Portrait of William Anderson Billy Patton

Name/Title

Portrait of William Anderson "Billy" Patton

Entry/Object ID

A.0032

Description

Portrait of William Anderson Patton

Artwork Details

Subject

William Anderson Patton, 1837-1862

Context

William Anderson Patton was the son of Robert Miller Patton, who served as the first president of the Florence Synodical College and governor of Alabama from 1865 until he was removed in 1867 William served as a 2nd Lt. in the 16th Alabama Infantry and was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.