★★★ Patton, Waller Tazewell

Waller Tazewell Patton​

Born: July 15, 1835

Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Virginia

Father: John Mercer Patton 1797 – 1858

(Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Mother: Margaret French Williams 1804 – 1873

(Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Education:

1855: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute – (2nd​ in Class)​

Occupation before War:

1852 – 1856: Professor at Virginia Military Institute​

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1856 – 1861: Attorney in Culpepper Virginia​

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Served in the Virginia State Militia rising to rank of Captain​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain Company B, 13th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment

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1861 – 1862: Major of 7th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Lt. Colonel of 7th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of 7th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in hand during the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia​

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1863: Elected to Virginia State Senate​

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1863: Led 335 Men onto the field at Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863: Mortally Wounded thru jaw during Pickett's Charge​

Died: July 21, 1863

Place of Death: Gettysburg College Hospital, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Age at time of Death: 28 years old

Burial Place: Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia

 

[Luke Freet]

Waller Tazewell Patton:​

Born: July 15, 1835
Birthplace: Fredericksburg VirginiaView attachment 365030
Father: John Mercer Patton 1797 – 1858
(Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery Richmond Virginia)
Mother: Margaret French Williams 1804 – 1873
(Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery Richmond Virginia)

Education:
1855: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute – (2nd​ in Class)

Occupation before War:
1852 – 1856: Professor at Virginia Military Institute
1856 – 1861: Attorney in Culpepper Virginia
Served in the Virginia State Militia rising to rank of Captain

Civil War Career:
1861: Captain Company B 13th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Major of 7th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862: Lt. Colonel of 7th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 7th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded in hand during the Second Battle of Manassas Virginia
1863: Elected to Virginia State Senate
1863: Led 335 Men onto the field at Battle of Gettysburg
1863: Mortally Wounded thru jaw during Pickett's Charge


Died: July 21, 1863
Place of Death: Gettysburg College Hospital Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 28 years old
Burial Place: Stonewall Cemetery Winchester Virginia


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In the film Gettysburg, Ted Turner plays Colonel Patton, following Armistead's brigade in the charge. I have not dove deep into the details of the Charge to know how accurate the film depiction is, but...for one thing, Patton was much younger than Turner.
This man was the great uncle of George S. Patton III, the World War 2 commander.
His brother and George III's grandfather, George S. Sr., was Colonel of the 22nd Virginia Regiment,did not take part in the Gettysburg Campaign, but fought in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, before being mortally wounded at Third Winchester.

 

[Pollaco]

Patton led the 7th Virginia as Colonel for just one month. He was commissioned on June 3rd, 1863. His regiment was part of General Kemper's brigade. He was struck by a shell fragment ( his lower jaw was nearly removed) as he approached the stonewall in Pickett's Charge.

 

[donna]

I wondered if he was ancestor of George Patton. Thanks for the information.

 

[nc native]

Yes, he was the great uncle of old Blood and Guts. George Patton's grandfather George S. Patton was also a colonel for a Virginia regiment during the Civil War and was killed at 3rd Winchester in 1864. George S. Patton had received a promotion to brigadier general but he did not live to officially assume that rank.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Remembering Colonel Waller Patton on the anniversary of the 3rd day of Gettysburg Salutes!