Ingraham, Prentiss
soldier, author, dramatist, was born Dec. 28, 1843, in Mississippi. He received a liberal education, and during the war was a cavalry officer in the confederate army; and subsequently was an officer of the army and navy in foreign service. He has attained success as an author and dramatist.
Since his first story appeared in the Literary Companion, Colonel Prentiss Ingraham has written stories of love and adventure, and sea and land, holding through all these years his popularity with the public. His principal works are A Story of Crete: The Cuban Patriot; An Idyl of the Lost Cause; A Man in Gray; A Prince of the Desert; and many sketcnes of American border life.