Robert J. Patterson's Valor at Fort Fisher and Medal of Honor

Robert J. Patterson's Valor at Fort Fisher and Medal of Honor

Dec 13 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Robert J. Patterson stood knee-deep in mud, the roar of cannon fire drowning the screams and shouts. Bullets tore the air like angry hornets. His regiment faltered—scattered, broken. Fear clung hea...

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Robert J. Patterson Rallies the 5th Maryland at Cold Harbor

Robert J. Patterson Rallies the 5th Maryland at Cold Harbor

Dec 13 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Steel met fire. Men fell like wheat before the scythe. In the cacophony of musket and cannon, one figure stood a bulwark, a living rod of iron beneath the smoke—Robert J. Patterson, a Union soldier...

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Robert J. Patterson's Medal of Honor at Fort Fisher 1864

Robert J. Patterson's Medal of Honor at Fort Fisher 1864

Dec 13 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Robert J. Patterson stood firm amid a swirling storm of bullets and cannon fire—the ground beneath him churned with the chaos of war. His regiment’s line crumbled under relentless Confederate assau...

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Robert J. Patterson Saved His Regiment and Earned the Medal of Honor

Robert J. Patterson Saved His Regiment and Earned the Medal of Honor

Dec 13 , 2025

Infidel Co.

The rifle smoke chokes the valley, screams claw the air. Brother soldiers fall, regiments falter. Then comes Robert J. Patterson—steadfast in the storm, a human bulwark against collapse. Amid chaos...

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Robert J. Patterson's Medal of Honor at Petersburg, 1864

Robert J. Patterson's Medal of Honor at Petersburg, 1864

Dec 13 , 2025

Infidel Co.

He stood alone, the roar of musket fire tearing through the Virginia woods. Smoke clung thick, choking the air. The line was breaking—friends falling all around. But Robert J. Patterson moved forwa...

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Robert J. Patterson, Sergeant Who Held the Line at Spotsylvania

Robert J. Patterson, Sergeant Who Held the Line at Spotsylvania

Dec 13 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Blood. Smoke. The sky tore with cannon fire. Robert J. Patterson grasped the shattered flagpole—his hands stained with grit and sacrifice. Around him, men fell like trees in a storm. The air was a ...

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