James Innes Randolph, Jr. (October 25, 1837 – April 29, 1887) was a Confederate army officer, lawyer, and poet.
Randolph was born in Winchester, Virginia and attended Hobart College in Geneva, New York and was a graduate of the State and National Law School in Poughkeepsie, New York.
[1] Randolph served in the Confederate army as a topographical engineer in the American Civil War, reaching the rank of major.
After giving up the practice, he wrote editorials for the Baltimore American in addition to poems.
His best known poem is "I'm A Good Ol' Rebel", in where he berates the U.S. and disparages its national symbols while praising the Confederacy, lamenting its defeat at the hands of the U.S.[5]