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Patrick, Marsena Rudolph (1811-1888) [Army of the Potomac military pass]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03619.02.11 Author/Creator: Patrick, Marsena Rudolph (1811-1888) Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document signed Date: 5 November 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed pass of the Provost Marshal General's Office that gives C.C. Bray, citizen clerk, permission to pass from "Headquarters to within the lines" for the Quarter Masters Department. Expires at the end of the month. Issued by command of General M.R. Patrick. Signed by Patrick's aide-de-camp (name illegible).

Patrick, Marsena Rudolph, 1811-1888

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