The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy

A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by James Carson Elliott throws listeners into the unvarnished world of a young Confederate private, offering a vivid Civil War memoir of battle, camp life, and captivity. Elliott, a member of Company F, 56th North Carolina, recounts everything from fox hunts and farm boy upbringing in Cleveland County to the heat and horror of the nine-month siege of Petersburg and the trials of life in prison camps. His historical reminiscences blend personal anecdotes, military incidents, and the regional politics that shaped Southern enlistment, providing a ground-level perspective often missing from grand narratives. This historical nonfiction memoir captures themes of duty, survival, camaraderie, and the ordinary soldier’s view of national conflict. Elliott’s plainspoken voice and attention to everyday detail make complex wartime realities accessible and immediate, while avoiding romanticization. Listeners gain not only battle descriptions but social context—family influences, local sentiments, and the lived experience of a Confederate private. Ideal for Civil War history enthusiasts, students, genealogists, and anyone drawn to soldier’s-eye memoirs, this audiobook offers a candid, human portrait of war that complements scholarly accounts with firsthand testimony.