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James Carson Elliott
1845–1936
A North Carolina teacher, civic leader, and former Confederate soldier, he is best remembered for turning his wartime memories into a vivid personal narrative. His writing offers a firsthand view of Civil War service shaped by local history and a lifelong attachment to his home state.
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The Southern Soldier Boy: A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy
by James Carson Elliott
About the author
Born in Cleveland County, North Carolina, in 1845, James Carson Elliott was a Confederate soldier, later a teacher, writer, and civic leader. He lived a long life that stretched well beyond the Civil War, and he died in 1936.
He is best known for The Southern Soldier Boy: A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy (1907), a memoir drawn from his experiences as a young private in Company F of the 56th North Carolina Infantry. The book stands out for its direct, personal storytelling and for the way it preserves one veteran's perspective on the war.
Beyond his writing, Elliott was remembered in North Carolina as an educator and public-minded local figure. For listeners interested in firsthand Civil War memoirs, his work offers both a personal account of military life and a glimpse of how one veteran chose to remember the conflict decades later.