NC: Request for help: North Carolina Troops Roster 1861 - 1865 A Roster

 

 

 Private Leon, A Jew, Served In 53rd NC (My Family's Unit)

 

My name is Henry Mintz. For the last twenty-five years. I have volunteered on the North Carolina Troop Roster series as a researcher. I have contributed research to eight of the last 19 volumes the state has published. It is generally regarded by historians and researchers as the finest troop roster series in print. The NC Legislature is removing the funding for 4 key positions that produce the troop roster. These include Matthew Brown, editor-in-chief of the roster and a staff member since 1992; Donna Kelly, head administrator of the publication section, and proofreader of the roster; Lisa Bailey, proofreader of the roster and assistant editor of the North Carolina Historical review; and ms Trudy Rayfield, long-time administrative assistant who has worked on the project since the 1970's and handles all the sales of the roster volumes and the historical review. 

 

If these cuts are passed, five volumes of the roster will not get published. Those being left out will include the homeguard and militia, the unassigned conscripts, North Carolina men who served in units raised by other states and those that served in Confederate-raised units, and in the Confederate navy and marines. It also may stop the publication by the state of Greg Mast's second volume of photos of NC confederates. Please send this out to your membership and tell them to contact their local senators and representatives and ask that this funding for these four positions be restored. contact me athenrymintz@yahoo.com or at 910-646-4126. 

 

Thanks ! 

 

The five senators involved in this are:

Neal Hunt

Brent Jackson

Bob Russio (spelling?)

Sen. Harrington (Gaston Co.)

Harry Brown

A phone call is worth 50 emails.

Tom Smith

Past Div. Commander