21 Facts About Robert Patterson

1.

Robert Patterson is still blamed for this historic Union defeat.

2.

Robert Patterson's family was banished from Ireland due to his father's involvement in insurrectionism.

3.

Robert Patterson served in the Quartermaster General Department and was discharged in 1815 as a captain.

4.

Shortly thereafter, Robert Patterson returned to his former commercial pursuits, this time in manufacturing, and established several mills, bringing extended influence to politics in Pennsylvania.

5.

Robert Patterson served as the Commander of the Pennsylvania State militia.

6.

Robert Patterson led militia into combat with rioting civilians, leading to loss of life on both sides.

7.

Robert Patterson was considered for command of the expedition to Veracruz which eventually went to Winfield Scott.

Related searches
Winfield Scott
8.

Robert Patterson was placed in command of the expedition's Volunteer Division and saw action during the Siege of Veracruz and at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, where he was wounded.

9.

Robert Patterson led the American pursuit of the Mexican Army and was the first to enter Jalapa.

10.

Robert Patterson then resumed his business interests in Pennsylvania, where he acquired 30 cotton mills and became quite wealthy.

11.

Robert Patterson became one of the largest mill-owners in the United States and heavily involved in sugar refineries and cotton plantations.

12.

Robert Patterson again was an influential figure in Philadelphia politics.

13.

Robert Patterson was appointed major general of Pennsylvania volunteers and commanded the Department of Pennsylvania and the Army of the Shenandoah.

14.

Robert Patterson failed to immediately act on these orders, was outmaneuvered after the Battle of Hoke's Run, and a Confederate army at Winchester, Virginia, under Brig.

15.

Johnston did declare that Robert Patterson's army had largely deterred him from pursuing the shattered and disorganised Union troops as they retreated back to Washington after the battle.

16.

Robert Patterson, widely criticized for his failure to contain the enemy forces, was mustered out of the Army in late July 1861.

17.

Robert Patterson again returned to his cotton milling business and wrote a book, A Narrative of the Campaign in the Valley of the Shenandoah, in 1861, published in 1865.

18.

Robert Patterson was President of the Aztec Club of 1847 from 1867 to 1881 and was a Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

19.

Robert Patterson was a trustee of Lafayette College from 1826 to 1835, and president of the trustees from 1876 to 1881.

20.

Robert Patterson died in Philadelphia and is buried there in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

21.

Robert Patterson's mansion was located on the southwest corner of 13th and Locust Streets.