Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908
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Randall, Jas. R. 1839-1908 (James Ryder),
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Poet and journalist.
Poet and newspaper editor, of Baltimore, Md., and Augusta, Ga.
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Poet and songwriter.
James Ryder Randall (1839-1908) was a poet and newspaper editor of Baltimore, Md., and Augusta, Ga. He is known for writing the poem Maryland, My Maryland, 1861, which became a war hymn of the Confederacy and later the state song of Maryland. Randall entered Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., when he was about ten years old and left school in his graduating year for health reasons to take a voyage to Rio de Janeiro. After his voyage he returned to Baltimore, then moved to Florida, then to Louisiana, where he taught English literature and Classics at Poydras College, Pointe Coupee. He served for a time in the Confederate Army but left the service for health reasons. He subsequently worked as a writer for the Augusta Chronicle for twenty years, as secretary for Congressmen Fleming and O'Brien of Georgia, and as an editorial writer in Baltimore. He married Katherine S. Hammond of South Carolina in 1865.
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Age discrimination in employment
Poets, American
Catholic press
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Baltimore (Md.)
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Southern States
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Confederate States of America
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Wilmington (N.C.)
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Maryland
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United States
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