John C. Pemberton - Wikipedia
John Clifford Pemberton (August 10, 1814 – July 13, 1881) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole Wars and with distinction during the Mexican–American War. He resigned his commission to serve as a Confederate lieutenant-general during the American Civil War .
John Clifford Pemberton | Civil War, Confederate, Georgia
John Clifford Pemberton was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, remembered for his tenacious but ultimately unsuccessful defense of Vicksburg. Pemberton grew up and was educated in Philadelphia, entered West Point in 1833, and graduated four years later.
John C. Pemberton - American Battlefield Trust
Born a Union man in Philadelphia in August of 1814, John Clifford Pemberton would go on to be a quintessential but controversial player in Confederate leadership. As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, the young Pemberton decided he wished to have a career as an engineer.
John Pemberton: The Wrong Man at the Wrong Place
2009年2月4日 · Lieutenant General John Pemberton's career and life are defined by the events that culminated at Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4, 1863. With the capitulation of Vicksburg, the South relinquished its hold on the final section of the Mississippi River under its control.
John C. Pemberton, Biography, Significance, Confederate General…
2024年1月12日 · Vilified by Northerners for leaving the U.S. Army to fight for the South, and by Southerners for surrendering Vicksburg, Pennsylvanian, John C. Pemberton rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
John C. Pemberton Facts, Accomplishments - American History …
2024年1月12日 · Key facts about Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton who was vilified by Northerners for leaving the U.S. Army to fight for the South, and by Southerners for surrendering Vicksburg.
Lt. General John C. Pemberton - U.S. National Park Service
2015年4月14日 · Devoted to the South, he began his service with the Confederate Army as commander of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Rapid promotion made Pemberton a Lieutenant General by 1862, and he was assigned to defend Vicksburg and the Mississippi River through his command of the Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana.
General John Pemberton in the Civil War - ThoughtCo
2019年7月3日 · Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton was a Confederate commander during the Civil War. A native of Pennsylvania, he elected to serve the South as his wife was from Virginia. Pemberton had seen fighting during the Mexican-American War and was given command of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia. Though he proved unsuccessful in this ...
John Clifford Pemberton (1814-1881) - Find a Grave Memorial
First commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army in April 1861, he was subsequently promoted to Brigadier General, PACS in June of that year. After early service as commander of the Military Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, he was promoted to Major General in January 1862, and to Lieutenant General in October 1862.
Lt. Gen. John Clifford Pemberton, Jr., CSA - Geni.com
2022年4月29日 · John Clifford Pemberton (August 10, 1814 – July 13, 1881), was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole Wars and with distinction during the Mexican–American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his defeat and surrender in the critical Siege of Vicksburg in the summer of 1863.