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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02453.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Items relating to American literary figures |
| Title | Lines on the death of a young officer of the United States Navy, fallen in battle for his country |
| Date | March 1864 |
| Author | Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790-1867) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Sentimental poem lamenting the death of a soldier in battle. 12 lines written in one stanza. Poem ends: "He lived as Mother's wish their Sons to live, / He died as fathers wish their Sons to die." Halleck was a poet from Guildford, Connecticut. He wrote, with Joseph Rodman Drake, "The Croaker Papers," a series of satirical and humorous verses. "Fanny," his longest poem, was a satire on the literature, fashions, and politics of the time. It was published anonymously in December, 1819. Halleck was also the private secretary to John Jacob Astor. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Death Navy Union Forces Poetry Literature and Language Arts Children and Family |
| People | Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790-1867) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Halleck was a poet, born and died at Guilford, Connecticut. He wrote, with Joseph Rodman Drake, a young poet who died at 25, The Croaker Papers, a series of satirical and humorous verses, and Fanny, his longest poem, also a satire on the literature, fashions, and politics of the time, published anonymously, December, 1819. Fanny obtained a factitious popularity, but hardly repays reading. Halleck commemorated his friend's death in the most beautiful and best known of his of his poems, beginning "Green is the turf above thee" (1820). In 1822 Halleck visited Europe, and the traces of this are found in most of his subsequent poetry, e.g. his lines on Burns, and on Alnwick Castle. Halleck was also the private secretary to John Jacob Astor. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |