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Richmond Civil War Sites - Pic 34
This is the grave of CSA Brigadier General John Pegram - Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Pegram was an 1854 graduate of West Point. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Pegram was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 20th Virginia Infantry regiment. At the Battle of Rich Mountain, in August 1861, Pegram would become the first Confederate graduate of West Point to be captured after he surrendered his entire regiment. After being paroled in January 1862, he became chief engineer of P.G.T. Beauregard's Confederate Army - a position he would hold when General Braxton Bragg was commander of the Army of Tennessee. In November 1862 he would be promoted brigadier general and would command a brigade of cavalry in Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry division. He would command a division during the Battle of Chickamauga and would perform poorly. Pegram would return east and command a brigade during the Overland Campaign. Wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, he would not return to field command until the fall of 1864. Promoted to division command, he would command his infantry during the 1864 Shenandoah Campaign. He would be killed at the Battle of Hatcher's Run on February 6, 1865.
GPS coordinates: 37.53378 -77.45595
Photo by: Michael Noirot
Richmond Civil War Sites - Pic 34
This is the grave of CSA Brigadier General John Pegram - Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Pegram was an 1854 graduate of West Point. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Pegram was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 20th Virginia Infantry regiment. At the Battle of Rich Mountain, in August 1861, Pegram would become the first Confederate graduate of West Point to be captured after he surrendered his entire regiment. After being paroled in January 1862, he became chief engineer of P.G.T. Beauregard's Confederate Army - a position he would hold when General Braxton Bragg was commander of the Army of Tennessee. In November 1862 he would be promoted brigadier general and would command a brigade of cavalry in Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry division. He would command a division during the Battle of Chickamauga and would perform poorly. Pegram would return east and command a brigade during the Overland Campaign. Wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, he would not return to field command until the fall of 1864. Promoted to division command, he would command his infantry during the 1864 Shenandoah Campaign. He would be killed at the Battle of Hatcher's Run on February 6, 1865.
GPS coordinates: 37.53378 -77.45595
Photo by: Michael Noirot