A.J. Osborne to "Dear Brother", May 6, 1861

Dublin Core

Title

A.J. Osborne to "Dear Brother", May 6, 1861

Subject

Military service, Voluntary -- Confederate States of America
North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Osborne family
Osborne, A. J.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories

Description

In this letter of May 6, 1861, A.J. Osborne writes to a brother, conveying a sense of the local mood as recruitment of soldiers begins. He states that he has been advised by a physician to not volunteer as he is prone to consumption (tuberculosis.)

Creator

Osborne, A. J.

Source

C.W. Slagle Collection

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1861-05-06

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
letters (correspondence)

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

11802
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/11802

Date Created

2013-08-05

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Macon County (N.C.)

Extent

2 pages(pages)
8" x 6.25"(dimension)

Is Part Of

Civil War in Southern Appalachia

Citation

Osborne, A. J., “A.J. Osborne to "Dear Brother", May 6, 1861,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/11802.