall of the 192

A Learned and Interesting Conversation, _Augusta E. Wilson_ 384

ALLEN, JAMES LANE 398

Anecdotes of Alexander H. Stephens 296, 297

An Honest Man, _George Washington_ 73

Ante-bellum Civilization, _Henry W. Grady_ 416

Arber, Professor, on John Smith's Writings 35

A Sage Conversation, _A. B. Longstreet_ 182

Ascent of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina, _Christian Reid_ 409

Ascent of the James River, 1607, _John Smith_ 42

Ashby, _John R. Thompson_ 318

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES 153

Bacon, Nathaniel 330

BAGBY, GEORGE WILLIAM 332

BALDWIN, JOSEPH G. 294

BARBE, WAITMAN 441

Battle of Noewee, 1776, _John Drayton_ 129

Battle of San Jacinto, 1836, _Sam Houston_ 193

Battle of the Blue Licks, Ky., 1782 400

Battle of Tohopeka, or Horse-Shoe Bend, Ala. 302

Bear Hunt, _David Crockett_ 175

Beauvoir 270, 273

Beautiful and the Poetical, The, _Jas. Wood Davidson_ 373

Beauty is Holiness 395

BENTON, THOMAS HART 158

"Be sure you are right," _David Crockett_ 178

Big John, on the Cherokees, _Bill Arp_ 327

BILL ARP (CHARLES HENRY SMITH) 326

Bivouac of the Dead, _Theodore O'Hara_ 308

Blind Preacher, _William Wirt_ 132

Boone, Daniel 401

British Treaty with the Cherokees, 1755, _David Ramsay_ 105

Burning of Jamestown, 1676, _St. George H. Tucker_ 330

Byrd, Evelyn 56

BYRD, WILLIAM 54

CALHOUN, JOHN CALDWELL 161

Calhoun and the Union 275

Calhoun, Death of 300

Capture of Fort Motte, _Henry Lee_ 120

Cause of the Texan War of Independence, _Sam Houston_ 190

CAWEIN, MADISON 442

Changes Wrought by the War, _Z. B. Vance_ 360

CHANLER, MRS. AMÉLIE RIVES 431

Character of Washington, _James Madison_ 112

Cherokees, Big John on the, _Bill Arp_ 327

CLAY, HENRY 147

Closing Year, The, _George D. Prentice_ 228

Commerce and Wealth _vs._ War, _Hugh S. Legaré_ 217

Conscience, _George Washington_ 74

COOKE, PHILIP PENDLETON 305

COOKE, JOHN ESTEN 350

Corn-Shucking and Christmas Times 362

Country Gentleman in Virginia and His Wife, _John P. Kennedy_ 205

Country Gentlemen 360

Cow-Boy's Song 339

CRADDOCK, CHARLES EGBERT, (MISS M. N. MURFREE) 423

CROCKETT, DAVID 173

CURRY, JABEZ LAMAR MONROE 321

Dale, General Sam 302

DANDRIDGE, MRS. DANSKE 429

Daughter of Mendoza, _M. B. Lamar_ 223

DAVIDSON, JAMES WOOD 373

DAVIS, JEFFERSON 269

Davis, Winnie 270

Davis, Mrs. Varina Jefferson 271

Davy Crockett's Motto 178

Days of My Youth, or Resignation, _St. George Tucker_ 115

Death of Calhoun 300

Death of Lieutenant Herndon 249

Dedication Sonnet (to his Mother), _Robert Burns Wilson_ 407

Deep-Sea Soundings, _M. F. Maury_ 247

Defence of Nullification, _John C. Calhoun_ 164

Demosthenes, _Hugh S. Legaré_ 219

DeSaussure, Judge, and Social Dining in Columbia 201

Discourses of Christ, _Thomas Jefferson_ 98

Dismal Swamp, _William Byrd_ 61

Dixie 444

Dixie and Yankee Doodle 319

Doom of Occonestoga, _Wm. Gilmore Simms_ 255

DORSEY, MRS. SARAH ANNE 336

DRAYTON, WILLIAM HENRY 87

DRAYTON, JOHN 127

Dreaming in the Trenches, _Wm. Gordon McCabe_ 393

Duel Between Randolph and Clay, 1826, _Thomas H. Benton_ 159

Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, 1825, _Hugh S. Legaré_ 221

Duties of a Judge, _John Marshall_ 118

Duty, _Robert E. Lee_ 266

England and America, Relations between, _J. L. M. Curry_ 322

English Katie, _Henry Timrod_ 344

Ennui 101

Establishment of the University of Virginia, _George Tucker_ 143

FAIRBANKS, GEORGE RAINSFORD 311

Fair Daughter of the Sun, _Robert Burns Wilson_ 406

Farewell Address to the American People, 1796, _George Washington_ 77

Farewell to the Senate, 1861, _Jefferson Davis_ 274

Farewell to the Senate, 1861, _Robert Toombs_ 286

Father of His Country, _Henry Lee_ 124

First Indian Baptism in America, _Francis L. Hawks_ 225

"First in War, first in Peace" 124

Five Demands of the South 286

Florence Vane, _Philip Pendleton Cooke_ 305

Fort King, Florida 311

Fort Motte, Capture of, _Henry Lee_ 120

Freedom of Religious Opinion, _Thomas Jefferson_ 98

GAYARRÉ, CHARLES ÉTIENNE ARTHUR 235

George the Third's Abdication of Power in America, _William Henry Drayton_ 89

Gladstone's Opinion of the United States 322

Goliad, Massacre at 192

GRADY, HENRY WOODFEN 413

Grave of Dr. Elisha Mitchell 411

Gulf Stream, _M. F. Maury_ 246

Hampton at the Battle of Noewee, South Carolina, 1776 130

Happiness, _Edgar Allan Poe_ 281

HARLAND, MARION (MRS. M. V. TERHUNE) 379

"Harnt" that Walks Chilhowee, The, _Charles Egbert Craddock_ 423

Harper's Ferry, Scenery at 95

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER 401

Harvest Home of the Indians, _John Lawson_ 53

Hatchet Story, _Mason L. Weems_ 126

HAWKS, FRANCIS LISTER 224

HAYNE, ROBERT YOUNG 185

HAYNE, PAUL HAMILTON 346

Hayne, William Hamilton 346

Helen, To, _Edgar Allan Poe_ 279

HENRY, PATRICK 82

Hermitage, General Jackson at The 271

Heroic Death of Lieutenant Herndon, _M. F. Maury_ 249

HOPE, JAMES BARRON 370

Horse-Shoe Bend, Battle of 302

HOUSTON, SAM 189

How Horse-Shoe and Andrew Captured Five Men, _John P. Kennedy_ 210

How Ruby Played, _George William Bagby_ 332

How to Answer Calumny, _George Washington_ 74

How to Deal with the Indians, _Sam Houston_ 196

Human Virtue, _R. E. Lee_ 266

Humming-Bird, The, _J. J. Audubon_ 157

Hymn for Magnolia Cemetery, _Henry Timrod_ 345

"If This Be Treason--", _Patrick Henry_ 84

"I'll HAUNT you," 317

Indian Doom of Excommunication 255

Israfel, _Edgar Allan Poe_ 279

Jackson, General, at Home 271

Jamestown, Burning of, 1676, _St. George H. Tucker_ 330

James Waddell, the Blind Preacher, _William Wirt_ 132

JEFFERSON, THOMAS 91

Jefferson's Last Letter, June 24, 1826, _Thomas Jefferson_ 101

Jefferson's Preference for Country Life, _George Tucker_ 142

Jefferson's Religious Opinions at Twenty, _Thomas Jefferson_ 94

John Hook, Patrick Henry against, _William Wirt_ 135

JOHNSTON, RICHARD MALCOLM 314

JONES, CHARLES COLCOCK, JR. 376

Jud. Brownin's Account of Rubinstein's Playing, _George William Bagby_ 332

KENNEDY, JOHN PENDLETON 204

KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT 151

KING, GRACE 437

La Fayette, Madison's Opinion of, _James Madison_ 110

La Grande Demoiselle, _Grace King_ 437

LAMAR, MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE 223

Land Where We Were Dreaming, The, _D. B. Lucas_ 388

LANIER, SIDNEY 394

Lanier, To Sidney, _Waitman Barbe_ 442

La Rabida 291

Last Letter of Jefferson, June 24, 1826, _Thomas Jefferson_ 101

LAURENS, HENRY 67

Laurens, John, the "Bayard of the Revolution" 67

Laws of Government, _A. H. Stephens_ 297

LAWSON, JOHN 48

LEE, HENRY 119

LEE, ROBERT EDWARD 265

Lee's Last Order, _R. E. Lee_ 266

Lee's Letter Accepting the Presidency of Washington College, _R. E. Lee_ 268

LEGARÉ, HUGH SWINTON 217

Letter to Martha Jefferson, _Thomas Jefferson_ 100

LE VERT, MADAME OCTAVIA WALTON 288

Life Ever Seems--Sonnet, _Henry Timrod_ 344

Life of the President of the United States, _Jefferson Davis_ 272

Literary Society in Columbia in 1825, _Wm. C. Preston_ 201

LONGSTREET, AUGUSTUS BALDWIN 180

Lost Colony of Roanoke, _F. L. Hawks_ 226

Louisiana in 1750-'70, _C. E. A. Gayarré_ 236

LUCAS, DANIEL BEDINGER 387

Madam Washington at the Peace Ball, _Marion Harland_ 381

MADISON, JAMES 109

Madison, Mrs. Dolly 110

Madison's Opinion of La Fayette, _James Madison_ 110

Magnolia Cemetery, Hymn for Dedication, _Henry Timrod_ 345

Major Jones's Christmas Present, _W. T. Thompson_ 368

MARION HARLAND, (MRS. M. V. TERHUNE) 379

Marion, Sumpter and, _David Ramsay_ 107

Marion, the "Swamp-Fox," _Wm. Gilmore Simms_ 262

Marquis de Vaudreuil, the "Great Marquis" 237

Marse Chan's Last Battle, _Thomas Nelson Page_ 421

"Marseillaise of the Confederacy" 389

MARSHALL, JOHN 116

Maryland, My Maryland 390

Mary Washington When a Girl, _Marion Harland_ 381

Mary Washington's Monument, _Marion Harland_ 379

Master and Slave 413

MAURY, MATTHEW FONTAINE 243

Maxims of Jefferson 94

MCCABE, WILLIAM GORDON 393

M'CORD, MRS. LOUISA SUSANNAH 291

M'CORD, D. J. 201, 291

MEEK, ALEXANDER BEAUFORT 301

Military Dinner Party, _George Washington_ 76

Military Insubordination, _Henry Clay_ 148

"Millions for Defence" 116

Mitchell's Grave, Mt. Mitchell, N. C. 411

Mocking-Bird, The, _J. J. Audubon_ 155

Mocking-Bird (At Night), _Paul H. Hayne_ 348

Mocking-Bird, To The, _Albert Pike_ 365

Mocking-Bird and Nightingale Compared 100

Mr. Hezekiah Ellington's Recovery, _R. M. Johnston_ 315

MURFREE, MARY NOAILLES, (CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK) 423

Music in Camp, _John R. Thompson_ 319

My Life Is Like the Summer Rose, _R. H. Wilde_ 179

My Maryland, _James R. Randall_ 390

Naming of Tallahassee, The 288

Natural Bridge of Virginia 97

Ned Brace at Church, _A. B. Longstreet_ 180

No Geographical Lines in Patriotism, _Henry Clay_ 148

North Carolina in 1700-1708, _John Lawson_ 49

Not Bound by State Lines, _Patrick Henry_ 84

Nullification, Defence of, _John C. Calhoun_ 164

Object-Lesson in the Cause of Patriotism, _John Drayton_ 128

Occonestoga, Doom of, _Wm. Gilmore Simms_ 255

October--A Sonnet, _Paul H. Hayne_ 349

Official Patronage, _John C. Calhoun_ 167

O'HARA, THEODORE 308

Old Church at Jamestown 39, 331

On a Bear Hunt, _David Crockett_ 175

Osceola, Leader of the Seminoles, _George R. Fairbanks_ 311, 312

Our Right to Those Countries, _John Smith_ 38

Page, John, Letter to 94

PAGE, THOMAS NELSON 419

Paragraphs, _George D. Prentice_ 231

Partisan Leader, _N. Beverley Tucker_ 168

Party Spirit, _George Washington_ 79

Patrick Henry against John Hook, _William Wirt_ 135

Patrick Henry's Famous Revolution Speech, _Patrick Henry_ 84

Patriot in the Tower, _Henry Laurens_ 68

Payne, John Howard, among the Cherokees 327

PIKE, ALBERT 365

PINKNEY, EDWARD COATE 231

Plea for a Republic, _James Madison_ 111

Pocahontas,--Rescue of John Smith, _John Smith_ 35

POE, EDGAR ALLAN 276

Poet's Vision.--A Sonnet, _William Gilmore Simms_ 255

Political Patronage, _John C. Calhoun_ 167

Power of the Supreme Court, _John Marshall_ 117

Powhatan 35

Preference for Country Life, _George Tucker_ 142

PRENTICE, GEORGE DENISON 228

PRESTON, MRS. MARGARET JUNKIN 324

PRESTON, WILLIAM CAMPBELL 199

Prologue to Arms and the Man, _James Barren Hope_ 371

Prologue to Autobiography, _David Crockett_ 173

Races in Virginia, 1765, _John Esten Cooke_ 351

RAMSAY, DAVID 103

RANDALL, JAMES RYDER 389

RANDOLPH, JOHN, OF ROANOKE 137

Raven, The, _Edgar Allan Poe_ 281

Red Eagle, or Weatherford, _A. B. Meek_ 302

Red Eagle and General Jackson 304

REID, CHRISTIAN, (FRANCES C. FISHER, MRS. TIERNAN) 407

Relations Between England and America, _J. L. M. Curry_ 322

Religion and Morality, _George Washington_ 81

Religious Freedom, _Thomas Jefferson_ 98

"Remember the Alamo!" 195

Rescue of Captain Smith by Pocahontas, _John Smith_ 35

Resignation: or, Days of My Youth, _St. George Tucker_ 115

Revision of the State Constitution, _John Randolph_ 138

Revolutionary Object-Lesson, _John Drayton_ 128

Revolution Speech, 1775, _Patrick Henry_ 84

RIVES, AMÉLIE (MRS. CHANLER) 431

"Rope of sand" 186