[DOC] [TLE] George S. Patton - Wikipedia [PAR] 304th Tank Brigade  3rd Squadron, 3rd Cavalry  5th Cavalry Regiment  3d 
Cavalry Regiment ... General George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885  
December 21, 1945) was a senior officer of the United ... established himself as 
an effective commander through his rapid rehabilitation of the demoralized U.S. II 
Corps. [DOC] [TLE] George Patton IV - Wikipedia [PAR] George Smith Patton IV (December 24, 1923  June 27, 2004) was a major 
general in the United States Army and the son of World War II general, ... The 
troops under his command were used to load supplies onto Air Force transport ... 
His great-grandfather, the first George Smith Patton, was a colonel in the 
Confederate... [DOC] [TLE] Warfare History Network  General George S. Patton, Sr.: Civil War ... [PAR] Sep 23, 2015 ... General George S. Patton, Sr., was a Virginia Confederate soldier and an 
inspiration to his grandson, the great World War II general. ... the eyes of the 
young Patton than his dead grandfather, Confederate Colonel George S. .... 
General Wharton, his brigade commander, rode up and asked him how he was. [DOC] [TLE] George S. Patton, Sr. was a Confederate Colonel during the ... [PAR] He is famous for being the grandfather of World War II hero George S. Patton. ... 
1945) was a general in the United States Army, best known for his command of 
..... [Photo] George Patton next to a M2 tank, possibly in California, United States,
... [DOC] [TLE] Confederate Colonel George Patton of the 22nd Virginia Infantry ... [PAR] His grandfather was killed at the Battle of Cedar Creek at the age of 23 years old 
and was ... He was a tank commander who helped "drive" the allies to victory. ... 
General George Patton, commanding the Third Army in Europe following the ... 
He is famous for being the grandfather of World War II hero George S. Patton. [DOC] [TLE] Patton's Career A Brilliant One - The New York Times [PAR] Nazi generals admitted that of all American field commanders he was the one 
they most feared. ... There were times, in those great days when the tank 
spearheads of the Third ... The original George Smith Patton, his grandfather, 
was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, and became a colonel in the 
Confederate Army. [DOC] [TLE] The Patton Family - An Intimate Portrait - NYTimes.com [PAR] Jun 12, 1994 ... To the 12-year-old, the moment marked the first time his grandfather emerged ... 
There, in 1885, George Smith Patton Jr., grandson of the Confederate colonel, 
was ... Pampered by his father, George S. II, the young Patton evolved into a ... 
One of the war's ablest tank commanders, he played a pivotal role in... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Echoes: General Patton | Emerging Civil War [PAR] Dec 21, 2013 ... His grandfather, VMI graduate George Patton, became colonel of the ... The 
Patton family gave others (a total of 8) to the Confederate Army, all serving with 
the Army of Northern Virginia. ... At the time Patton was a colonel commanding a 
tank battalion. ... 3 Responses to Civil War Echoes: General Patton. [DOC] [TLE] George S. Patton, III - Order of Centurions [PAR] George Smith Patton, III ... [Collect issued by order of the Commanding General, 
December 1944, Third US Army, France. ... Both his father and grandfather, Col. 
... The elder Patton had been a colonel in the Confederacy in the War Between 
the ... In World War Two Patton, who was the Army's foremost authority on Tank... [DOC] [TLE] General George S. Patton Jr. -Biography - 456th F.I.S. [PAR] In World War I he was a senior commander of the new tank corps and saw action 
in ... His great grandfather John M. Patton was a governor of Virginia. ... Patton's 
paternal grandparents were Colonel George Smith Patton (June 26, .... As a 
result of his report, Patton was made Lieutenant General and placed in command 
of II... [DOC] [TLE]

Question: This tank-commanding general was a III; his grandfather was a Confederate colonel
Answer: George S. Patton