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Francis Orray Ticknor
Francis Orray Ticknor (November 13, 1822 – December 18, 1874) was an American doctor and poet. From the state of Georgia, he became known as a war poet ("Georgia's Confederate Poet"), mostly through the fame he acquired with the ballad "Little Giffen". Biography Francis Orray Ticknor was born on November 13, 1822, in Fortville, Georgia, the youngest of three children born to Harriot Coolidge and Orray Ticknor. His parents came from Connecticut, where his father, Orray Ticknor, was a doctor. Orray Ticknor moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 1815, and married Harriot Coolidge, whose family had moved from Connecticut to Georgia around 1800. The family moved to Fortville, where they raised a family. At age 13, Ticknor left for Pennsylvania where he attended a boys school, and then the Philadelphia College of Medicine (later Gettysburg College) where he got his degree in medicine in 1842. In 1844 he started a practice as a country doctor in Shell Creek, Georgia, a very quiet and rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Orray Ticknor-Southern Life In Southern Literature 314
Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places *Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada *Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Francisco (other) *Franciscu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land We Love
__NOTOC__ ''The Land We Love'' was an American little magazine. It was founded in May 1866 by Daniel Harvey Hill, a former Confederate general, who edited it until March 1869. The eponymous land was the Southland, and the magazine recounted the South's story of the American Civil War, communicating "a hatred of the North", according to Frank Luther Mott. Hill wrote much of the material; other contributors included Richard Malcolm Johnston, John Reuben Thompson, Francis Orray Ticknor, Paul Hamilton Hayne, and Margaret Junkin Preston. It published fiction, poems, agricultural reports, war stories, travel stories, and camp humor. It claimed 12,000 subscribers in April 1867, but that same year complained of subscribers who didn't pay because, it claimed, of the South's poverty. Hill's publication partners were James P. Irwin and J. G. Morrison. Hill's editorial stance on the Civil War was moderate in comparison to those of other magazines such as H. Rives Pollard's ''Southern Opini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Georgia Historical Quarterly
The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is a statewide historical society in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, GHS is one of the oldest historical organizations in the United States. Since 1839, the society has collected, examined, and taught Georgia history through a variety of educational outreach programs, publications, and research services. History Founded in 1839 in Savannah, Georgia, the Society is the oldest continuously operating state historical society in the Southern United States and one of the oldest historical organizations in the United States. Founders include John Macpherson Berrien, Richard D. Arnold, Eugenius A. Nisbet, Thomas Butler King, William Bacon Stevens, Israel K. Tefft, James Hamilton Couper, Edward Padelford, Mordecai Myers, Alexander Smets and James Moore Wayne. Mission statement The Georgia Historical Society is an independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia history. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
