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 PEMBERTON

PENDER

degree of D.D. in 1884. Besides the Select Notes already mentioned, lie is the author of : Sunday - Sdtool Quarterlies for the Scholars (3d and 4th grades, 1880-1902) ; Suggestive Illustrations on Matthew, on John, and on Acts (3 vols., 1898- 99) ; The Loom of Life (1900) ; The Teachers' Com- mentary on the New Testament, Matthew (1901), and ^cis (1902). He also edited : " Smith's Bible Dictionary" (rev. ed., 1884); "Select Songs for the Sunday-School" (Nos. 1 and 2,1884,1893), and revised and unified "Helps for the Oxford Teacher's Bibles" (1903).

PEMBERTON, John Clifford, soldier, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1814; son of John and Rebecca (ClilTord) Pemberton ; grand- son of Joseph and Mary (Galloway) Pemberton, and greats-grandson of Israel Pemberton, merchant (1665-1754). He matriculated at the University of Pennsylvania in the class of 1834, but left in Ills junior year. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy in 1837 and promoted in the army 2d lieutenant, 4th artillery, July 1, 1837. He served in tlie Florida war against the Seminole Indians, 1837-39, and on the northern frontier during the Canada border disturbances, 1840-41. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, March 19, 1842 ; was in garrison, 1842-45 ; in military occupation of Texas, 1845-46. and took part in nearly all the battles in the war with Mexico. He received the brevet of captain, Sept. 23, 1846, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the several conflicts at Monterey, and major, Sept. 8, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey. He was married in 1848 to 3Iartha, daughter of William Henry Thompson of Norfolk, Va. He served as aide-de-camp to General Worth, 1846-49 ; in Florida against the Seminoles, 1849-50 and 1856-57 ; was promoted captain, 4th artillery, Sept. 16, 1850, and was detailed on frontier duty, 1857-61. He resigned his commission in the U.S. army, April 29, 1861, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of Vii-ginia state militia intrusted with organization of the artillery and cavalry. He was commissioned colonel, May 8, 1861, and major-general, Feb. 13, 1862. He was appointed to the command of the department of South Carolina and Georgia with headquarters at Charleston, and was relieved by Gen. G. T. Beauregard, Sept. 15, 1862. On Oct. 13, 1862, he was promoted lieutenant-general C.S.A., and on the 14th superseded Gen. Eaii Van Dorn in command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, owing to the disastrous defeat of Van Dorn at Corinth. He established his headquai-ters at Jackson, Miss., where commanded the Confederate forces com- posed of 25,000 men. On March 24, 1862, when the commands of Pemberton and Bragg were placed under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, with

headquarters at Chattanooga, Pemberton com- manded the army in defence of Chickasaw Bluffs, Dec. 27, •1862-Jan. 3. 1863. He opposed General Grant's army at Baker's Creek, May 16, 1863, and after four hours of hard fighting fell back across the Big Black River to Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. The siege of Vicksburg lasted till July 4, 1863, when owing to a scarcity of ammuni- tion and provisions, and having lost all hope of being re-enforced by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, Pemberton surrendered his entire army of 29,491 oflficers. soldiers and non-combatants. Ke was paroled, returned to Richmond, and resigned his commission in the Confederate States army, but was re-appointed inspector of ordnance with the rank of colonel. After the war he retired to Warrenton, Va., and in 1876 moved to Perth Amboy, N.J., and subsequently to Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of : The Terms of Surrender in " Battles and Leaders of the Civil War," Vol. HI. He died at Penllyn, Pa., July 13, 1881.

PENDER, William Dorsey, soldier, was born in Edgecombe county. N.C., Feb. 6, 1834 ; son of James and Sarah (Routh) Pender. He was grad- uated from the U. S. Military academy, and pro- moted brevet 2d lieutenant, 1st artillery, July 1, 1854. He served in Florida against the Indians, 1854-55; was promoted 2d lieutenant, 2d artilleiy, Aug. 16, 1854, and was on frontier duty, 1856-59, in New Mexico, Washington, Oregon and Cali- fornia. He was married, March 3, 1859, to Mary Frances, daughter of the Hon. Augustine H. Shepperd of North Carolina. He was adjutant of the 1st dragoons, Nov. 8, 1860, to Jan. 31, 1861, and resigned his commission in the U. S. army, March 21, 1861. He was commissioned captain of artillery in the provisional army of the Con- federate States and had charge of recruiting in Baltimore, Md., up to May, 1861, when he re- turned to North Carolina and served as drill mas- ter at Raleigh and Garrysburg. He was chosen colonel of the 3d N. C. volunteers, May 16, 1861 ; was transferred to the 6th N. C. regiment, Aug 15, 1861, and served in Whiting's brigade. Smith's divison, left wing of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army in the Peninsular campaign. In the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., May 31~Juue 1 , 1862, by a sudden flank movement he extricated his regiment from a perilous position, thereby saving the entire division, and for this service he was promoted on the field by President Davis to the rank of brig- adier-general. He commanded the 6th brigade, composed of the 2d Arkansas battalions, 16th. 22d, 34th, and 38th North Carolina; regiments and the 22d Virginia battalion, forming part of A. P. Hill's division, in the Army of Northern Virginia in the seven days' battles before Richmond, June 25-July 1, 1862 ; in Magruder's command. Hill's division, at second Bull Run, Aug. 16-Sept. 2,