William Dorsey Pender
| William Dorsey Pender | |
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| Born |
February 6, 1834 Edgecombe County, North Carolina |
| Died | July 18, 1863 (aged 29) Staunton, Virginia |
| Place of burial | Calvary Church Cemetery Tarboro, North Carolina |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1854–61 (USA) 1861–63 (CSA) |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant (USA) Major General (CSA)
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| Commands held |
 3rd North Carolina Infantry 6th North Carolina InfantryPender's Brigade Pender's Division, III Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
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| Relations |
Robert R. Bridgers (Cousin) Mary Francis "Fanny" Sheppard (Wife) Samuel Turner Pender (Son) William Dorsey Pender, Jr. (Son) David Pender (Brother) |
William Dorsey Pender (February 6, 1834 – July 18, 1863) was one of the youngest generals in the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Promoted to brigadier on the battlefield at Seven Pines by Confederate President Jefferson Davis in person, he fought in the Seven Days Battles and at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, being wounded in each of these engagements. Lee rated him as one of the most promising of his commanders, promoting him to major general at twenty-nine. Pender was mortally wounded on the second day of Gettysburg.
Dorsey Pender, as he was known to his friends, was born at Pender's Crossroads, Edgecombe County, North Carolina to James and Sally Routh Pender. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1854 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery regiment. He served later in the 2nd Artillery, and then the 1st Dragoons (heavy cavalry), where he demonstrated personal bravery in Washington Territory, fighting in the Indian Wars.
On March 21, 1861, Pender resigned from the U.S. Army and was appointed a captain of artillery in the Confederate States Army. By May he was a colonel in command of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry (also designated the 13th North Carolina) and then the 6th North Carolina. Tried in combat successfully in the Battle of Seven Pines in June 1862, he was promoted to brigadier general and command of a brigade of North Carolinians in Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill's Light Division. Confederate President Jefferson Davis personally promoted Pender on the Seven Pines battlefield.
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