Abstract:
John Henry Cooper left his wife, family, and job in Raleigh to fight for the Confederacy. He joined the 3rd Regiment NC Artillery, but was later transferred to Lt. Col. John Haskell's Company F, 13th Battalion, NC Light Infantry, where he served for the war. The authors used historical records to document this company's movements and thereby surmise the conditions under which Cooper and others like him served and suffered.