Nathaniel Starbuck

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Nathaniel Starbuck is a fictional Confederate Army Officer, copperhead and the main character in Bernard Cornwell's Starbuck Chronicles.

[edit] Early life

Starbuck was born in Boston, Massachusetts, son of radical abolistionist minister the Reverand Dr. Elail Starbuck. Nathaniel lives a relatively pious childhood and was regularly beaten by his father, as such he leads him to be unprepared for the outside world. Starbuck goes to the Yale Seminary his father hopes he will follow him into the ministry. Here Starbuck meets several notable figures including Oliver Wendell Holmes and his son Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., he also meets his close friend Adam Faulconer also studying at the Seminary.