Download or read book General John Bratton written by Joseph Luke Austin and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the history of the military service of John Bratton, a confederate officer from 1861 to 1865, and the sixth South Carolina Volunteers. Bratton was present with his unit in Charleston, South Carolina, during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, opening hostilities, and was at the head of his brigade during the surrender of his army at Appomattox courthouse almost exactly four years later. These events and events between are chronicled and explained vividly with the use of 85 letters written by Bratton to his wife.