{⋆★⋆} MG Pender, William Dorsey

William Dorsey Pender

Born: February 6, 1834
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Birthplace: Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Father: James Pender 1786 – 1873
(Buried: Horne Cemetery, Edgecombe County, North Carolina)​

Mother: Sally Routh 1791 – 1871
(Buried: Horne Cemetery, Edgecombe County, North Carolina)​

Wife: Mary Frances Shepherd 1840 – 1922
(Buried: Cavalry Church Cemetery, Tarboro, North Carolina)​

Children:
Samuel Turner Pender 1859 – 1897​
(Buried: Bellview Cemetery, Lenoir, North Carolina)​
William Dorsey Pender Jr. 1861 – 1920​
(Buried: Cavalry Church Cemetery, Tarboro, North Carolina)​
Stephen Lee Pender 1863 – 1937​
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)​

Education:
1854: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (19th in class)​

Occupation before War:
1854: Brevet 2nd Lt. in Untied States Army Artillery​
1854 – 1855: Served in the fighting against the Seminole Indians​
1854 – 1855: 2nd Lt. in United States Army, 2nd Artillery​
1855 – 1858: 2nd Lt. in United States Army, 1st Dragons​
1856: Frontier Duty at Fort Thorn, New Mexico​
1856: Served in the skirmish at Almagre Mountain, New Mexico​
1856 – 1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Tejon, California​
1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Walla Walla, Washington​
1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Dalles, Oregon​
1857 – 1858: Frontier Duty at Fort Vancouver Washington​
1858: Served in the Spokane Expedition​
1858 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army Dragons​
1858: Participated in the Battle of Four Lakes​
1858 – 1861: Frontier Duty in Washington & Oregon​
1861: Resigned from United States Army on March 21st

Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Confederates States Army Artillery​
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1861: Colonel of 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines​
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Glendale​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Cedar Mountain​
1862: Wounded in head during Second Battle of Bull Run​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Harper's Ferry​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Antietam​
1862: Wounded in left arm during Battle of Fredericksburg​
1863: Wounded in the arm during the Battle of Chancellorsville​
1863: Major General of Confederate States Army Infantry​
1863: Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Gettysburg​

Died: July 18, 1863

Place of Death: Staunton, Virginia

Cause of Death: Due to amputation of leg

Age at time of Death: 29 years old

Burial Place: Cavalry Church, Tarboro, North Carolina
 
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I have been to his burial place in Tarboro, N.C.
many years ago. At the time there were cannonballs
placed around his grave, and it was all done in an
appropriate manner. I am related indirectly to him, and
to also a few other veterans of the war, some were for the
South, and some were for the North. I suppose that is
an explosive combination.
 
Also differant biographys differ on where Pender was wounded in the Peninsula Campaign. One says Malvern Hill and this one says Glendale. I'm assuming it was at or near Malvern Hill during the battle of Glendale?

My understanding is that he was shot in the arm at Glendale.

Ryan
 
Happy Birthday to our neighborhood hero. From just down the road about a couple a miles in Town Creek. We salute you sir and will always remember your deeds.
 
It must have been a serious leg wound he received at Gettysburg. He was taken back to Virginia where his leg was amputated and he passed away on July 18th. Out of curiosity which leg was it?
I'll be honest, I don't think that I've ever seen it specified which leg was wounded.

As for the seriousness, it was a serious but was not expected to be life-threatening. The problem was the terrible ride in the ambulance back into Virginia. The jarring and bouncing caused his femoral artery to rupture and the surgeons opted to amputate his leg in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent him from bleeding out.

Ryan
 
His 1854 class at West Point produced 4 Major Generals Iike JEB Stuart,Oliver Howard, George Lee, and Pender himself
And a bunch of other high-ranking officers:

Henry L. Abbot (colonel)
Thomas H. Ruger (brigadier general)
James Deshler (brigadier general)
John Pegram (brigadier general)
Archibald Gracie (brigadier general)
Stephen D. Lee (lieutenant general)
John B. Villepigue (brigadier general)
Stephen H. Weed (brigadier general)
Benjamin F. Davis (colonel)
John T. Mercer (colonel)
Zenas R. Bliss (colonel)
Edgar O'Connor (colonel)

Plus the first West Point graduate to be killed in the Civil War: Lt. John T. Greble was killed at Big Bethel.

Ryan
 
Confederate General William Dorsey Pender: The Hope of Glory by Brian Steel Wills

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General William Dorsey Pender: A Military Biography by Edward G. Longacre

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One of Lee's Best Men: The Civil War Letters of General William Dorsey Pender by William W. Hassler

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The general to his lady: The Civil War letters of William Dorsey Pender to Fanny Pender by William Dorsey Pender

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Cheers,
USS ALASKA
 
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