The Lost Cause and Other Poems

by Duval Porter

ONE OF ONLY TWO COPIES OF THIS RARE BOOK OF POEMS THAT WE HAVE FOUND FOR SALE ON THE OPEN MARKET!!


Duval Porter was born in Appomattox County, Virginia, in 1844. Interested in writing from an early age, he became a contributor to the local papers at the age of fourteen. Porter was also a gifted linguist who spoke German, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Latin. Among his many volumes of published works were ""Lyrics of the Lost Cause" (J.T. Townes, Danville, Va., 1914, from which this poem is taken), "Alphonso, and Other Poems," "Mere Places and Things," "Adventures of an Office-Seeker," and "The Same Old Fool." Whether he served in the Confederate Army and the date of his death are at this moment unknown
DEDICATION READS:

"To my brethren in arms, Survivors of the struggle for Constitutional Libery, and to the no less heroic women, who made such unparalleled sacrifices for that sacred cause, this little volume is affectionately dedicated by the author"



Poems Include:



The Lost Cause

The Sunny South

Jeb Stuart

Old Jube

Gettysburg

Stonewall Jackson

Julian S. Carr

The Grave of Pettigrew

Dixie

General Turner Ashby



and many, many more...



Publisher:

Blair & Boatwright, 1897

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