| Life fact | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | General Alexander McCarrell Patch |
| Born | November 23, 1889, in Huachuca, Arizona |
| Parents | Captain Alexander McCarrell Patch and Annie Moore |
| Spouse | Julia Littell |
| Children | Captain Alexander McCarrell Patch III and Julia Ann Patch |
| Principal role | United States Army general |
| Religious affiliation | Episcopal faith |
| Died | November 1945 |
Genealogy of General Alexander McCarrell Patch
This genealogical account was constructed from the family information contained in the biography below. No relationships or life facts have been added from outside sources.
Alexander McCarrell Patch was born November 23, 1889, at Huachuca, Arizona, a son of Captain Alexander McCarrell Patch and Annie Moore. He was the youngest of four children; the account names his siblings as William D., Lida G., and General Joseph D. Patch.
In 1915, he married Julia Littell, a daughter of Brigadier General I. W. Littell. Their children were Captain Alexander McCarrell Patch III and Julia Ann Patch. Alexander III married Genevieve Spalding and had a son, Alexander McCarrell Patch IV. Julia Ann married C. M. Drummond and had two children, Julia Littell and C. M. Drummond, Jr.
Family outline
General Alexander McCarrell Patch
- Father: Captain Alexander McCarrell Patch
- Mother: Annie (Moore) Patch
- Wife: Julia Littell
- Children: Alexander McCarrell III and Julia Ann Patch
Source
This biography appeared in History of the Shenandoah Valley: Family and Personal Records, Volume III (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1952), pages 43-44.
Verbatim biography
The following is a faithful transcription of the original biography. OCR errors have been corrected against the printed page images, but the original wording, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and factual claims have not been rewritten.
GENERAL ALEXANDER McCARRELL PATCH—Both the full name and family of General Alexander McCarrell Patch are eminently identified with the military services of their country. Born in Huachuca, Arizona, on November 23, 1889, General Alexander McCarrell Patch was the son of Captain Alexander McCarrell and Mrs. Annie (Moore) Patch. His father, born in Washington, D. C., was a West Pointer who was graduated in 1877, and retired from the army with the rank of captain; before his passing he was president of the Cornwall Railroad.
General Patch, Jr., was the youngest of four children, of whom only General Joseph D. Patch survives. The other brothers and sisters were: William D., Lida G., and General Patch of this record. The last-named acquired his academic education at St. Luke’s in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and Lehigh University. Receiving an appointment to West Point he was graduated from the United States Military Academy, with the class of 1913. His first noteworthy assignment was to the Mexican Border, where he remained for two years prior to the involvement of our country in World War I. During this conflict he served overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces, 1st Infantry Division, and also was stationed at Fort Benning, Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Washington, the last-named located in Maryland.
After the end of World War I, General Patch was Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Staunton Military Institute, during three different periods or nine years in all. In World War II, he served in New Caledonia on the opposite side of the globe (1942), was in command of the Fourteenth Corps, United States Army, at the forcing of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Tropics (1943), and later was with the Seventh Army in the invasion of southern France. As a lieutenant general he was stationed in 1944 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as head of the Board of Planners in connection with the reorganization of the United States Army, a round of duty ending in his death. Like many another Army officer, his opportunities for becoming affiliated with civilian organizations were few. His scholastic fraternity was Psi Upsilon, and he was a member of the Army and Navy Club. He worshipped in the Episcopal faith.
In 1915, General Patch married Julia Littell of Washington, D. C., daughter of Brigadier General I. W. Littell, her father a native of New Jersey. Mrs. Patch received her education in the schools of her birthplace and Oaksmere College, New Rochelle, New York. General and Mrs. Patch were the parents of two children: 1. Captain Alexander McCarrell, III, who was born July 2, 1920, and was killed in action in World War II in France, 1944. He was a graduate of West Point Military Academy, class of 1942. He married Genevieve Spalding, and they were the parents of a son: Alexander McCarrell, IV. 2. Julia Ann, born January 29, 1922, who was educated at Stuart Hall in Staunton and is a graduate of Agnes Scott College; she married C. M. Drummond of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and is the mother of two children: Julia Littell, and C. M., Jr.
The passing of General Patch occurred in November, 1945, when he was a casualty of military service as surely as if he had died in battle. His life had been given to his country with complete devotion, and with an effectiveness worthy of all honors. His remains lie buried at West Point on the Hudson, New York, with the heroes of American wars.