The Patterson Family Papers are an eclectic collection of financial and business records, family correspondence, scrapbooks, 19th-Century newspapers, family histories, and photographs which document three generations of Patterson and Johnston Family personal and business matters.
Of particular interest are letters to Julia Johnston Patterson from four of her sons who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. These letters have been digitized, transcribed and made available electronically in CORE Scholar.
For more information on this collection, please visit Wright State University Special Collections and Archives.
For additional materials related to the Civil War, please view our Civil War series which collects materials from all series during that period.
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Letter from William Patterson to his mother Julia on December 29, 1861
William Patterson
William Patterson wrote this letter to his mother on December 29, 1861. In the letter he talks about illness among the troops at Camp Wood and the recent work of rebuilding a bridge.
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Letter from Colonel A. Sanders Piatt to Captain Robert Patterson dated August 14, 1861
Abram Sanders Piatt
Colonel Abram Sanders Piatt wrote this letter to Captain Robert Patterson on August 14, 1861, inviting Robert to join his Zouave regiment.
