Marsena Rudolph Patrick journals
Language: eng
Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; Campaigns; United States; Maryland Campaign, 1862; United States. Army of the Potomac; Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862; United States. Army; Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va., 1864; Officers; History
Description: Journals kept by Patrick while serving in the Union Army.  Documents his role in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Va., (1862); the Maryland Campaign (1862); the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., (1863); operations along the Rapidan River, Va., (1863); Battle of Cold Harbor, Va., (1864); seige of Petersburg, Va., (1864-1865); and the entry of Union troops into Richmond, Va.  Discusses the operations of the U.S. Army of the Potomac, Ambrose Everett Burnside, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, Abraham Lincoln, George Brinton McClellan, George Gordon Meade, and Edwin McMasters Stanton.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, S.F. Adams, 1955.

Army officer and agriculturalist.

Collection material in English.