Letter from Linus Patrick to John B. Patrick
| Title | Letter from Linus Patrick to John B. Patrick |
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| Subject | Patrick, Linus Anthony, d. 1864 |
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | |
| Description | Letter from Linus Patrick to his father John B. Patrick about troop and citizen movement. |
| Creator | Patrick, Linus Anthony, d. 1864 |
| Source | Linus Patrick correspondence; MMS-1157; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | 1864-06-08 |
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| Format | Correspondence |
| application/pdf | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | mms01157_i00027 |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/32763 | |
| Spatial Coverage | Georgia |
| Type | Text |
Bivouac 121st Ohio Vols Dear Father All right so far - Rebs falling back gradually and we manage to Keep tromping on their heels - the Army has been resting a day or two - will move again to morrow - are now within 25 miles of Atlanta - If Joe Johnson takes his army into the fortifications around Atlanta they are our Mean Billy will come the U.S Grant on them i.e. "gobble" them - Our Division has rejoined our Corps at last - We have marched farthur since leaving Ringgold than any other Division in the Army, as we come round by the way of Rome - The Army is in good spirits - have full rations every day since the Campaign opened - this Country is one vast cornfield - Rebs have soldiers detailed to plant it - guess we will save them the trouble of gathering it - they take all the citizens with them as they fall back so much the better for us as we will not have to feed them Write Soon Postscript: I want you and Johnny Kautsman and Joe Fulton to go as substitutes for some of these conscripts |
