William Dorsey Pender, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Dorsey Pender
Confederate Army general
Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1834
Place of Birth: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 18-Jul-1863
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About William Dorsey Pender
- William Dorsey Pender (February 6, 1834 – July 18, 1863) was a General in the Confederacy in the American Civil War serving as a Brigade and Divisional commander.
- Promoted to brigadier on the battlefield at Seven Pines by Confederate President Jefferson Davis in person, he fought in the Seven Days Battles and at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, being wounded in each of these engagements.
- Lee rated him as one of the most promising of his commanders, promoting him to major general at twenty-nine.
- Pender was mortally wounded on the second day of Gettysburg.
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