Jan 12 , 2026
A Tarnished Flag, A Steadfast Man The roar of cannon fire tore through the prairie air. Men fell by the dozen, swallowed by smoke and chaos. In the middle of that hell, Robert J. Patterson stood — ...
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Jan 08 , 2026
Blood-soaked earth, a sky choking with smoke, chaos tearing through the Union lines. There, amid the deafening roar of cannon and cries of dying men, stood Robert J. Patterson—a single figure who b...
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Jan 08 , 2026
Smoke choked the air. Blood slicked the earth. The 11th Pennsylvania Infantry buckled under brutal musket fire at Fredericksburg. Somewhere in that chaos, Private Robert J. Patterson took a stand t...
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Jan 08 , 2026
Blood-soaked powder filled his lungs. Bones shattered, flesh torn, yet the cannon roared again. Alonzo Cushing, Lieutenant at battery command, refused to yield. His artillery crew fell away beneath...
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Jan 01 , 2026
Blood on the frozen ground. Smoke stings the eyes. Men fall silent, or scream. But William McKinley moves forward. Alone. Against impossible odds. The Boy Behind the Rifle William McKinley was no ...
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Dec 19 , 2025
Robert J. Patterson stood knee-deep in mud and blood, the roar of cannon fire tearing through the fog. His regiment faltered, pinned down under a relentless hailstorm of Confederate bullets. Withou...
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