James Johnston Pettigrew, 18281863 (aged 35 years)

Name
James Johnston /Pettigrew/
Birth
Military service
Death of a mother
Birth of a sister
Death of a mother
Death of a father
July 8, 1848 (aged 20 years)
Tyrrell, North Carolina, USA
Latitude: 35.870396 Longitude: -76.165115
Marriage of a brother
Death
Title
General
Family with parents
father
mother
elder brother
18161873
Birth: February 2, 1816 32 21
Death: November 20, 1873
18 months
elder brother
1817
Birth: July 21, 1817 34 22 Tyrrell, North Carolina, USA
15 months
elder brother
18181900
Birth: October 3, 1818 35 23
Death: 1900
23 months
elder brother
1820
Birth: August 29, 1820 37 25 Tyrrell, North Carolina, USA
17 months
elder brother
1822
Birth: January 20, 1822 38 27 Tyrrell, North Carolina, USA
3 years
elder brother
1824
Birth: September 23, 1824 41 29 Tyrrell, North Carolina, USA
2 years
elder sister
18261887
Birth: 1826 42 31
Death: 1887
3 years
himself
18281863
Birth: July 4, 1828 45 33 Bonarva Plantation, Tyrrell County, NC
Death: July 17, 1863Near Winchester, VA
2 years
younger sister
18301864
Birth: June 30, 1830 47 35 Bonarva Plantation, Tyrrell County, NC
Death: 1864Tyrrell, North Carolina, USA
Shared note

Died from mortal wounds received near Winchester, VA, July 17, 1863. Gen. Johnston Pettigrew was one of the distinguished leaders of the confederacy and his war record; especially his conspicuous bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg is a matter of history. He was never married. Prior to the war between the States he traveled extensively both in America and in Europe, where he studied for several years. He was a gifted writer and left several books, which show the cultivated habit of his mind. He studied law and at one time practiced his profession with his cousin the Hon. James Louis Petigru of Charleston, but foreseeing the on-coming war, he returned to NC, where his life was dedicated to the services of his native Stat