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Biography. Randall was born on January 1, 1839, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was named after Father James A. Ryder S.J., the 20th President of Georgetown University. [citation needed] He is most remembered for writing the poem " Maryland, My Maryland ," which is also the reason for his being called the "Poet Laureate of the Lost Cause".
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- Journalist, Poet
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Like fellow Marylander Francis Scott Key, James Ryder Randall was a 19th century poet and one-hit wonder. Remembered for "Maryland, My Maryland," the poem that in 1939 became Maryland's official state song, Randall was born January 1, 1839 into a wealthy Baltimore family. He shared a tutor with Edgar Allen Poe-although no evidence exists that ...
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Randall wrote several other notable war poems, including "The Gallant Pelham," but "Maryland, My Maryland" remains his best-known work. James Ryder Randall (detail from postcard, Jack Kelbaugh Collection of Civil War Photographs, MSA SC4325-52, Maryland State Archives).
Maryland, My Maryland. " Maryland, My Maryland " was the state song of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1939 until 2021. [1] The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius" [2] — the same tune "O Tannenbaum" was taken from. The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861.
- April 29, 1939; 84 years ago
- James Ryder Randall, 1861; 162 years ago
- May 18, 2021; 2 years ago
- Melchior Franck, 1615; 408 years ago
A handwritten version of the poem "Maryland, my Maryland," originally written by James Ryder Randall in 1861. This version of the poem was copied by Randall for S.C. Chew on July 8, 1894. Randall penned the words upon learning of his friend Francis X. Ward's death at the hands of the 6th Massachusetts Militia during the Baltimore Riot on April 19, 1861.
By 1870, Randall resided in Augusta, Georgia with his wife Katherine "Kate" Hammond of South Carolina and their children: Harriett, Marcus, Ruth, Lizette and the youngest daughter, Maryland. He became a newspaper editor and a correspondent in Washington, D.C., for local newspaper "The Augusta Chronicle".
May 24, 2016 · In Music of the Civil War Era, Stephen H. Cornelius tells how James Ryder Randall composed his poem “My Maryland” as a pro-Confederate response to the April 19, 1861 mob attack on union troops at Baltimore: Maryland, My Maryland James Ryder Randall. I The despot’s heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland!
