Abstract:
Jacob Nathaniel Raymer was a Catawba County native who joined Company C of the 4th North Carolina Infantry when the state seceded from the Union on June 7, 1861. An observant individual and insatiable writer, Raymer sends detailed letters home to his local newspaper throughout the war making him one of hundreds of war correspondents. The article reviews the role of these war correspondents for both sides and how news was disseminated during the Civil War.