Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Marsena R. Patrick

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                                  PATRICK
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   PATRICK, GEN MARSENA R., born in Jefferson county, N.Y., March 15,
   1811. Graduated at West Point 1835. Made first lieutenant 1839. Served
   through Mexican war. Made captain 1847, and brevetted major 1849.
   Resigned 1859, and went to farming. Entered Union army in 1861, as
   brigadier, and served with McDowell in Shenandoah Valley, and with
   Army of Potomac at South Mountain and Antietam. Became provost marshal
   of Department of Virginia. Resigned June 12, 1865. After the war, held
   several important civil positions.