Herbst, Charles A.
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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.
From the description of Papers, [ca. 1861]-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191917546
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.
From the description of Charles Herbst papers, 1861-1897. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41137619
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