William Bratcher:  Pvt. Ive's 54th and Nixon's 48th TN Inf. C.S.A. Soldier

Enlisted 30 Nov 1861, Lawrence Co., TN. No record of discharge.

Soldier was 38 at enlistment. Submitter contributes the following information about soldier and family. Soldier was born 1 March 1822/1824 in Hall Co., Ga and died after the 1907 Confederate Veterans Census in Lauderdale Co., AL. He married Matilda and had the following children: Wilson BRATCHER, b. ca. 1844; James K. BRATCHER, b. ca. 1845/7; Caroline Cyrena BRATCHER, b. ca. 1846/9; Frances E. BRATCHER, b. oct 1850, m 30 Dec 1868 to Alexander SCOTT; and Archibald W. BRATCHER, b. ca. 1854. Brother to Newman W. BRATCHER (above) and John B. BRATCHER.

Source: Wayne County, Tennessee; Civil War Pension Abstracts; Confederate Veterans; Submitted by Joyce Rex.