Confederate Colonel, great-uncle of Gen. George S. Patton III. Patton was Colonel of the 7th Virginia Infantry. He was mortally wounded while leading his regiment in Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. His brother, George Smith Patton, is buried in the same grave.
Confederate Colonel, great-uncle of Gen. George S. Patton III. Patton was Colonel of the 7th Virginia Infantry. He was mortally wounded while leading his regiment in Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. His brother, George Smith Patton, is buried in the same grave.
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"In Christ Alone Perfectly Content" The last words of Col W.T. Patton
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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