Another little tidbit involving C. N. Candler: Governor Vance to Sec. of War James A. Seddon, dated May 18, 1863.
"Sir
I have been informed upon reliable authority that Col. L. M. Allen and Capt. C. N. Candler of the 64th N.C.T. were, while recently in Madison County, N.C. guilty of the crime of seizing citizens not liable to conscription and receiving large sums of money to release them with many similar acts of oppression and corruption. These reports so injurious to the fair fame of N.C. soldiers, have obtained such general credit that I cannot pass over them in silence and therefore have the honor to request that you order an enquiry into the matter. If notified of time and place, I will have the proof which was communicated to me, placed before the Court.
Very respectfully
Yr. obt. Svt.
Z. B. Vance"
(From The Papers of Zebulon Baird Vance, Volume 2, 1863, p.157-158. Edited by Joe A. Mobley.)