Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Brigade, 1st.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal correspondence of Thomas DeCourcy Osborne, private in the Sixth Kentucky Infantry, which was part of the "Orphan Brigade" and later major general of the Third Brigade of the Kentucky Division. Most of the letters were written to Osborne's father, mother and sisters during his years of service in the Civil War. He recounted experiences of camp--loneliness, pastimes and privation--that were common to many young men who served in the war. One letter written...