Robert Patterson (pioneer)
Colonel Robert Patterson (1753–1827) was an American soldier and settler who helped found the cities of Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, then moved to Dayton, Ohio. Early life Born in Pennsylvania, Patterson emigrated to Kentucky in 1775. He served in the Kentucky militia in the Western theater of the American Revolutionary War, western theater of the American Revolutionary War. He took part in George Rogers Clark's celebrated Illinois campaign in 1778, and fought in many other actions during the war. He was a captain of the Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County militia in the Battle of Blue Licks, the last major battle of the war in the west. He was, along with Daniel Boone, one of the few senior officers to survive that disastrous battle. In 1786 he was severely injured in Logan's Raid in the Northwest Indian War. Patterson moved north from Kentucky into the Northwest Territory in 1788, and was one of the three founders of ...
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Robert Patterson (pioneer) (cropped)
Robert Patterson (January 12, 1792 – August 7, 1881) was an Irish-born United States major general during the American Civil War, chiefly remembered for inflicting an early defeat on Stonewall Jackson, but crucially failing to stop Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston from joining forces with P. G. T. Beauregard at the First Battle of Bull Run. He is still blamed for this historic Union defeat. Early life and War of 1812 Patterson was born in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. His family was banished from Ireland due to his father's involvement in insurrectionism. In 1799, he emigrated to the United States, and eventually involved himself in banking. Patterson received his education in public schools and afterward became a clerk at a Philadelphia counting house. Volunteering for service during the War of 1812, he rose from the rank of captain to colonel in the 2nd Pennsylvania Militia, before joining the United States Army. He served in the Quartermaster General Depart ...
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