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regiment in 1861, and was stationed at Evans- port, on the Potomac, wliere he constructed and guai-ded the fortifications. He was commissioned brigadier-general in 18G3 and took an active part in the Peninsular campaign of tliat year. He was present at Seven Pines in June, 1863, being severely wounded and taken prisoner ; was ex- changed in August, 1862, and assigned to a new brigade. He was placed in command at Ricli- mond, Va., which he defended against General Stoneman's raid. On the third day of the battle of Gettysburg lie commanded Heth's division and took part in Pickett's charge. While defending the rear of General Lee's arni\' during the retreat that followed he was surprised at Falling Waters, Va., by a small band of Federal cavalry and was mortally wounded, July 14, 1863. He is the author of Spain and the Spaniards (1859). He died near Winchester, Va., July 17, 1863.

PETTIGREW, Richard Franklin, senator, was born at Ludlow, Vt., in July, 1848; son of Andrew and Hannah B. ( Sawtelle) Pettigrew ; grandson of Andrew and Priscilla (Barn) Petti- grew and of Elnathan and Millie (Pitt) Sawtelle. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1854 he removed to Evansville, Wis., attended Evansville academy and Beloit college, 1866-68, spent the years 1869-73 in Sioux Falls, Dak. Ter., as a surveyor and dealer in real estate, and after 1873 in the practice of law. He was elected to the territorial council in 1876, 1878 and 1884. The University of Wisconsin conferred upon him the degree of LL.B., 1878. He was married, Feb. 37, 1879, to Bessie Vaughn, daugh- ter of Henry Hamilton and Annie (Arthur) Pittar of Chicago, 111. He was a Republican delegate f roni Dakota Territory in the 47th congress, 1881- 83. In 1883 he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution for the proposed state of South Dakota, having been an early ad- vocate of the division of Dakota Territory into two states. He was elected to the U.S. senate. Oct. 16, 1889, after the admission of South Dakota to the Union, and drew the long term expiring March 3, 1895. He was re-elected in 1894, his second term expiring March 3, 1901. In 1900 he was the unsuccessful candidate of the Fusionists for re- election. In the campaigns of 1896 and 1900 he supported Bryan for the Presidency. He was opposed to the policy of the government in ac- quiring the Hawaiian Islands and in the annexa- tion of the Philippines.

PETTINQILL, John Hancock, theologian, was born in Manchester, Vt., May 11, 1815 ; son of the Rev, Amos and Hannah (Dean) Pettingill. His father (1780-1830). a graduate of Harvard, 1805, was pastor of Methodist churches in New York and Connecticut, 1807-30, and publisflied a " View of the Heavens" (1836), and "The Spirit of

Methodism" (1829). John Hancock Pettingill was graduated at Yale, A. B., 1837, A.M., 1840; was a teacher in the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in New York city, 1838-43, and was a stu- dent at Union Theological seminary, 1839-41. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry, Dec. 6, 1843 ; was stated supply at South Dennis, Mass., 1843-48 ; pastorat Saybrook, Conn., 1848-53; district secretary of the A.B.C.F.M. at Albany, N.Y., 1853-60, and visited the missions of the American Board in Servia, Turkey and Greece, 1356-57. He was pastor at Saxonville, Mass., 1860-63, at Westbrook, Conn., 1863-66, and was chaplain of the Seamen's Fi-iend society at Ant- werp, Belgium, 1866-73. He visited northern Europe in the interest of missions, and in 1866 assisted in the care of those sick with cholera, which service was publicly acknowledged by the Belgian government. He resided in New York city, 1873-76 ; in Philadelphia, 1876-86, where he gave his time chiefly to literary work, and in 1866 removed to New Haven, Conn. He was married, April 38, 1845, to Rebecca S. Parker of Falmouth, Mass., and secondly, June 17, 1863, to Jeannie, daughter of Judge Copeland of Brooklyn, N.Y. He wrote principally on the science of religion, and was the first American teacher to propound the doctrine that eternal life was de- pendent upon knowledge of and faith in Christ as held by the primitive Church up to the time of Plato. He was subjected to great losses and determined oi^position by reason of his teachings, and his books were not received with favor even after he had succeeded in having them published. Finally they grew in favor and were reprinted in several continental languages, and at his death he had a large number of disciples. He wrote for current magazines, and is the author of The Homiletical Index (1877) ; The Theological Trilemma (1878); Platonism versus Christianity (1881); Bible Terminology (1881); Life Everlast- ing (1882); The Unspeakable Gift (1884); and Views and Reviews in Eschatology (1887). He died in New Haven, Conn., Feb. 37, 1887.

PETTIT, Charles, delegate, was born at Am- well, N.J., in 1736, of Huguenot ancestry. He received a good education and married a sister of Joseph Reed, under whom he was commissioned surrogate in 1767, and whom he succeeded as deputy-secretary of the province in 1769. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1770, and Avas appointed a councillor in 1773. He was sec- retary to Governor William Franklin, 1773-74, but upon the outbreak of the Revolutionary war resigned his position and joined the patriot cause. He was secretary to Gov. WilHani Livingston, 1776-78 ; assistant quartermaster-general of the Continental armj', 1778-83 ; removed to Phila- delnhia, Pa., in 1783. where he engaged in mer-