Papers, [ca. 1861]-1897.

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Papers, [ca. 1861]-1897.

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The collection includes a notebook or journal Charles Herbst kept during the Civil War. It has newsclippings, written orders, a few letters, notes made by Herbst and a few postage stamps. The remainder of the collection consists of letters dating from 1868 to 1897. They generally concern prospective reunions of Confederate veterans, particularly the Orphans; and requests for books and newspapers from Herbst. Included are two letters from Ed Porter Thompson, the Orphans' chronicler, seeking information for his second work on the unit published in 1898.

.475 cubic ft.

Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6961797

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Thompson, Edwin Porter, 1834-

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Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Brigade, First.

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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]-18...