I added General William Dorsey Pender's name and info to my Gettysburg Dead list today. I knew things about him... I knew where he was mortally wounded on the field... I knew that Jeff Davis personally promoted Pender to Brigadier General and then later Lee promoted him to Major General. What I hadn't known is that General Pender had just turned 29 years old in February. I had no idea since most of the generals were older. What a career! Pender was wounded a number of times in various battles, and at one point was seen riding around commanding his men while he was bleeding. General Pender died in Virginia from a ruptured artery in his leg on 18 July after being wounded at Gettysburg.
