Some events of my life, jotted down as they were reviewed by memory, and all of the badness left out : ms., 1900.

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Some events of my life, jotted down as they were reviewed by memory, and all of the badness left out : ms., 1900.

Reminiscences of life in Georgia; genealogical notes concerning the LeConte-Nisbet families, with mention of John and Joseph LeConte; association with Sidney Lanier; participation in the Civil War. With this: letter from Susan B. Tate with biographical references concerning John and Joseph LeConte, and copies of articles about them.

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Leconte family.

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Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881

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Sidney Lanier was a noted Southern poet and composer, born in Macon, Georgia, on Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe University and voluntarily fought for the Confederacy as a member of the 2nd Battalion Infantry (Georgia), and the Signal Corps. It is likely that Lanier contracted tuberculosis during his stay at at Union prison camp, and the complications from that disease would affect Lanier his entire life. After the war, Lanier worked as a tutor and headmaster at an academy in Alabama ...