★★★ Pegues, Christopher C.

Christopher Claudius Pegues
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Born: August 3, 1823

Birthplace: Chesterfield District, South Carolina

Father: Christopher Butler Pegues 1780 – 1846

Mother: Elizabeth Hodges Evans 1793 – 1888

(Buried: Pegues Family Cemetery, Safford, Alabama)​

Wife: Caroline A. Coleman 1830 – Unknown

Children:

Alexander Ellerbe Pegues Unknown – 1854​

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Charles Edward Pegues Unknown – 1870​

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George Evans Pegues 1852 – 1908​

(Buried: Green Hill Cemetery Waynesville North Carolina)​

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Lucy Matthews Pegues Unknown – 1861​

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F. C. Pegues 1850 – Unknown​

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Fannie Pegues Walthall 1847 – 1879​

(Buried: Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery San Antonio Texas)​

Education:

1842: Graduated from South Carolina College​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Cahaba, Alabama​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain of Cahaba Alabama Rifles​

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1861 – 1862: Captain of Company G, 5th​ Alabama Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Colonel of 5th​ Alabama Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Mortally Wounded during Battle of Gaines Mill, while leading a charge​

Died: July 15, 1862

Place of Death: Confederate Hospital Richmond, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 38 years old

Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

 

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He was a colonel for just a short time. His commission was on April 27, 1862 and died on July 15, 1862.