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Patrick, Linus Anthony, ca. 1843-1864. Letters, 1862-1864. 14 items.
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Content
In a series of letters to his father, John B. Patrick of Logan County, Oh., Lt. Linus Patrick of the 121st Ohio Infantry describes the military operations of his unit from the fall of 1862 to the summer of 1864. . In a letter dated 27 Oct. 1862 from Perryville, Ky. he advises his father that he would refrain from writing about the recent battle at length and urged him to borrow the long accounts he had already sent to friends back home. Subsequent letters written in late 1862 from Lebanon and Columbia, Ky. describe the weather and camp conditions. In a letter from Columbia dated Dec. 10 he quips, "All Quiet Along the Potomac."