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[Identification of item], in the John Bratton Letters #2216-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Theodore D. Bratton of Jackson, Miss., in April 1940, and from Davis Library in January 1998 (acc. 98013).

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• Bratton family.
• Bratton, John, 1831-1898.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 6th.
• Slavery--Confederate States of America.
• South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• South Carolina--Social conditions.
• Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Civil War letters from John Bratton with the 6th South Carolina Regiment to his wife, Betty (DuBose) Bratton in and near Winnsboro, S.C. The letters describe army life at different camps in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; battles in which Bratton took part; and the behavior of slaves, both those who remained at home and those who accompanied their masters into the army. Letters of January and February 1865 advise Mrs. Bratton as to what she should do in the event the Yankees approach her home.