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Pendleton, Alexander Swift, 1840-1864

 Person

Biography

A.B., W&L, 1857. Assistant (professor) of mathematics and Latin, W&L, 1855-58. Lieutenant Col. and Adjutant General, Second Corps Army of Northern Virginia. See W.G. Bean, Stonewall's Man: Sandie Pendleton, 1959.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton letter to Anzolette Pendleton, October 7, 1861

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 35101013592592], Item: 8
Scope and Contents

Alexander S. "Sandie" Pendleton writes to his mother describing camp life near Mannassas Junction (Va.) updates on his brther - in - law Edwin G. "Ned" Lee, and about his rejoining Stonewall Jackson's staff.

Dates: Other: October 7, 1861

Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Civil War manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0785
Content Description This collection consists of original manuscripts, documents, military orders, illustrations, photographs, and ephemera of the era of the American Civil War collected by Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. Key themes of the collection are the Paxton family of Lexington and Rockbridge County, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley history, the Army of Northern Virginia and Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate States Army, Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) (VA), and Robert E. Lee. The...
Dates: circa 1852-1887, 1930

Second Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, General Orders Number 20, March 21, 1863

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 35101013592592], Item: 25
Scope and Contents A report signed by Alexander S. "Sandie" Pendleton" on the proceedings of the military trials of six soldiers of the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate) under General Stonewall Jackson. Soldiers John and Oliver Link, of Company E, 7th North Carolina Infantry and Cadwallader J. Andrews of Company E, 13th North Carolina Infantry were on trial for desertion. John Culpepper and William Booth of the First Battalion Virginia Infantry were charged with violations of...
Dates: Other: March 21, 1863