Francis James Child

Francis James Child (1825–1896) was a Harvard professor and the editor of the great collection English and Scottish Popular Ballads. During the Civil War he wrote the satirical ballad Overtures from Richmond.

The poems here are taken from American War Ballads and Lyrics, edited by George Cary Eggleston (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1889), where it is printed under his or her name: Overtures from Richmond.