William H. Brotherton

First Name: William
Middle Name(s): H.
Last Name: Brotherton
Unit: 
Co. K, 23rd North Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Catawba County, NC
Biography: 

The Brothertons were a farm family from the Sherrill’s Ford section of Catawba County, North Carolina. At the time of the 1860 Federal Census, Thomas Brotherton (b. ca. 1802) and his wife, Nancy (b. ca. 1807), were living on their farm with three grown children, James (b. ca. 1840), William (b. ca. 1841), and Martha (b. ca. 1843). William H. Brotherton enlisted as a private in Co. K, 23rd North Carolina Infantry on August 8, 1862. He was captured at Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864, confined at Point Lookout, and paroled in March 1865. In addition to the letters written by William H. Brotherton, the collection also includes letters written by various relatives serving in the 23rd, 34th and 52nd North Carolina Infantry.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10068 Brotherton28 September 1, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Orange Court House, VA Catawba County, NC
10069 Brotherton29 September 21, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton VA Catawba County, NC
10070 Brotherton30 September 26, 1863 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10071 Brotherton31 January 31, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton Orange Court House, VA Catawba County, NC
10072 Brotherton32 February 26, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton Hanover Junction, VA Catawba County, NC
10073 Brotherton33 March 6, 1864 William H. Brotherton Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton Hanover Junction, VA Catawba County, NC
10077 Brotherton37 April 5, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton VA Catawba County, NC
10074 Brotherton34 April 8, 1864 William H. Brotherton Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Salisbury, NC Catawba County, NC
10075 Brotherton35 April 24, 1864 William H. Brotherton Martha Elizabeth Brotherton , Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10076 Brotherton36 June 4, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10078 Brotherton38 August 2, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Catawba County, NC
10080 Brotherton40 August 10, 1864 William H. Brotherton Thomas Brotherton , Nancy Brotherton , Martha Elizabeth Brotherton Winchester, VA Catawba County, NC

Received Letters

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