Confederate Correspondent

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Winner, Willie Parker Peace Award North Carolina Society of Historians

Soon after North Carolina seceded from the Union in Would possibly 1861, Jacob Nathaniel Raymer enlisted within the Confederate Army. A young man with a talent for keen commentary who had pledged to keep those back home informed of the movements of Company C and the Fourth Regiment, he faithfully wrote letters to the Carolina Watchman and the Iredell Express. Unlike other recent correspondence, relatively than being directed to a person, Nat’s letters were intended for the wider audience of area newspaper readers and portrayed the dogged determination of the southern soldiers in a descriptive style that brought the war and all its harsh realities home to his readers. The collection is transcribed primarily from the 2 newspapers and is complemented by brief narratives that place the letters throughout the Fourth Regiment’s movements. Raymer’s postwar experience could also be documented through his personal correspondence.

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