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George William Bagby (13 August 1828 – 29 November 1883) was an American humorist born in Buckingham County, Virginia to George Bagby and Virginia Evans. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material There is also Buckingham County Tasmania, a former county in Australia Buckingham County is a county located in the U He attended Delaware College and the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied medicine. The University of Delaware ( UD) is the largest University in the U The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Afterwards, he became engaged in editorial work, especially on the Southern Literary Messenger, from 1859 to near the close of the American Civil War. The Southern Literary Messenger was a Periodical published in Richmond, Virginia, from 1834 until June 1864. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Subsequently, he was made State librarian and became widely known as a lecturer and humorist, writing under the name "Mozis Addums. " He deserves to be remembered as having kept alive the old school of Southern humor, founded by Longstreet and Hooper. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (September 22 1790-July 9 1870 was an American lawyer minster educator and Humorist, born in Augusta Ga. Johnson J Hooper (c1815񮔗 was an American Humorist, born in North Carolina. An example of this humor, which contained local dialect, phonetic spelling and an eccentric character, is Rubenstein’s Piano-Playin. It is a short narrative of a surly, less-than-sophisticated soul, who describes how he was deeply moved by a piano concert. It was a very popular piece, both funny and touching. His works were collected in three volumes (Richmond, 1884-86).

Bagby's most popular essay was "The Old Virginia Gentleman" (1877), a paean to antebellum plantation life in Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state

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Bagby is less well known for his work as a journalist. As the Richmond correspondent of the Charleston Mercury during the Civil War, Bagby covered the politics of the war and made a reputation for Hermes, his pen name, as a fearless writer who would criticize Confederate General Robert E. Lee as easily as Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Sources: The South Reports the Civil War by J. Cutler Andrews (Princeton University Press, 1970, and the Charleston Mercury, 1861 to 1865.

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