Fontaine, W. W.

William Winston Fontaine (1834-?), a great-grandson of Patrick Henry, was a school founder and administrator.

During the Civil War Fontaine served as a colonel in the Richmond Artillery and participated in military engagements such as the Battle of Seven Pines and the Battle of Richmond. In 1864 he was captured scouting behind enemy lines and, in June of 1865, was released on parole. The family plantation, Fontainebleau, was destroyed during the war.

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