Patterson Robert






Robert Patterson ALS "The First Troops Through Baltimore …"







Bi-fold autograph letter signed, 5" x 8". Penned to recto and verso of the first page, second page left blank. Dated "Phil 6th, Sept 1865", and signed by Robert Patterson "R Patterson". Fine condition with small ink smudge to front.







A fantastic letter by Union General Robert Patterson who describes the taking of Baltimore while commander of his department in 1861. "The message of the first troops through Baltimore after the attack on the Massachusetts 6th is I think stated very accurately in my note, except as to the number which you have rather overrated. I need not say to you that I was very anxious as commander of the department to have the route through Baltimore opened, the city brought under subjection, & direct communications with Washington re-established for this purpose, I selected the 1st Regt. Penna Artillery (acting at the time as infantry) commanded by my oldest son…" It was at this time, when Baltimore mobs attacked the Massachusetts troops, that the first soldier of the civil war was killed in combat.







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