. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . hat cast the vote of Pennsylvaniafor Martin Van Buren. In 1838, and again in 1844, hewas active in quelling local riots. He became major-general of volunteers at the beginning of the MexicanWar, commanded his division at Cerro Gordo, led thecavalry and advanced brigades in the pursuit, entered andtook Jalapa, and was honorably mentioned in GeneralScotts official report. After the war he resumed busi-ness, and took command of the Pennsylvania militia. At the beginning of the War of the Rebellion he wasthe oldest major-gen
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . hat cast the vote of Pennsylvaniafor Martin Van Buren. In 1838, and again in 1844, hewas active in quelling local riots. He became major-general of volunteers at the beginning of the MexicanWar, commanded his division at Cerro Gordo, led thecavalry and advanced brigades in the pursuit, entered andtook Jalapa, and was honorably mentioned in GeneralScotts official report. After the war he resumed busi-ness, and took command of the Pennsylvania militia. At the beginning of the War of the Rebellion he wasthe oldest major-general by commission in the UnitedStates. On the Presidents first call for seventy-five thou-sand men for three months, April 15, 1861, he was mus-tered into service as major-general of volunteers, and as-signed to a military department composed of Pennsylvania,Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Hecrossed the Potomac June 15, [861, at General McDowell advanced into Virginia, GeneralPatterson was instructed to watch the troops under Gen- ]. eral f. E. Johnston at Winchester, Virginia. He claimed that the failure of General Scott to send him orders, forwhich he had been directed to wait, caused his failure toco-operate with General McDowell in the movementswhich resulted in the first battle of Bull Run. He wasmustered out of the service on the expiration of his com-mission, July 27, 1861, and returned to private life. General Patterson was a popular speaker, one of thelargest mill-owners in the United States, and was inter-ested in sugar-refineries and cotton-plantations. He waspresident of the Hoard of Trustees of Lafayette Collegeat the time of his death. He published Narrative ofthe Campaign in the Shenandoah (Philadelphia, 1865). Francis E., the son of General Robert Patterson, wasa brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862, and participatedin the Peninsular campaign. He was killed by the acci-dental discharge of his own pistol. 52 4io OFFICERS OF
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