Joseph Brevard Kershaw Papers, . 1762-1938

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Joseph Brevard Kershaw Papers, . 1762-1938

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/k/Kershaw,Joseph_Brevard.html

Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894) was a general in the Confederate Army. The collection includes papers pertaining to the Kershaw family and the DeSaussure family of South Carolina, chiefly 20th-century genealogical materials. Earlier items include colonial deeds and accounts for goods; scattered antebellum correspondence; slight postwar correspondence of Joseph Brevard Kershaw (1822-1894); and correspondence, 1899-1938, of John Kershaw, Episcopal priest of Charleston, S.C., including copies of letters he wrote from the Lambeth Conference in London, 1908.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 1822-1894

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Army officer and jurist; son of Col. John Kershaw (1765-1829) and Harrietta Du Bose Kershaw; grandson of Joseph Kershaw (ca. 1727-1791); husband of Lucretia Douglas; commanded Palmetto Regt., 1843, in Mexican War; member of: S.C. legislature, 1852-1856, and S.C. Secession Convention, 1860; promoted to Major General, Confederate Army, by 1864; president of S.C. Senate, 1865. From the description of Joseph Brevard Kershaw papers, 1766-1931 (bulk, 1766-1888). (University of South Caroli...