Nelly Marshall (after marriage, McAfee; pseudonym, Sans Souci; May 8, 1845 – April 19, 1898) was a 19th-century American "southland"[1] author of novels and verse.
[3] In addition to numerous poems and magazine articles,[4] she published two volumes of verse, entitled A Bunch of Violets, and Leaves From the Book of My Heart.
Her novels included Eleanor Morton, or Life in Dixie (1865); Sodom Apples (1866); Fireside Gleamings (1866); Dead Under the Roses (1867); Wearing the Cross (1868); As by Fire (1869); Passion, or Bartered and Sold (1876); and A Criminal Through Love (1882).
[9] Other volumes included, A Bunch of Violets; Leaves from the Book of My Heart; Eleanor Morton: or, Life in Dixie (1866); Sodom Apples (1866); Dead under the Roses (1867); Wearing the Cross (1868); Passion: or, Bartered and Sold (1876); and A Criminal through Love (1882).
[3] In 1862, during the American Civil War, Marshall made her way through the Southern lines, to nurse a wounded brother, and soon after, met the Confederate officer, Capt.
Despairing for his fiancé, he sent for her and the wedding ceremony took place at Frankfort on February 13, 1871, in the presence of only five witnesses, the bride being given away by the nearest friend of both parties, Col. James Quilbert Chenoweth, senator from the Mercer district.