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James Johnston Pettigrew (July 4, 1828 – July 17, 1863) was an American author, lawyer, and soldier. He served in the army of the Confederate States of America, fighting in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and played a prominent role in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Learn about the life and legacy of James Johnston Pettigrew, who graduated from UNC in 1847 and became a brigadier general in the Confederate army. He led a charge at Gettysburg and died from his wounds a week later.
James Johnston Pettigrew, lawyer, scholar, and Confederate general, was born at Bonarva in Tyrrell County, eighth of the nine children of Ebenezer and Ann Blount Shepard Pettigrew. He was educated at Bingham's Academy near Hillsborough and entered The University of North Carolina at age fourteen.
James Johnston Pettigrew (4 de julio de 1828 - 17 de julio de 1863) fue un autor, abogado y soldado estadounidense. Sirvió en el ejército de los Estados Confederados de América, luchó en la Campaña de la Península de 1862 y desempeñó un papel destacado en la Batalla de Gettysburg.
James Johnston Pettigrew (known as Johnston by friends and family) was born in 1828, one of five surviving children in the household of Ebenezer and Ann Blount Shepard Pettigrew. The Pettigrews ranked as one of North Carolina's wealthiest slaveholding families.
James Johnston Pettigrew was born on July 4, 1828, at Bonarva Plantation on Lake Phelps. His father operated several large plantations in neighboring Tyrrell and Washington counties. At age 14, he entered the University of North Carolina , where he graduated in 1847 with the highest honors.
James Johnston Pettigrew was born at Lake Scuppernong, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, on the 4th July, 1828, and was the son of Hon. Ebenezer Pettigrew and Ann Shepherd, his wife.
