Orders and circulars affecting Artillery Corps, Army Northern Virginia, 1862-1864.

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Orders and circulars affecting Artillery Corps, Army Northern Virginia, 1862-1864.

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Two volumes containing the orders of Brig. Gen. W.N. Pendleton while heading the artillery corps mostly regarding changes in organization and discipline. These hand written volumes were copied from the originals as records by J.A. Buchanan.

2 v. ; 22 x 18 cm.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia. Artillery Corps.

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Confederate Brigadier General William Nelson Pendleton served in the artillery corps and shortly before the battle of First Manassas was made chief of artillery of the Northern Virginia army serving under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and was then promoted to brigadier general. He then served in the same position under Lee after he took over the army of Northern Virginia. He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, where he became close friends with Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, a pr...

Pendleton, William Nelson, 1809-1883

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Confederate officer and Episcopal minister. From the description of Papers, 1861-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019460 William Nelson Pendleton (1809-1883) was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, an Episcopal clergyman and schoolmaster in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, a Confederate brigadier general, serving under Joseph E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee, and rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Lexington, Va., 1853-1883. He married Anz...