James Innes Randolph
{{Short description|American Confederate army officer (1837–1887)}}
{{infobox military person
|birth_date = {{birth date|1837|10|25}}
|birth_place = Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1887|04|29|1837|10|25}}
|death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
|allegiance = Confederate States
|branch = Confederate Army
|rank = Major
|battles = American Civil War
|laterwork = Poetry
|relations = Harold Randolph (son)
}}
James Innes Randolph, Jr. (October 25, 1837 – April 29, 1887) was a Confederate army officer, lawyer, and poet.
Early life and education
Randolph was born in Winchester, Virginia and attended Hobart College in Geneva, New York and was a graduate of the State and National Law School in Poughkeepsie, New York.'South Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary,' Joseph Flora/Amber Vogel-editors,' Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 2006, Biographical Sketcj of James Ynnes Randolph, Jr., pg. 331
Career
=American Civil War=
Randolph served in the Confederate army as a topographical engineer in the American Civil War, reaching the rank of major.{{cite web|url=http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/randolph.html|title=Randolph, Innes|website=myweb.wvnet.edu|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=June 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605174805/http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/randolph.html|url-status=dead}}Edwin Anderson Alderman & Joel Chandler Harris (eds.), Library of Southern Literature 349 (New Orleans: Martin & Hoyt Co., 1910)(1907)(Vol. 15, Biographical Dictionary of Authors, Lucian Lamar Knight ed.)Curtis Carroll Davis, "James Innes Randolph, Jr. (1837-1887)," in Robert Bain, Joseph M. Flora & Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (eds.), Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary 368-369 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979)
=Writings=
After the war, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland to practice law. After giving up the practice, he wrote editorials for the Baltimore American in addition to poems. He continued writing and living in Baltimore until his death in April 1887.
His best known poem is "I'm A Good Ol' Rebel", in where he berates the U.S. and disparages its national symbols while praising the Confederacy, lamenting its defeat at the hands of the U.S.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WRt_siIW22sC&pg=PA10|title=The Lost Colony of the Confederacy|first=Eugene C.|last=Harter|date=2 October 1985|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|page=10|isbn=9781585441020|access-date=October 2, 2017}}
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Category:Lawyers from Baltimore
Category:People from Winchester, Virginia
Category:People of Virginia in the American Civil War
Category:Confederate States Army officers
Category:Journalists from Maryland
Category:Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni
Category:State and National Law School alumni
Category:19th-century American lawyers