Record #:

20201

Author(s):

Tilly, Amanda

Abstract:

North Carolina resident Richard Porson Paddison left the state as a young man and ventured North to find permanent employment. With the onset of the American Civil War, Paddison returned home to enlist in the Confederate army. After the conclusion of the war and at the beginning of Reconstruction, Paddison exchanged four letters with friends and family regarding his experiences in a rebuilding South. His letter offer an insight into Reconstruction from the perspective of the non-slave holding middle class.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 8, 1999, p39-52 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Reconstruction (1865-1877)--North Carolina; Paddison, Richard Porson, 1839-1915