William James Patterson
William James Patterson (February 7, 1838 – November 6, 1926) was the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1916 to 1917.[1]
William James Patterson | |
|---|---|
 Patterson circa 1916 | |
| Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic | |
| In office 1916–1917 | |
| Preceded by | Elias Riggs Monfort |
| Succeeded by | Orlando Allen Somers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1838 Ireland |
| Died | November 6, 1926 (aged 88) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Biography
He was born in Ireland on February 7, 1838. By 1860 he had migrated to the United States. He served in the American Civil War and was wounded and captured at the Battle of Gaines's Mill. He served as the Pennsylvania's Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1898 to 1899. In May 1913 he was named to an eight-member commission to plan the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1916 to 1917.[1] He died on November 6, 1926.
gollark: `+` and `-` for functions in potatOS are admittedly just fancy compose.
gollark: ```lualocal func_mt = {}if debug then debug.setmetatable(function() end, func_mt) endfunction func_mt.__sub(lhs, rhs) return function(...) return lhs(rhs(...)) endendfunction func_mt.__add(lhs, rhs) return function(...) return rhs(lhs(...)) endendfunction func_mt.__concat(lhs, rhs) return function(...) local r1 = lhs(...) local r2 = rhs(...) return r1, r2 -- limit to two return values endendfunction func_mt.dump(x) return string.dump(x) endfunction func_mt.info(x) return debug.getinfo(x) endfunction func_mt.address(x) return (string.match(tostring(f), "%w+$")) end```
gollark: OH REALLY?
gollark: Oh, and you can index strings so `("abcd")[4]` returns `"d"`.
gollark: I also made it so you can add and subtract functions.
References
- "G.A.R. Elects New Chief. William J. Patterson of Pittsburgh Is Chosen for Office" (PDF). New York Times. September 2, 1916. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
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