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Tag Archives: James Johnston Pettigrew
Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew, C.S.A. (1828-1863)
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal James Johnston Pettigrew was born on 4 July 1828 at Bonarva, the Tyrrell County, North Carolina, plantation of his parents, Ebenezer and Ann Blount Shepard Pettigrew. Young Pettigrew was called Johnston by his friends … Continue reading
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On this date in Civil War history: Battle of Falling Waters - July 14, 1863
The unexpectedly fierce fight at Falling Waters, Maryland, wrote an anticlimactic close to the Gettysburg campaign. Despite the recklessness of one Union cavalry general, his brother officers managed to cut off and capture 700 infantrymen from the Army of Northern … Continue reading
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