Carrie Bell Sinclair

Carrie Bell Sinclair
Poor quality B&W portrait photo of a young woman wearing a dark blouse, her hair in long ringlets.
BornMay 23, 1839
Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S.
Died1883
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Pen name
  • Clara
  • Mollie Marygold
Occupationpoet
Subjectcivil ar
Notable works"The Southern Girl's Homespun Dress", 1862
RelativesRobert Fulton

Carrie Bell Sinclair (pen names, Clara and Mollie Marygold; 1839–1883) was a 19th-century litterateur and poet of the American South. She published two volumes of poems, and contributed frequently to Southern papers. She was "reportedly a literary protege of Alexander H. Stephens", who served as Vice President of the Confederate States of America.[1]

  1. ^ Silber, Irwin; Silverman, Jerry (1 January 1995). Songs of the Civil War. Courier Corporation. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-486-28438-5. Retrieved 9 December 2023.