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    John Clifford Pemberton was a career US Army officer who joined the Confederate States Army in 1861. He commanded the Army of Mississippi during the American Civil War and was defeated at the battles of Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge leading up to the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863. Pemberton was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania and died in 1881, being buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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    John Clifford Pemberton was a career US Army officer who joined the Confederate States Army in 1861. He commanded the Army of Mississippi during the American Civil War and was defeated at the battles of Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge leading up to the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863. Pemberton was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania and died in 1881, being buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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    John Clifford Pemberton was a career US Army officer who joined the Confederate States Army in 1861. He commanded the Army of Mississippi during the American Civil War and was defeated at the battles of Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge leading up to the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863. Pemberton was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania and died in 1881, being buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.

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    Lieutenant-General

    John Clifford Pemberton

    Born August 10, 1814

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

    Died July 13, 1881 (aged 66)

    Penllyn, Pennsylvania, US

    Place of burial Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Allegiance United States

    Confederate States

    Service/branch United States Army

    Confederate States Army

    Years of service 1837–61 (US)

    1861–65 (CS)

    Rank Brev. Major (US)


    Lieutenant general (CS)

    Commands held Army of Mississippi

    Battles/wars Second Seminole War

     Battle of Loxahatchee

    Mexican–American War

     Battle of Palo Alto

     Battle of Resaca de la Palma

     Battle of Monterrey

     Siege of Veracruz

     Battle of Cerro Gordo

     Battle of Churubusco

     Battle of Molino Del Rey

     Battle of Chapultepec

    American Civil War

     Battle of Champion Hill

     Battle of Big Black River Bridge

     Siege of Vicksburg

    Spouse(s) Martha Thompson

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