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[Identification of item], in the Julia A. Cotten Bethel Papers, #180-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Abbott Cotten Martin, prior to 1940.

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A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2010

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• Bethel, Julia A. Cotten, fl. 1858-1875.
• Bethel, Thomas F. (Thomas Franklin), 1807-1887.
• Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
• Cobb County (Ga.)--Religious life and customs.
• Cobb County (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 7th.
• Cotten, J. K.
• Cotten, Joseph A.
• Georgia--Social life and customs.
• Physicians--Georgia--History--19th century.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• Winchester (Va.)--History--19th century.

Julia A. Cotten Bethel (fl. 1858-1875) of Thomaston, Ga., was the wife of Thomas F. Bethel, sister of J. K. Cotten, and aunt of Joseph A. Cotten.

The collection includes chiefly scattered letters to Julia A. Cotten Bethel at Thomaston, Ga., from her brother, J. K. Cotten at Powder Springs and Acworth, both in Cobb County, Ga., 1858-1859, 1868, 1870, and 1875; and letters to Julia and her husband, Thomas F. Bethel, from her nephew, Joseph A. Cotten, with the 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment at Winchester and Manassas, Va., June-September 1861. J. K. Cotten wrote about financial difficulties in practicing medicine, about health and activities of family members, and about spiritual yearnings. Joseph Cotten wrote of conditions in camp and battle, especially at the First Battle of Bull Run. Also included are a few other family letters.