Yours Affectionately, Osgood

Sarah Tracy Burrows is a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges with a BA in English and history. She worked for CFO Publishing Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts, and is currently a trustee and chair of steering for the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, named for her 8x great-grandfather. Ryan W. Keating is professor of history and director of the Office of Student Research at California State University San Bernardino, where he teaches and researches on the Civil War era. He is the author of two books, Shades of Green: Irish Regiments, American Soldiers, and Local Communities in the Civil War Era and The Greatest Trials I Ever Had: The Civil War Letters of Margaret and Thomas Cahill.

"Burrows and Keating have done well to contextualize Tracy's wartime experiences and preserve his own voice. This is an interesting collection for those interested in soldiers and the home front, efforts at commemoration, and the history of central New York." -Civil War Monitor "These wartime letters from a Union army officer to his mother, interspersed with his later accounts of the battle of Gettysburg and his capture at the battle of the Wilderness and subsequent escape, describe a range of soldier experiences: camp life, marches and battles, bonding with comrades, the highs and lows of morale, and homesickness. The reader will emerge with a broadened understanding and appreciation for the service and sacrifices of Civil War soldiers." -James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom "From bad food and boredom to the horrors of Gettysburg and his escape from a Confederate prison, Osgood Tracy's missives bring the reader into the beating heart of the bloody conflict that defined our nation." -Eleanor Herman, New York Times best-selling historian "Tracy's letters provide excellent content from which even experts will glean information and insight to the experiences of Civil War soldiers through the unique perspective of a staff officer." -Patrick A. Schroeder, Historian, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park