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[Identification of item], in the Barkley Family Papers #3032-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from Schindler's Antique Shop, Charleston, S.C., in 1954 and from Charles Apfelbaum Rare Manuscripts & Archives, Watchung, N.J., in January 1998 (Acc. 98017).

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Anderson (S.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Barclay family.
• Barkley, Elizabeth, fl. 1861-1864.
• Barkley, George R., fl. 1861-1864.
• Barkley, J. B. O. (John Belton O'Neal), 1830-1912.
• Barkley, Josiah, fl. 1861-1864.
• Barkley, Martin V. (Martin Van Buren), 1838-1904.
• Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Supplies and stores.
• Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 18th.
• Family--South Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Shoemakers--Confederate States of America.
• Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.
• South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Correspondence of George R. Barkley, Martin V. Barkley, and J.B.O. Barkley, brothers serving with the 18th South Carolina Regiment and other units at James Island and Sullivans Island, S.C., and in Mississippi and Virginia, to their parents, reporting on their health, news of relatives, longing for the war to end, and shoemaking operations. Also included are letters from the parents, Josiah and Elizabeth Barkley, to the brothers, regarding shoemaking for Confederate troops and other matters.