PATTERSON, Francis Engle

Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 7 1821, Philadelphia PA

Died: November 22 1862, near Occoquan VA

Pre-War Profession: Mexican War, remained in the Army, resigned 1857, businessman

War Service: April 1861 Col. of 17th Pennsylvania, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps in Peninsula campaign, while at Catlett's Station he is said to have conducted an unauthorized retreated when he believed there were Confederate forces nearby

Post War: November 2, 1862, Patterson was found dead in his tent of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Initially it was not clear whether his death was accidental or a suicide.