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Hayne, Paul Hamilton

soldier, author, poet, was born Jan. 1, 1830, in Charleston, S. C. He was a -lyric poet whose verse has much melody. He served . He served as a colonel in the confederate army, and at the close of the civil war, broken in health and fortunes, retired to the small village of Grovetown, Ga., where the rest of his life was passed. He was the author of Avolio; The Mountain of the Lovers; Legends and Lyrics; Sonnets and Other Poems; and Lives of Robert Hayne and Hugh Legare. A complete edition of his poems appeared in 1883. He died July 6, 1886, near Augusta, Ga.