George Cary Eggleston

Born in Vevay, Indiana, in 1839, George Cary Eggleston became an American novelist, editor, and journalist whose career stretched across newspapers, magazines, and books. He was the younger brother of writer Edward Eggleston, and after studies in Indiana and Virginia he went on to build a literary life in New York.

Eggleston served in the Confederate army during the Civil War, and that experience later shaped some of his best-known writing. His serialized memoir of the war, later published as A Rebel's Recollections, is still remembered for its firsthand perspective. Alongside memoir, he wrote novels, historical works, and stories for younger readers.

He also held important editorial posts, including work at Hearth and Home, the New York Evening Post, and the New York Commercial Advertiser. That mix of reporting, editing, and storytelling gives his writing a direct, readable quality that still makes him an interesting figure in American literary history.