Born: 1842 in Macon, Georgia
Augustus Longstreet was born and raised in middle-class Macon, Georgia
He is known as Georgia's first "national" poet
Longstreet wrote about universal themes:
Man's faith in God
Relation to one's fellows and to the natural world
His two most famous poems: The Marshes of Glynn and Song of the Chattahoochee
Take place in the natural areas of the state
Suffered from tuberculosis and died at age 39
Died: 1881 in Lynn, North Carolina