Battle of Hoke's Run
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The Battle of Hoke's Run, also known as the Battle of Falling Waters or Battle of Hainesville, took place on July 2, 1861, in Berkeley County, Virginia as part of the Manassas campaign of the American
Colonel John C. Starkweather with his Wisconsin regiment
Robert Patterson (general)
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Robert Patterson was an Irish-born American military officer who served in the United States Army during the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.
Battle of Hoke's Run
…precisely upon the orders of a superior officer about how to operate in the face of superior numbers, Jackson's Confederate forces resisted General Robert Patterson's Union forces briefly and then slowly retreated over several miles. The Department of Pennsylvania represented the Union Army at the Battle of Hoke's…
A portrait depicting Patterson during the Mexican-American War
Patterson's memorial and tombstone in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania