Herbst, Charles A.

Biographical note: Charles Herbst was a member of the famous "Orphan Brigade," the First Kentucky Brigade of the Confederate Army. He worked for a time after the war for the Macon (Georgia) Historical Society and was a rare book dealer. He also kept up with his comrades through correspondence and reunions. He traveled across the South after the war, marking the graves of fallen Orphans or helping to have their bodies reburied in Kentucky.

This collection contains a notebook, scrapbook, and correspondence of Charles Herbst. Herbst, a member of the famous "Orphan Brigade," the First Kentucky Brigade of the Confederate Army, worked for a time after the war for the Macon (Georgia) Historical Society and was a rare book dealer. He also kept up with his old comrades through correspondence and reunions. He traveled across the South after the war, marking the graves of fallen Orphans or helping to have their bodies reburied in Kentucky.