Abstract of <title>Memorial of the life of J. Johnston Pettigrew : Brig. Gen. of the Confederate States Army Anderson, Heather Images scanned by Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Text encoded by Gretchen Gueguen Digital Collections, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. Greenville, North Carolina 2010

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Abstract of Memorial of the life of J. Johnston Pettigrew : Brig. Gen. of the Confederate States Army Memorial of the life of J. Johnston Pettigrew : Brig. Gen. of the Confederate States Army Trescot, William Henry, 1822-1898 E467.1.P5 T7 1870 1870

This short memorial covers the life of J. Johnston Pettigrew as a civilian, politician, and general in the Confederate army.

Author Biography

William Henry Trescot was a practicing attorney in Charleston, South Carolina. Before the Civil War he served as Assistant Secretary of State of the United States and later became an intermediary between South Carolina and President Buchanan after the bombardment of Fort Sumter. He wrote a pamphlet entitled Position and Course of the South (1850). After the war he returned to his career as a lawyer and became a diplomat.

Sources:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/chesnut/maryches.html