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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 26 | 2 | Browse | Search |
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) | 14 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 6 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pemberton , John Clifford 1814 -1881 (search)
Pemberton, John Clifford 1814-1881
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1814; graduated at West Point in 1837; served in the Seminole War, and was aide-de-camp to General Worth in the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service in April, 1861, as colonel of cavalry and assistant adjutantgeneral to Gen. J. E. Johnston.
He rose to lieutenant-general, and was the opponent of Grant in northern Mississippi in 1863, to whom he surrendered, with his army, at Vicksburg (q. v.). He died in Penllyn, Pa., July 13, 1881.
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