Search this Blog
ASK A QUESTION
For all inquiries, please use our Research Request Form, and an archivist will respond to you soon. Thanks!
Web Site
For more information about our collections and services, please visit our main web site at:
https://libraries.wright.edu/special-collections-and-archivesFollow Us
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Receive an email notification when a new post is available.-
Recent Posts
- Special Collections Awarded $75,000 Grant from National Aviation Heritage Alliance
- Job Posting: Archivist for Reference and Outreach
- New Exhibit & Online Gallery Highlight 1974 Xenia Tornado
- SCA Head Jane Wildermuth Named Interim University Librarian
- Great-Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi Visits the Archives
- Newly Donated Publication Available: Letters to My Grandchildren by William J. Lammers
- Archives Closed Dec. 22, 2023 – Jan. 9, 2024
- New Collections Available for Research, December 2023
- Winter Break Closures
- Completed Digitization Project: Katharine Wright Haskell Letters
Blog Calendar
Archives
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Last Letter from John Patterson
On August 9, 1864, John H. Patterson wrote a letter to his brother Stephen. The letter indicates that passes are no longer being issued, possibly because their 100-day tour is about to end. However, they still go on patrol. A … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Collections, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 131st Ohio National Guard, John H. Patterson, MS-236, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family
Comments Off on Last Letter from John Patterson
“Going home not as strong”
In this August 7, 1864 letter, William Patterson reports to his mother that he is getting better each day, but is still not well enough to join his regiment in Chattanooga. The 1st OVI has been relieved of duty at the front … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, Civil War, MS-236, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, Stephen Patterson, William Patterson
Comments Off on “Going home not as strong”
“Campaign Front of Atlanta GA”
In this undated letter (estimated to be early August 1864) from Robert Patterson to his younger brother Stephen, Robert writes about life in the trenches outside of Atlanta. In particular he notes that he had not received a letter for quite … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 61st OVI, Civil War, MS-236, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, Robert Patterson
Comments Off on “Campaign Front of Atlanta GA”