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Irish Born American General who served in the Civil War. He is famously blamed for the Union Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run after his troops failed to stop Confederate Gen. Johnston. He married his wife Sarah Ann Engle in 1817.

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Biography: 
Irish Born American General who served in the Civil War. He is famously blamed for the Union Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run after his troops failed to stop Confederate Gen. Johnston. He married his wife Sarah Ann Engle in 1817.
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Citation URL: 
https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290192-00426?pid=2276297&backurl=https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DHqX504%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%
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Citation Notes: 
18610721GWS_FMS1
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. IV
Start Page: 
673
End Page: 
674
Citation Notes: 
Ancestry.com. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=HqX507&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=robert&gsfn_x=1&gsln=patterson&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdp=1&msbdy=1792&msddy=1881&msddy_x=1&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=11814&dbid=61360&indiv=1&ml_rpos=8
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12941/robert-patterson
Title of Webpage: 
Find a Grave
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