Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Patterson ya jagoranci tawagarsa a Williamsburg da Bakwai Pines
, amma a lokacin yakin karshe, dole ne ya yi watsi da umurnin saboda rashin lafiya, a fili typhoid zazzabi. Ya ɗauki izinin ba da izini a ranar 7 ga Yuni kuma don haka ya rasa yakin kwana bakwai gaba ɗaya. A watan Yuli, ya sami isasshen lafiya don ɗaukar ayyukan gudanarwa a hedkwatar soja. Patterson bai koma filin ba har sai watanni na kaka lokacin da ya sake komawa umurnin tsohon brigade, yanzu a cikin sashin Daniel Sickles. Duk da haka, ciwo ya ci gaba da damunsa.