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Data Description:Lt. Josiah Blair Patterson
Submitter: Carl Crowley
Date Posted:21 July 2001
Photograph Courtesy of: Carroll Patterson
Information: Startlingly vivid photo of Josiah Blair Patterson ( 1815-1864) taken in on the occasion of his mid-war promotion to 1st Lt. He was born and raised in Abbeville. His outfit (from Forsyth County GA) saw more action than any other ever heard of by the submitter -- 45+ battles-- and it shows in this shot. He was killed at Spotsylvania Courthouse, shortly after Gettysburg in May 1864.