W. D. Pender
Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Marker Inscription
W. D. Pender. Confederate major general; graduate of U.S. Military Academy, 1854. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, age 29. Grave is 4 blocks east.
Erected by North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
The Story
William Dorsey Pender graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1854 and rose to become one of the Confederacy's youngest major generals. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 and died at age 29. Pender is buried four blocks east of this marker in Tarboro.
Why it matters
Pender's death at Gettysburg reflects the staggering toll the Civil War took on a generation of young American soldiers, North and South.
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