James Johnston Pettigrew was an American writer, lawyer, and soldier. He served in the army of the Confederate States of America, fighting in the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and played a prominent role in
Portrait by William Garl Browne, 1864.
Bronze plaque commemorating the site of Pettigrew's death near Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Tyrrell County Confederate Monument noting the death of General J. Johnston Pettigrew
The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the Ameri
Franklin's corps retreating from the Battle of Fair Oaks (from a sketch by Alfred R. Waud)
Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, Commanding
Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman
Brig. Gen. Erasmus D. Keyes