Prentiss Ingraham

Biography

Prentiss Ingraham answered the call of his generation, serving with Confederate cavalry units before finding his calling in the quiet study where he crafted serialized adventures that thrilled young readers and kept the memory of frontier courage alive.

He shaped his experiences into vivid fiction that honored the men he had known in battle and, at last, joined them in rest within Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery, where travelers still pause to reflect on his inventive spirit.