I am seeking obituaries of North Carolina soldiers who died in the war and of veterans who survived the war, for compilation in upcoming volumes.  If you have a copy of such, I would appreciate your sharing a transcription of it.  I would need the source (newspaper and date of publication) and your name and relation to the soldier, if any. An acknowledgement of your contribution will be listed in the text.  Contact: ncobitbooks @ yahoo . com

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North Carolina Civil War Obituaries, Regiments 1 – 46: 
A Collection of Tributes to the War Dead and Veterans 
McFarland Publishing Company, Jefferson, NC (2015)

Confederate Incognito: 
The Civil War Reports of “Long Grabs,” a. k. a. Murdoch John McSween, 
26th and 35th North Carolina Infantry

McFarland Publishing Company, Jefferson, NC (2012)
* Winner of the Willie Parker Peace History Book Award, from the N.C. Society of Historians, and the Award for Excellence in Publishing for a Book of Transcriptions of
Primary Source Material, from the North Carolina Genealogical Society

Confederate Correspondent:
 The Civil War Reports of Jacob Nathaniel Raymer, Fourth North Carolina
McFarland Publishing Company, Jefferson, NC (2008)
* Winner of the Willie Parker Peace Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians

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Far From Home: 
Letters From North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers
, Volume 1

67 pages, name index — $12.00 + $1.50 shipping
This volume is a compilation of letters written in 1861 by North Carolina soldiers to the Spirit of the Age, a newspaper published in Raleigh, North Carolina. These letters depict the Civil War as seen at ground level by the men who endured the tedium of camp life and the terror of the battlefield. The letters were not written to a particular individual but to a wider audience of readers of a particular newspaper. The writers often comment that they are writing to let friends and relatives back home know how their boys in the regiment are doing, where they have traveled, what they have seen, how the health of the regiment is, and what the Yankees are up to.
There are no annotations or editing in this compilation; letters were compiled as they were originally published with no corrections for spelling, grammar, or punctuation.

Far From Home: 
Letters From North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers
, Volume 2
100 pp., name index — $20.00 + $2.00 shipping
This volume finishes the compilation of letters from the Spirit of the Age, a newspaper published in Raleigh, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Almost all of the soldiers, letters are from 1862 and 1863. Only a few issues for the years 1864 and 1865 survived, and none of them contained any soldiers’ correspondence. These letters depict the Civil War as seen at ground level by the men who endured the tedium of camp life and the terror of the battlefield. The letters were not written to a particular individual but to a wider audience of readers of a particular newspaper. The writers often comment that they are writing to let friends and relatives back home know how their boys in the regiment are doing, where they have traveled, what they have seen, how the health of the regiment is, and what the Yankees are up to. Others describe the battles they fought in. One by John Gorman covers five pages as he describes his field position during the battle at South Mountain and Sharpsburg. Not all of the writers survived the war – one was killed one month after his letter appeared in the newspaper. The letters are unedited and were compiled as they were originally published with no corrections for spelling, grammar, or punctuation. Biographical information is included on many of the letter writers.

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North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers, Volume 1

116 pp., name index — $25.00 + $2.50 shipping
Material for this volume was taken from W. W. Holden’s Raleigh newspaper, the North Carolina Standard. These articles from the year 1861 are the raw material of history, presented without an historian’s comments or revisions. In compiling, I chose to select mostly those articles containing the names of soldiers and names of civilians who had performed some service for the soldiers. Articles record the organizations of companies from various counties; elections of officers; regimental movements; and the many things that go into preparing for war. The Standard received a number of letters from soldiers stationed in North Carolina and Virginia. Readers unfamiliar with Civil War camp life will find many interesting, especially those telling of the plight of the 14th North Carolina Regiment. Letters writers describe the battles of Manassas and Hatteras. The paper reported a number of deaths. One report contains over 60 names from the 14th North Carolina Regiment. Another lists over 20 deaths of prisoners of war taken at the Battle of Hatteras and incarcerated in New York and Boston.

North Carolina’s Civil War Soldiers, Volume 2

186 pp., name index — $30.00 + $2.50 shipping
Material for this volume was taken from W. W. Holden’s Raleigh newspaper, the North Carolina Standard. These articles from the year 1862 are the raw material of history, presented without an historian’s comments or revisions. In compiling, I chose to select mostly those articles containing the names of soldiers and names of civilians who had performed some service for the soldiers. Articles record battles and skirmishes; names of soldiers, deserters, and those killed in service; soldiers’ letters; appeals for shoes and clothing for soldiers; needs of the sick and wounded; and the countless images that portray a nation at war. Over 1,300 names are indexed.