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St. George Tucker
1828–1862
A Virginia lawyer, teacher, and writer, he is best remembered for the historical novel Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion and for verse written around the Civil War era. His work ties literary ambition to the political tensions of the antebellum South.
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Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion
by St. George Tucker
About the author
Born in Virginia in 1828, he was the son of Henry St. George Tucker Sr., a judge, professor, and politician. Contemporary and library sources identify him as a lawyer and teacher as well as a man of letters, and local historical material notes that he served as clerk of the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates during the 1850s.
His best-known book is Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion, a historical novel published in 1857 and later preserved by major digital libraries. He also wrote poetry, including The Southern Cross, which circulated in the opening phase of the Civil War and reflects the strong sectional feeling of that moment.
Some sources disagree about the year of his death, giving either 1862 or 1863. Based on the materials available here, the safest summary is that he died young during the Civil War era, leaving behind a small body of fiction and verse closely connected to Virginia history and Confederate-era culture.