General John Pemberton
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John Pemberton Biography (Written and Submitted by Mr. Gabe Weaver) General John Clifford Pemberton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 10, 1814. Pemberton graduated fro West Point in 1837 and served in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican War. In 1861 he resigned and came to Virginia to fight for his wife's native state. In March 1862 Pemberton was promoted to Major-General and was given command of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia. Many of the troops worried that the Northerner would not be able to function correctly during a battle. General Pemberton was later promoted to Lieutenant-General and was put in charge of defending Vicksburg, Mississippi. |
General John Pemberton |
After General Pemberton took control of the Department of Mississippi
and East Louisiana on October 14, 1862 he began to solve the problems they
had with supplies and morale. During the winter of 1862-63 General Pemberton
was successful in repealing
General Ulysses S. Grant when
Grant tried to
take over Vicksburg. In 1863
General Joseph E. Johnston ordered
General Pemberton to join his troops, but before General Pemberton could
meet up with General Johnston he bumped into
General Grant at Champions Hill
and was defeated. General Pemberton retreated to the city of Vicksburg where
he and his men withstood a 47 day long siege and surrendered on July 4,
1863. After he surrendered he asked for a rank reduction showing he was
loyal to the Confederate Army. General Pemberton served as a
Lieutenant-Colonel of artillery in Virginia and South Carolina.
Lieutenant-General John Clifford Pemberton died in Penllyn, Pennsylvania on
July 13,1881. Many thanks to Mr. Gabe Weaver for Writing and Submitting this Biography. |
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