Evelyn: A Romance of The War between the States
by Henry Mazyck Clarkson, M.A., M.D.
Charleston, S.C.
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Printers
Nos. 3 Broad and 109 East Bay Streets
1871

Dr. Henry Mazyck Clarkson of Charleston, SC was my great-grandfather. He served in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee as a surgeon. During the war, he married Jean Irvin Sayre of Alexandria VA. After the war, he settled in Haymarket, VA.

Previously, in Evelyn Parts 1, 2 & 3, we were introduced to Albert Ashleigh, “a goodly and gallant youth” of South Carolina, and to Evelyn, “beauteous child” of Virginia. They met  in Florence Italy, but a budding romance was cut short when Evelyn informed Albert that she was already betrothed by her father to another. Albert fled in despair.

Evelyn returned with her father to their home in Virginia, where she prays for Albert Ashleigh, though she knows not where he is. In the distance the rumbling of the coming war is heard.

Part 3 showed us three scenes. Scene one was the outbreak of the war as SC seceded in December, 1860. Scene two – the Battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862. In scene three we saw Albert, wounded in the battle, carried to Glen Arvon, where he is cared for by Evelyn

Part 4 opens several months later, in the Spring of 1863. Albert has recovered and is wooing Evelyn. He is then suddenly recalled to his unit. And then the evil nemesis of them both, Andrew Hunter, traitor to Virginia, makes a sudden appearance. Listen, to hear what happens. . .

Evelyn, Part 4 from Rob Shearer on Vimeo.