Confederate Colonel George S. Patton, Sr., grandfather of the famous World War II general, dies of wounds

Thirty-one year-old Virginia Military Institute graduate Colonel George Smith Patton was leading his regiment, the 22nd Virginia, at the Third Battle of Winchester when he was mortally wounded six days before..  He died six days in Winchester and was buried in the town.  His son became the first mayor of San Marino, California, and his son, the colonel's grandson, became General George S. Patton, of World World II fame. (By John Osborne)    
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"Death of Colonel George Patton," Richmond Daily Dispatch, October 3, 1864. 
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