▁D annel ly ▁wrote ▁her ▁famous ▁sevent een - page ▁poem , ▁" Dest ruction ▁of ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁Columbia , ▁South ▁Carolina ", ▁which ▁was ▁especially ▁pri zed ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁and ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁her ▁volume ▁of ▁po ems , ▁C act us , ▁or ▁Th orn s ▁and ▁Bl oss oms ▁( New ▁York , ▁ 1 8 7 9 ). ▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁close ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁D annel ly ▁family ▁removed ▁to ▁Baltimore , ▁Maryland , ▁where ▁her ▁husband ▁res umed ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁medicine , ▁having ▁att ained ▁distinction ▁in ▁that ▁occupation . ▁During ▁the ▁years ▁of ▁her ▁residence ▁in ▁Baltimore , ▁D annel ly ▁occupied ▁a ▁leading ▁social ▁position , ▁while ▁being ▁a ▁frequent ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁leading ▁period ical s ▁and ▁mag az ines ▁of ▁that ▁day . ▁▁ ▁After ▁living ▁five ▁years ▁in ▁Baltimore , ▁the ▁family ▁removed ▁to ▁Texas , ▁where ▁they ▁settled ▁in ▁W ax ah ach ie . ▁After ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁in ▁Texas , ▁they ▁returned ▁to ▁Baltimore , ▁where , ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁Dr . ▁D annel ly ▁died . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁medical ▁career , ▁he ▁had ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁Char l eston ▁Cou rier ▁using ▁the ▁pen ▁name , ▁" Fran k ▁Viv ian ". ▁▁ ▁D annel ly ▁had ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁varying ▁fortune , ▁from ▁aff lu ence ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁moder ate ▁life ▁style . ▁In ▁ 1 8