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Patteson, Camm, born in Amherst county,
A'irginia, February 21, 1840, a son of David
Patteson, a physician of note, and his wife,
Elizabeth Camm. He was the recipient of
an excellent preparatory education, which
was continued at the University of Virginia,
fiom which he was graduated with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Laws and a diploma in
moral philosophy. This was just at the time
of the outbreak of the civil war, and Mr.
Patteson became a volunteer in the Confed-
erate service early in 1861. He was ad-
vanced to the captaincy of Company D.
Fifty-sixth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, and
he was in active service until the close of
the war. From that time he became iden-
tified with the legal profession. He was a
member of the Virginia house of delegates
twice ; served as senator from the eighteenth
senatorial district ; was a delegate to a num-
ber of Democratic national conventions ;
served eight years as a member of the board
of visitors of the University of Virginia. He
Vv-as a frequent contributor to legal and
other periodicals, and in 1900 published a
novel, '"The Young Bachelor." Capt. Pat-
teson married, March 3. 1863, Mary Eliza-
beth Mills.
Old, William Whitehurst, born in Prin- cess Anne county, Virginia, November 17. 1840, son of Jonathan Whitehead Old and Anne Elizabeth Whitehurst, his wife. His ancestors belonged to the early English stock that settled in Virginia ; one of them was a member of the committee of safety of Princess Anne county during the revolu- tionary war. He was educated in the public schools of Princess Anne county, and in the private schools of Norfolk, Virginia. He at- tended Southgate's school, also the Norfolk
Military Academy, and Col. Strange's school
and the Albemarle Military Institute at
Charlottesville, Virginia. He entered the
University of Virginia in 1858, from which
lie graduated with the M. A. degree in July,
1861. Upon the outbreak of the civil war.
lie enlisted in the University Volunteers,
and was elected second lieutenant of his
company. He served with Wise's Legion
until December, 1861, when the company
was disbanded by the secretary of war, and
he re-enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth
A'irginia Regiment, and was wounded at
the battle of Seven Pines. In August, 1861,
he was commissioned captain and assistant
quartermaster, and was stationed at battery
No. 9, near Richmond. In May, 1863, he
received an appointment on the staff of
Maj.-Gen. Edward Johnson, and served un-
til December of that year, when he resigned
his commission as quartermaster and was
made aide-de-camp. After Gen. Jackson
was captured. May 12, 1864, he served on
the staff of Gen. Ewell, until he was relieved
from command of the Second Corps, in June,
1S63. He then served on the staff of Gen.
Jubal A. Early, through the valley and
Maryland campaigns, until August 12, 1864,
when he resumed his position on Gen. John-
son's staff, who had been exchanged and had
been ordered to Hood's army, and with
whom he served until October 31, 1864,
Vihen he was disabled by a wound from fur-
ther service. After the war he studied law
and settled in Norfolk, Virginia, having been
for years a partner of the late Richard
Walke, one of the leaders of the Norfolk
bar. He was a member of the Norfolk Bar
Association, the Virginia State Bar Asso-
ciation, and of many social organizations.
He was a member of the citv council of Nor-
