Louise Imogen Guiney Collection (Col. Patrick Guiney Letters)

Patrick Guiney was born in Ireland in 1835 and immigrated to the United States, settling in Maine. He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts for one year, and later studied law and opened a practice in Boston. In 1859, Guiney married Jeannette "Jennie" Margaret Doyle, with whom he had two children. When the Civil War began he left his practice and enlisted as a private with the 9th Massachusetts Volunteers, a regiment organized from Boston.

Finding aid: http://crossworks.holycross.edu/patrick_guiney_letters/

Louise Imogen Guiney Collection (Col. Patrick Guiney Letters)