TY  - GEN
AU  - Osborn,Joseph Bloomfield
TI  - Joseph Bloomfield Osborn papers,
KW  - Landau, Louise
KW  - Osborn family
KW  - Confederate States of America
KW  - Army
KW  - United States
KW  - Recruiting, enlistment, etc
KW  - Military life
KW  - New Jersey Infantry Regiment, 26th (1862-1863)
KW  - Navy
KW  - North Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)
KW  - South Atlantic Blockading Squadron (1861-1865)
KW  - President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
KW  - Emancipation Proclamation
KW  - Vanderbilt (Side-wheel steamer)
KW  - Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
KW  - Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862
KW  - Peninsular Campaign, 1862
KW  - Slaves
KW  - Emancipation
KW  - Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort)
KW  - Capture, 1865
KW  - Maryland
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - North Carolina
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Prisoners and prisons
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Virginia
KW  - Sailors
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Soldiers
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition available; no. 19,609; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1987
N2  - Chiefly correspondence of Osborn, who served in Company F, 26th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and in the U.S. Navy, with Osborn family members and Louise Landau (married Osborn in 1866).  Also includes a diary (1862-1863) and biographical sketch of Osborn.  Subjects include enlistments, camp life, training, and marches in Maryland and Virginia.  Osborn also discusses discipline and morale, the attitude and condition of Confederate prisoners of war, casualties, and the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation on Union troops.  Includes details on the Peninsular Campaign (1862), Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. (1862), and Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. (1863); Osborn's service aboard the USS Vanderbilt (Side-wheel steamer) in the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic Blockading squadrons; and the Fort Fisher, N.C., expedition of January 1865
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012189
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012189.3
ER  -