Frock of James Johnston Pettigrew General James Johnston - TopicsExpress

Frock of James Johnston Pettigrew General James Johnston Pettigrew, from Tyrrell County, led his brigade in the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, and led a division on July 3, when he received a wound to the right hand. On July 14, in the retreat to Virginia, he was wounded in the abdomen during a brief fight with Union cavalry. Pettigrew refused to stay behind to be captured by the enemy, so he was moved into Virginia. Three days later he died, at the age of thirty-five. NC Museum of History