 Nekubuda kweHondo yeVanhu uye kuparadzana kweVirginia, Patton akanyoresa muConfederate Army muchirimo cha1861 uye akasarudzwa kuti ashande semukuru mu7th Virginia Infantry. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant colonel musi waApril 27, 1862. Patton akatora mutungamiri wehurumende munaJune 1862 mushure mekusimudzirwa kwechikwata chekare, James L. Kemper, kuti atungamirire brigade. Akakuvadzwa zvakakomba paSecond Manassasmusi waAugust 30, 1862, uye akapedza nguva yasara yegore ari kumusha muFredericksburg achinaya. Patton akasarudzwa kuSeneti yeVirginia muna 1863, asi akasarudza kudzokera kuhurumende yake. 