The Partisan: A Romance of Revolution

WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS CHRONOLOGY

The Simms Series James L. W. West III General Editor Pennsylvania State University John Caldwell Guilds General Editor Emeritus University of Arkansas OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES Simms: A Literary Life “Long Years of Neglect”: The Work and Reputation of William Gilmore Simms Poetry and the Practical Selected Fiction of William Gilmore Simms Arkansas Edition Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia Richard Hurdis: A Tale of Alabama The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina Border Beagles: A Tale of Mississippi The Cub of the Panther: A Hunter Legend of the “Old North State” Helen Halsey, or The Swamp State of Conelachita: A Tale of the Borders The Wigwam and the Cabin The Forayers, or The Raid of the Dog-Days The Cassique of Kiawah: A Colonial Romance Martin Faber: The Story of a Criminal Eutaw: A Sequel to The Forayers Backwoods Tales: Paddy McGann, Sharp Snaffles, Bill Bauldy The Partisan: A Romance of the Revolution EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE ARKANSAS EDITION Kevin Collins, Oklahoma Southwestern State University James E. Kibler, University of Georgia, emeritus David Moltke-Hansen David W. Newton, University of West Georgia The Partisan A Romance of the Revolution Selected Fiction of William Gilmore Simms ARKANSAS EDITION Edited by Stephen E. Meats Explanatory Notes by Dianne C. Luce The University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 2011 Copyright © 2011 by The University of Arkansas Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN-10: 1-55728-964-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-964-3 15 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Simms, William Gilmore, 1806–1870. The partisan : a romance of the revolution / selected fiction of William Gilmore Simms, Arkansas edition ; edited by Stephen E. Meats ; explanatory notes by Dianne C. Luce. p. cm. — (The Simms series) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-55728-964-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. South Carolina—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Fiction. I. Meats, Stephen. II. Luce, Dianne C. III. Title. PS2848.P2 2010 813'.3—dc22 2011021064 CONTENTS Preface to the Arkansas Edition ix William Gilmore Simms Chronology xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Text of The Partisan 1 Appendices 461 Explanatory Notes 461 Textual Notes and Emendations 498 Select Bibliography 551 ...