Letters from George Patton to his wife Susan T. Glassell Patton during the Civil War, 1863

The series of nine letters from George to Susan in 1863 describe in vivid detail the Confederate raid into [West] Virginia led by Generals William E. "Grumble" Jones and John D. Imboden, during which Patton was a colonel in the 22nd Virginia Infantry. Patton describes the campaign in a series of seven letters dating between 1863 April 14 and 1863 May 15; a fifth excerpted letter from December gives his final update.