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Submitted: 8/26/10 • Approved: 7/19/18 • Last Updated: 1/12/23 • R366226-G366225-S3
William
PRIVATE
Company H 4 North Carolina Infantry
Civil War Confederate
July 9, 1844 - April 23, 1929
*Obituary
Prairie Grove Herald
Thursday, April 25, 1929
PATTERSON, William Preston - William Preston Patterson, age 86, died at his home at Cane Hill Tuesday morning, following a week’s illness from paralysis. Mr. Patterson was a Confederate veteran and is survived by two sons, Robert and Fred, both of Cane Hill, and by one daughter, Mrs. Russell Moore, of Fayetteville. Funeral services were held at the Cane Hill church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. A.C. Carnahan of Pea Ridge officiating.
*Obituary (News Article)
Fayetteville Democrat
Thursday, July 29, 1915
4 Survivors in County 1st Bull Run Battle – There are in Washington County only four ex-Confederate soldiers who participated in the first battle of Manassas, or Bull Run, which was fought on July 20, 1861 and the anniversary of which was observed Wednesday, and of these four, three reside in Fayetteville. They are Captain Charles H. Vance, of the 6th North Carolina, Kirby’s Brigade; Capt. J.T. Eason of the 17th Mississippi; D.R. Jones’ Brigade and J.H. Prince of the 4th South Carolina, Evans Brigade, all of whom are residents of this city, and Presley Patterson, of Cane Hill, who belonged to the 4th North Carolina, Bee’s Brigade. According to Capt. Eason, Brigadier General Kirby Smith was badly wounded and Brigadier General Bee was killed in the first battle of Bull Run. The famous “Wheat’s Louisiana Tigers” served in the 4th South Carolina, to which Mr. Prince belonged.
*Obituary
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives
W.P. Patterson filed Veteran Application #23428 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed August 16, 1916 at the State, citing service with Company H, 4th North Carolina Infantry from 1863 thru 1865.
Mary
September 5, 1847 - November 28, 1898
Contributed on 8/26/10 by nailgal123
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