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Campbell, John Preston

lawyer, author, poet, was born April 8, 1847, in Boston, Mass. He attended the South Medfield and Walpole high schools, Massachusetts; and the Cornell college of Mount Vernon, Iowa. He served as a union soldier during the civil war in battery H, first Rhode Island light artillery; was corporal, and subsequently brevetted sergeant, for bravery in battle. He was in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburgh, Chantilla, and Sailors' Creek. He was in the army of the Potomac, and was wounded three times. He is the author of the following novels: Merl of Medavon; My Mate Immortal; The Woman of Chalk; and others. He is also author of the following poetical works: Queen Sylvia; The Summerless Sea; Republica; and The Land of Sun and Song. For many years he conducted a successful law business in Abilene, Kan.; and now devotes his time to literature in Washington, D. C.