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A.J. Osborne to "Dear Brother", May 6, 1861

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  • In this letter of May 6, 1861, A.J. Osborne writes to a brother, conveying a sense of the local mood as recruitment of soldiers begins. He states that he has been advised by a physician to not volunteer as he is prone to consumption (tuberculosis.)
  • A.J. Osborne to “Dear Brother, “May 6, 1861 Pigeon River. May 6th 1861 Dear Brother I arrived home safely last Wednesday morning about 11 o clock, and found all as well as usual [?]. I know of nothing particular to write you, except about the general excitement that prevails over here. I was over at Waynesville on Saturday last, Capt Robert Love made up a company of volunteers off [sic] a about a one hundred in number, & Samuel Bryson made up a company of about 25 or 26 of volun teers of footmen. The light horse company consists of 50 in number Mr. T.J. Lenoir is going to get up on Pigeon River. The Doctors advised me not to volunteer said if I was predisposed to con sumption. That being out exposed of cool nights and every sort of of Weather, that it would bring the disease on, for all I look stout & hearty now. If Nothing\ happens, Father and sister Ada expect to start out there the last of this wick. Write soon. excuse my scribbling & Blotching this I had to write in a hury. No time to take pains. give my love to all. your affectionate Brother A.J. Osborne
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  • In this letter of May 6, 1861, A.J. Osborne writes to a brother, conveying a sense of the local mood as recruitment of soldiers begins. He states that he has been advised by a physician to not volunteer as he is prone to consumption (tuberculosis.)
  • A.J. Osborne to “Dear Brother, “May 6, 1861 Pigeon River. May 6th 1861 Dear Brother I arrived home safely last Wednesday morning about 11 o clock, and found all as well as usual [?]. I know of nothing particular to write you, except about the general excitement that prevails over here. I was over at Waynesville on Saturday last, Capt Robert Love made up a company of volunteers off [sic] a about a one hundred in number, & Samuel Bryson made up a company of about 25 or 26 of volun teers of footmen. The light horse company consists of 50 in number Mr. T.J. Lenoir is going to get up on Pigeon River. The Doctors advised me not to volunteer said if I was predisposed to con sumption. That being out exposed of cool nights and every sort of of Weather, that it would bring the disease on, for all I look stout & hearty now. If Nothing\ happens, Father and sister Ada expect to start out there the last of this wick. Write soon. excuse my scribbling & Blotching this I had to write in a hury. No time to take pains. give my love to all. your affectionate Brother A.J. Osborne