Gen. John Pegram
Born: January 24,1832
Petersburg, VA
Died: February 6, 1865
Battle of Hatcher's Run
West Point: 1854
2nd Lieutenant: June 1854
Resigned USA May 10, 1861
Lt. Colonel CSA: July 1-10, 1861
Colonel CSA: January 1862
Brig. Gen. CSA: November 7, 1862
June 1854: West Point Graduate - Ranked 10th
June 1854: Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to Dragoons
Service in the cavalry in the West
1856: Assistant Instructor of Cavalry at West Point
1858 - 1859: Leave of Absence to observe war between Italy and Austria
1859: Frontier Duty in New Mexico
May 10, 1861: Resigned his commission in US Army
July 1 - 10 1861: Accepted commission as Lieutenant Colonel (unclear why negotiations took several months)
Assigned to command the 20th Virginia
July 11, 1861: Battle of Rich Mountain -- Became separated from BGen Garnett's command and not knowing the terrain, surrendered his entire command. Suffered the humiliation of being the first former US Army officer imprisoned in Fort Warren in Boston Harbor.
January 1862: Paroled in Baltimore, MD
January 1862: Promoted to Colonel
January 1862: Served as a military engineer for Gen. Beauregard
Assigned as Chief of Staff to Gen. Edmond Smith
November 7, 1862: Promoted to Brigadier General and assigned a cavalry brigade
December 1862: Battle of Stone's River - cited for poor intelligence gathering and slipshod performance
Early 1863: Directed a Cavalry brigade into Kentucky
March 31, 1863: Lost a skirmish to a much inferior Union force
May 1, 1863: BGen. Wilcox pushed Pegram's force back off the Cumberland River
October 19, 1864: Battle of Cedar Creek
February 6, 1865: Killed at Battle of Hatcher's Run