Francis Engle Patterson was a United States Army general who died during the American Civil War.
Patterson was born in Philadelphia to IrishAmerican army officer Robert Patterson and Sarah Engle. His brother was brevet Brig. Gen. Robert Emmet Patterson, and he was brotherinlaw to another Union general, John Joseph Abercrombie. Like his father, he entered the army during the MexicanAmerican War, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery . He was promoted to first lieutenant October 29, 1847. After the war, Patterson transferred to the 9th U.S. Infantry where he was promoted to captain, March 3, 1855 he resigned May 1, 1857.
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