Confederate American Civil War Officer. He attended the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, graduating in 1852. He then settled in Kanawha County, Virginia, studied law, and established a law practice in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia). At the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861 he joined the Confederate Army, serving as a colonel in the 22nd Virginia Infantry. He saw action at the Battle of Scary Creek in July 1861, the Battle of Giles Courthouse in May 1862, the Battle of New Market in May 1864, and the 2nd Battle of Kernstown in July 1864. On September 19, 1864, he was seriously wounded in the leg at the Battle of Opequon (also known as the 3rd Battle of Winchester) in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and died as the result of an infection several days later. He has been promoted to the rank of brigadier general by the Confederate Congress but due to his death it never became official. He was interred in the same grave as his brother, Lieutenant Colonel Waller T. Patton, who died at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He was the paternal grandfather of the famous World War II US Army General George S. Patton III.
Confederate American Civil War Officer. He attended the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, graduating in 1852. He then settled in Kanawha County, Virginia, studied law, and established a law practice in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia). At the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861 he joined the Confederate Army, serving as a colonel in the 22nd Virginia Infantry. He saw action at the Battle of Scary Creek in July 1861, the Battle of Giles Courthouse in May 1862, the Battle of New Market in May 1864, and the 2nd Battle of Kernstown in July 1864. On September 19, 1864, he was seriously wounded in the leg at the Battle of Opequon (also known as the 3rd Battle of Winchester) in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and died as the result of an infection several days later. He has been promoted to the rank of brigadier general by the Confederate Congress but due to his death it never became official. He was interred in the same grave as his brother, Lieutenant Colonel Waller T. Patton, who died at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. He was the paternal grandfather of the famous World War II US Army General George S. Patton III.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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Here lie asleep in one grave
THE PATTON BROTHERS
Oh! if there be, on this earthly sphere,
A boon, and offering Heaven holds dear,
'Tis the last libation Liberty draws
From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause!
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