his work has been a true labor of love during the decade and a half I have worked on it. I have always enjoyed the challenge of historical research and this book provided plenty of challenging opportunities. This roster is in no way meant to detract from the brave service of the men who fought in the Confederate infantry, artillery, cavalry, or any other land-based service. My own Great-Great Grandfathers are counted among these stalwart men. It is simply to add to the body of knowledge about those from North Carolina who served and defended their State and new nation, just as “some” of their ancestors of 1776 did eighty-five years before.

Perhaps the best way to describe this roster is by explaining what it is not. As hard as I tried to make it so, I cannot claim it is a comprehensive list of all North Carolinians who served the Confederacy on, or near, the water. It is this author’s humble attempt to document a group of men all too often under appreciated and superficially treated by historians of the conflict. The fact North Carolina naval personnel had no such annotated roster was sufficient justification for me to develop such a roster. It is my hope that by preserving and publishing the names and such service information as could be found that the Tar Heels who served the Confederate naval service may receive the recognition they so richly deserve.

n this beautiful collection of poems, Herman has shared his words from his heart and the depth of his soul the declaration of the love he possesses for his Shirley. The early years and the beginning of their lifelong romance; the desire to please and the experiences they shared. The portals they entered together and embraced the joys of their lives together. The final portal that Herman did not walk through with Shirley has not closed. His words of love and yearning are expressed in his poems of loneliness, and sadness, and the hope that he will again see his beloved bride and rejoice in eternity never to be apart again.

— Tammy Lynn McCracken

he Adventure – Stolen Days tells the story of Dr. Nash Laurent, who spends a life time creating a Southern organization, PROJECT ALABAMA to finance and build a space-time ship with the intention of going back and saving the life of Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. But by the time all is ready, Nash is just too old for the mission, and so he recruits Parks Walter, a NASA astronaut to go with his daughter Jeanne Marie and his son Michael back in time.

The story begins in Area 51, then to Rebel Mountain in West Texas, and then a trip through space time. Heroes of the South come to life as Parks, Jeanne Marie and Michael meet and talk to the legends of Southern history.

Heavily researched, this tale will introduce you to aspects of Civil War history you may never have heard of. But can this team do it? Can they save Stonewall Jackson’s life? They have three ways to try, will any of those ways work?