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Parmenter, Abram Verrick (b. 1830) Cpl., 7th Veteran
Reserve Corps, USA
Collection, 1865. 3 items.
Includes a diary, Mar. 20-Dec. 31,1865, concerning activities
at Camp Blair, Mich., in the final weeks of the war, the
execution of Henry Wirz, and the reinterment of Col. Ulric
Dahlgren.
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Parsons, Byron Maj., 94th New York Volunteers
Collection, 1864-65. 3 items.
Includes a diary, Jan. 1,1864-Oct. 14,1865 (2 v.), concerning
the movement of troops from New York to Virginia, the
Siege of Petersburg, life as a prisoner of war at Libby Prison in
Richmond, Va., and at Salisbury, N.C., and Danville, Va., and
the exchange of prisoners. Also includes a list of Federal soldiers
captured at Reams' Station, Va., a partial list of officers
confined at Libby Prison in 1864, and a list of noncommissioned
officers and privates in the 94th New York.
698
Parsons, Henry Chester
(1840-1894) Capt., 1st Vermont Cavalry
Manuscript, undated. 1 item.
Draft of Parsons' "Farnsworth's Charge and Death," Battles
and Leaders of the Civil War (1888), v. 3.
699
Patrick, Marsena Rudolph (1811-1888) Gen., USA
Diary, 1862-65. 3 v.
Diary kept by Patrick as inspector general of New York
Volunteers and provost marshal general, Army of the Potomac,
Jan. 1, 1862-June 16, 1865. Contains remarks on the 2d
Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and
Petersburg campaigns, Gen. George Stoneman's raids during
the Chancellorsville Campaign, the Kilpatrick- Dahlgren raid
on Richmond, and the occupation of Fredericksburg. Provides
details on military politics, discipline, generalship, corruption
among officers, entertainment, morale, disease, depredations,
female soldiers, the attitude of southern women, prisoners of
war, reconnaissance expeditions, and refugees. Edited and pub-
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