Patrick H. White (June 1, 1832, in Sligo, Ireland[1] – November 25, 1915) was an American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.
With his parents and siblings, he moved to Nova Scotia, Canada (though one source says they emigrated to Fredericton, New Brunswick[2]) to escape the Great Famine of Ireland of the 1840s.
The family then moved to Chicago, Illinois, United States, where White took a job in a meat-packing plant.
When the war broke out, the majority of the Artillery group's members went to fight - however, White opted not to, instead choosing to help raise his siblings as both his parents died.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi, when, according to the United States Army's official Website, he "Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's works.