Both of Patton’s Grandfathers were Confederate officers. One was a general and the other a colonel. The family moved to California after the war.
Patton’s family also often had a house guest named John S. Mosby who was one of the greatest guerrilla fighters ever.
Mosby of Mosby’s Raiders?
I was told his last words were “I guess I wasn’t good enough.”
George Patton was also the cousin of Chester “Chesty” Puller, another Great American fighting man.