num_pages: 292
description: At 15, Osborne joined the Massachusetts 23rd Regiment, in 1861, and soon fought in the first amphibious battle in U.S. the Burnside Expedition against the North Carolina coast. His 23rd Regiment was also in the Battle of Roanoke Island, the first major Union victory. He later fought at Cold Harbor, Petersburg, New Bern, Goldsboro, Kinston and Charleston. He wrote 52 lively, humorous letters to his mother and sister about battles and campaigns, and life in camp and on the march. He kept up with events in the war, commenting on actions by President Lincoln and generals he knew Sherman, Grant, McClellan, Burnside, Foster, Hunter and Butler.
language: English
title: Private Osborne, Massachusetts 23rd Volunteers: Burnside Expedition, Roanoke Island, Second Front Against Richmond
titlecomplete: Private Osborne, Massachusetts 23rd Volunteers: Burnside Expedition, Roanoke Island, Second Front Against Richmond
ratings_count: 1
publisher: McFarland Publishing