A Gunner in Lee's Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter

Time Period
1861 to 1876
Media Type
Video
Topics
Civil War
Military History
Politics & Government
Presenter
Graham Dozier

On December 4, 2014, at noon, Graham Dozier delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "A Gunner in Lee's Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry"

In May 1861, Thomas Henry Carter raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate army. Over the next four years he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During that time, Carter wrote more than 100 revealing letters to his wife Susan about his service in the South’s most successful army. In this lecture, Graham Dozier will discuss his process of editing the letters; tell the story of Tom Carter's life before, during, and after the Civil War; and share some of the many fascinating observations that can be found in the letters.

Graham Dozier is the publications managing editor at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the editor of A Gunner in Lee’s Army: The Civil War Letters of Thomas Henry Carter.

The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

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