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[Identification of item], in the Harvey Washington Walter Papers, #3399-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876.
• College students--Mississippi--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Lawyers.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• Diaries.
• Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.
• Holly Springs (Miss.)--History--19th century.
• Holly Springs (Miss.)--Social life and customs.
• Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893.
• Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908.
• Military law--Confederate States of America.
• Patronage, Political--United States--History--1865-1898.
• Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
• United States--Description and travel.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage.
• University of Mississippi--Students--History--19th century.
• Walter, Fredonia Brown.
• Walter, Harvey Washington, 1819-1878.
• Women--Mississippi--Diaries.
• Women--Mississippi--Social life and customs.

Native of Ohio, lawyer in Holly Springs, Miss., and Confederate Army officer.

Personal and official letters from Confederate General Braxton Bragg, on whose staff Walter served as judge advocate, concerning cases for court martial and inquiry, points of military law, and Bragg's efforts to collect and preserve papers for his defense if needed in connection with his military operations. Other correspondence includes war-time letters from relatives at home in Holly Springs describing depredations by Union forces, several letters from Walter's sons at school at the University of Mississippi, postwar correspondence with General William Tecumseh Sherman, a childhood friend, primarily concerning political appointments and favors, and miscellaneous letters from Nathan Bedford Forrest, L. C. Q. Lamar, and Stephen D. Lee. Also included are Walter's diary, 1849, of a trip by rail, steamboat, and coach from Mississippi up the eastern seaboard to Boston, returning by way of the Great Lakes and Michigan, and the diary of Fredonia Brown (Mrs. Harvey W.) Walter, 1850- 1852, possibly kept at Holly Springs, giving details about her daily life.