Robert D. Patrick letters, 1862.

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Robert D. Patrick letters, 1862.

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The Robert D. Patrick Letters contain two 1862 letters by Robert Patrick to his sister, Mrs. Mary Patrick Nash. One letter from Camp St. Mary, near Corinth, Mississippi, refers to the military strength of the Federal Army in Tennessee, describes the guerrilla tactics of General Morgan, and mentions the ethnicities, including blacks, represented in the 13th Louisiana Volunteers Regiment. The other letter from Port Hudson, Louisiana, mentions Patrick's purchase of clothing, tallow and salt. The collection contains a novel by W. H. Maxwell, THE FORTUNES OF HECTOR O'HALLORAN AND HIS MAN MARK ANTHONY O'TOOLE. The book was purchased by Patrick in Baton Rouge Oct. 29, 1862.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 13th.

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Patrick, Robert, 1835-1866.

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Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850

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