THE APPLE DON'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE...

General George Patton's grandparents were Colonel George Smith Patton and Susan Thornton Glassell. His grandfather, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, graduated from Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Class of 1852, second in a class of 24. 

After graduation, George Smith Patton studied law and practiced in Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia). When the WBTS broke out, he served in the 22nd Virginia Infantry of the Confederate States of America. 

Colonel George S. Patton was killed during the Battle of Opequon. The Confederate Congress had promoted Colonel Patton to brigadier general; however, at the time, he had already died of battle wounds, so that promotion was never official.


VMI is now ashamed of it's great heritage and will no longer let the band play Dixie...