General John Pemberton, C.S.A.
File Name
Q32
Digital image order form
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Permission to publish form
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Item Title
General John Pemberton , C.S.A .
Description
(Photograph retouched to show him in a brigadier general's uniform.) Graduated from West Point , 1837 ; Seminole War and Mexican War veteran . Resigned his U.S . Army commission in April 1861 to join the Confederate cause and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Provisional Army of Virginia in April 1861 . After promoting through the grades , Pemberton was promoted to brigadier general in June 1861 , major general in January 1862 , and lieutenant general in October 1862 . Major campaigns and battles include Port Royal and the Vicksburg campaign (captured) . Following the loss of Vicksburg , many Southerners believed Pemberton had betrayed the South , so he was unable to hold major command . He resigned his lieutenant general rank and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Artillery as an ordnance inspector . After the war , Pemberton settled in Virginia as a farmer . He died in Penllyn , Pennsylvania , in July 1881 and is buried in Philadelphia . Sources : Boatner , Mark M . The Civil War Dictionary . New York : Vintage Books , 1988 . Davis , William C. , ed . The Confederate General . Vol . 5 . National Historical Society , 1991 .
Time Period
1860-1869
Photographer
Anthony , E . & H.T. , New York
Subject
Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 Soldiers--Confederate States of America United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Type
Still image
Format
Photographs Studio portraits Cartes-de-visite
Author
Young, Dr. Richard C.
Collection or Series Title
Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph album
Box Number
LPP4 , #018
Catalog Record
http://archives-alabama-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01ALABAMA:default_scope:01ALABAMA_ALMA216228110002743
Repository
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Original Size
2.1 by 3.7 inches
Digital Format
600 dpi tiff
Project Name
Confederate officers Cornerstone Project
Date created
2008-05-14
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