Marsena Rudolph Patrick was a college president and an officer in the United States Army, serving as a general in the Union volunteer forces during the American Civil War. He was the provost marshal for the Army of the Potomac in many of its campaigns.
OFFICE OF THE PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, December 15, 1862. December 15, 1862. 1st. Until further orders, no soldiers will be passed across the bridges to Fredericksburg, unless their commands shall be upon…
DUMFRIES DUMFRIES, April 16, 1863. Lieut. Co]. H. C. RoDGERS, Assistant Adjutant-General : Colonel Duffié, commanding cavalry, has orders from headquarters Army of the Potomac not to relieve my pickets…
HEADQUARTERS, Near Portsmouth, August 10, 1863. Brigadier-General NAGLEE, Norfolk : Is it intended that the cavalry expedition shall go by the way of Suffolk?
OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, August 10, 1864. August 10, 1864. GENERAL:* Marching 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23d, 26th, and 29th of June, left Parsley’s Corners, passing by…