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Comments on: Threads https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Rantings of a Civil War Historian » Threads, Part 2 https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44824 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:11:53 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44824 […] The General Published in: General News, Union Cavalry No comments yet Several weeks ago, I did a post titled “Threads”, which dealt with the family linkages between Brig. Gen. Hugh Mercer, […]

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By: Colleen Lim https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44782 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:58:20 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44782 I have recently discovered your blog and it is very interesting and fun to read. I am sharing it with my second son who is currently active military.

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By: Kevin Lonergan https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44776 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:41:52 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44776 Enjoyed your article very much. I especially enjoyed reading about General Echols. I lived off Echols Street in Alexandria, VA, many years ago. At the time I looked up General Echols and found he was a very big guy. Strangely enough I ran into a fellow member of the Army JAG Corps whose name tag was “Echols”. He was a big guy 6’6″. Turns out he was the General’s direct descdant! Looked just like the picture of gg-grandpa! Small world.

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By: Fred Ray https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44775 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:18:26 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44775 Patton was wounded at 3rd Winchester and later died from its effect. His brigade broke under the assault of Custer’s and Devin’s cavalry, who caught him during a withdrawal.

The family story is that Patton was wounded in town while trying to rally his men. He was hit in the leg, unhorsed and captured. The story is that he refused the have the leg amputated and enforced his decision with a cocked pistol. Unfortunately this led to his demise as the wound became infected, whereas amputation might have saved his life.

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By: Chris Evans https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44762 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:08:03 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44762 Bob,

I believe the Jr. question is answered in the excellent book about Patton by Carlo D’Este. Don’t have it at hand right now though.

Patton’s father was born George William Patton then changed his name in 1868 to honor his father (Patton’s Grandfather).

Chris

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By: Al Nofi https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44761 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:29:04 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44761 And then there’s Johnny Mercer, the songrwiter, a several more great’s grandson

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By: Al Nofi https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44760 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:28:02 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44760 And then there’s Johnny Mercer the song writer . . . a several more times great grandson

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By: The General https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44758 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:35:24 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44758 Interesting stuff, Jeffry. Thanks for sharing that!

Eric

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By: The General https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44756 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:18:52 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44756 I don’t know, Bob. That’s a good question, but I can’t answer it.

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By: Jeffry Burden https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754&cpage=1#comment-44753 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:14:52 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=2754#comment-44753 You be heading there, but allow me to note that Mercer’s grandson John Mercer Patton, a Virginia Congressman and in 1841 briefly Virginia’s acting governor, is another notable descendant. One of John’s eight children was the ill-fated Col. George Smith Patton (which means that George is Hugh Mercer’s great-grandson — small correction). John Mercer Patton’s proudest achievement was being the major re-organizer of Virginia’s legal code in 1850. That, I presume, is why the column rising from his grave at Richmond’s Shockoe Hill Cemetery is topped with a stack of books.

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