Carter, Thomas Henry. A Gunner in Lee’s Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter. Edited by Graham T. Dozier. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

Washington artillery review, 22 Manassas battlefield, 26 Shortage of food and ammunition, 28 Mistake in not advancing after First Manassas, Jefferson Davis, 28 Ewell and women at dinner, 29 Whiskey, 30 , 31-32 Shoes, impressment of slaves, 33 Ewell and Van Dorn, 36 Ewell, 38 Ball’s Bluff, 39-40, 45 Earl Van Dorn, 43 Field fortifications, earthworks, 45-46 Jefferson Davis, camp election, 48 Camp slaves, 48 Savannah forts, 52 McClellan, praise for and thinks he won’t attack us, 53 First Manassas, Bee and Bartow, 54 Corn prices, 56 Washington Artillery, Manassas, Jackson, 57 Winter quarters, 57 Mason and Slidell, England, tariff, 62 Clay and vinegar for sprains and bruises, 64 review, 65 Beauregard, Longstreet, Van Dorn, Ewell, 65 Corn sales and money, 67 Their baby, toddler, 68 Box, theft, 68, 70 Politics in western , democracy and demagoguery, 69 Measles, 71 Does not understand why Federal gunboats do not attack their weak positions, 73-74 Shed, stable for the battery, 74 , 75 Box, 76 Praises his wife’s beauty, 76 Diseased horse, shot horse, 78 General Rodes and wife, 78 Furlough, volunteer army, need for conscription, 79 Militia draft, overseers, 80-83 Furloughs, 81, 86 Reenlistment, need for congressional action, 83 Philip St. George Cocke suicide, 84 Rodes, reenlistments, expirations of twelve-month enlistments, 87

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Measles, death, 89 Davis, Johnston, Beauregard, 90 Earl Van Dorn, 91 Jefferson Davis and military appointments, 91-92 Furloughs, reenlistments, 93-102 Beauregard and Albert Sidney Johnston, 98 No place for a woman in camp, 100 Religion in camp, 100 Wife and children in camp, 103 McClellan and early move on Confederate positions, 105 Fort Donelson and Johnston, 105, 109 Confederate withdrawal from Manassas and Centreville, 108-10 Johnston and Beauregard and importance of the West, 111-12 Confederate foraging and destruction, 112 Peninsula campaign, 115ff If Buell and McClellan are defeated, end of war is in sight, 117 Yorktown, 115ff Conscription, 119-20 Gunboats, Merrimac, Chickahominy, 121 Revolt in one regiment and men forced to work on earthworks, 121 Son very ill but cannot get furlough, 122 Officer elections, 123 European intervention, recognition, Seven Pines, 130-31 Substitute, 131 Magruder, Huger, 131 Second Manassas, 136 Antietam campaign, 136ff Maryland people, 136-37 D. H. Hill, A. P. Hill, Jackson, Toombs, 137-38 Badly behaving Confederates, North Carolinians, 140 Wounded men from Antietam, 141 Break up of artillery batteries, 144 Food, corn, 145-46 , 147 Farm, agricultural matters, 148, 154 Forage shortage, food prices, 150 Northern elections, 1862, 150 Pressure on McClellan to advance, 153 Lee and D. H. Hill, 153 Removal of McClellan, 155 D. H. Hill and mistreatment of artillery, 156-57 Picket firing, close call, 157 Does not expect fighting unless Burnside is expected to advance, 157 Federal will chose Fredericksburg route and Lee is anxious to give battle, 159 Fredericksburg battle, 160-62 Rodes and Early, 167

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Mud march, 166-71 Mail service, 169 Confederate money legislation, 172 Mud, 174-75 Worried about armies in western theater, 175-76 Fredericksburg after the battle, some comfortable, many suffering, 177-78 Jefferson Davis, 180 Artillery officers, 182, 185 Religious service, communion, 186 Marriage, 186 Butter, pickle, lard sent to camp, 188, 192 Officers and distribution of guns, 192 Ewell, 193 , 194 In Pennsylvania, food, 195 Orders against seizing and destroy property, 195-96 No desire for peace, Yankees making money on the war, dismissive of peace Democrats, 196 Yankee moves, Longstreet gone west, 199-200 Testaments, tracts, periodicals, 202 Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Bragg, rumored death Hood, 204 Bistoe Station, 209, 211 Lee and possible battle against Meade, fall 1863, 217 Rappahannock Station and Kelly’s Ford, 218-21 Meade plans, 222 Ewell, ill, amputation, 223 Mud, 224 Furloughs, 224-25 General Lee might be sent west, 226 Congress, demagogues, 228 Family, wife, come to camp, measles, 228-29, 231, 241 William B. Pendleton, William B. Taliaferro, 232 Chaplain, chapel, meetings, 242 , 243ff Spotsylvania courthouse, 243-46 Grant, 245-46, 249 Mail, 253 Destruction in the Valley, 254 Cedar Creek, 255ff John B. Gordon, 259 Jubal Early, 259 Slave stealing clothing, 260 Early and causes for recent defeats, Gordon, 261 Death of Ramseur, 261 Early and artillery, 261-62 Newspaper criticism of Early, Gordon, 263-65 Winter, Valley, scarcity of food and forage, 265

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Early, address to troops, 266 Rosser mission to Cumberland, Maryland, 274 Hood, Johnston, Sherman, 274 Shortage of forage, 276 Jubal Early, high living, and morality, 277 Wives in camp, 277-78, 281-82 Slave soldiers, 278 Selfish people, wealth, slaves, 279 Shoes, 283 Early, 283-84 Horses starving, forage, 284 Staunton dinner for soldiers, 285 Prisoners, food, retaliation, 287-88

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