- Joined
- Dec 3, 2011
- Location
- Laurinburg NC
"Forget-me-nots of The Civil War – A Romance Containing Reminiscences and Original Letters of Two Confederate Soldiers" by Laura E. Lee Battle (1909). Laura Lee was born in 1855 near Clayton, NC to Charles Lee and Candace Turley. Laura's half-brothers were Walter and George Lee.
Chapter 6, Page 37, 48-49 "The Gallant 4th NC Regiment State Troops" – The author writes:
"The day that the gallant "Fourth North Carolina Regiment" passed our town, my half-brothers, Walter and George, bade us all goodbye amid tears and hurrahs, bands playing and the crowd singing, "Shout the joyous notes of freedom" and off to the war they went. Some of their letters have been preserved…..they were written on scraps of writing paper and wrapping paper. It may be interesting….to know exactly what two young Southern boys thought of war in the beginning. I have written them verbatim from the original letters and know nothing was exaggerated from their point of view."
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