Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-21
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TIE LATE GEN. PETTIGREW.
ITO light the dame Of q soldiers fame,
0u tho turf OF the soldiers grsvs."

! On The tu.t Of The soldiers grave"
In the untimsly death Of Gen. Pottigrew, North
| C,roI;n. mourns a young man OF extraordinary
| natural gifts and attainments, of whom it is no
| exlravagant eulogy to say that had ne been
| SHARED hi. ripper years would lave added = !ustre
to his country. .
James Johnston Pettigrew was the son OF
! the Hon. Ebenczer Pettigrcw, ana grand son OF
Charles Pe,tigrew, first Bishop elect or the I.
L. Church. in North Carolina. lie graduated =!
| the university in 1917. in about the l?ih year OF
his sre. President Polk and Judge Mason. Sec
| rotary OF the Navy, were present at the com,
| mencement exercise, AID the latter MAS So much
impressed by young Pet;igrrw's appearance OF
| that occasion, as to :oudcr him a position IN The
| National Observatory, and urge IFS acceptance
with al earnestneSs that would take 10 de!i'HI.-
In the Observatory "a IN the university
hi, high reputation for ability and extraordinary
proficiency. especially i'll the severe nlathenia'i'
cal sciences, was fully sustained. The proies'
sion of the LAYS being his VI innate aim. he be-
came the pupil nf his distinguished cousin The
latc jones L. Pettigrew, of Charleston and The eS.
tent to! hich he commanded the confidence OF
that mos, accomplished jurisr was shown by hi*
admission into co>partnership with him. very
soon. il not Immediately after his admission TO
the bar. We have no means OF asccrtaining tho
precise dates which chronicle his rapid aud up
ward progress in pRblic estimation. he served 4
session or two in rhe South Carolina Legislature,
and made 4 maiked impression there. Hisreport
in opposition TO the slave trade. and his speech Il!
favor ola bill which gave the existing organization
to the Supreme Count won for him more than a
local reputation. The latter was pronounced by
competent Judges to compare well with any
specimen OF parliamentary eloqicnce that had
been displayed that year in either the State or
National Legislature. To such abilities, already
so cultivated AMI heightened he added the further
advantages of foreign trave! and study. lis
literary tastes and pursuits kept pace with the se-
verer studies OF law and science. There were
few things within the range Of human capacity
he did not attempt, and in whatever nc under
took he cXccllel. In the first agitation Of The
secession question in South Carolina. he tOresaw
that war w:s inevitable. and with the same
ardOr and success that attended every effort Of
his mind lie applied himself 10 the acquisition of
military sciences, and revisited Eur6rs :mr the
express purpoSs o. awaiting hinIscl! at every
advantage to be- derived from the s:u,ly obScrra-
ton Of European military tnr:ics more prriirn'ar.
ly in the French army. His career since the war
began is well known. and lHs been n bri,iiaut ns
briet lie served first in Svut!, Caro,i,a-Culo"rl
in she Snnih Carolina Rii!cS-hut aI the var 70.
Creased he came back i"llr. ~ most men would
fhin 10 in time az trouble n lis Own rn"tlsr.
and North Ca:oiin. welcomed her gifted son.
In tn" con'.e ri tie war AID after IN" fnli e
Sumter. in wr;Ch he bore a c0rSV;cu"mS nrt. Il"
cnl'ated r. n rrivat" il l.arr'cn' Legion -Emi
Will" in this L."gt n. II rn ia N"irr,''a. Lr was
elected hy acC'nrnali"u Cnlo1C, OF The l!iI ;,ri.
meut Mouth Carolina state iran :. which W..
Rftarwa'i- n the new q. SiGrat.u ,rr.Lrrr'!.
~ I'D North Carolina Tr""rs. and w'.:rar l9s
won so many h"u"rs in tie Il II. III. NANCE
rncrt oi this regiment is wuGtr>;u"1 7" have hrrn
unique in It's superiority M .u"c'>. llr CT.
crgy with which hr threw linls"'; in'" the work
OF drilling. and by Strc, vcr>0mal atirrTi"n
every man in il to tr Il sciji r. ami
mating them y It'll one spirit and irS! iriug them
with m intense drvorion To himstif, was Nm
e3cmplticarion Of what he wax in every other
pnrsnit OF lie. At the bar. ~ q sim!cEt. as a
sta,csmau, and in al that charms social lie, Le !
had ever been foremost. he had failed in nothing;
and now at tho last, as r soliirr he was n model.
We cannot but think tina; in The warm personal !
attachment Of li- men 10 him. in his ability to ir-
spire love. be showed that he was possessed 81
the very highest attributes OF genius. For twenty
men that are admirable. thcre is not one lOvcabic |
and he returned the devotion which he inspired
iIo declined the office of Brigaiier General |
until it was arranged that his own Regiment
should belong TO his Brigade. II is much ever
10 deserve sUccess in lifr Few men DO more.
Johnston Pcltigrew not only deserved, but won
it. And now his Gun has gone down while j, is
was yet day. The noble aspirations arr qucnch-
cd, tile transcenlrnt gifts o: nature and NJ Guilt
ration arc dust and ashes. How is tine strong
stat: broken, md the beautiful rod : In this
uuie: spot, fAr removed from the aGita'ions IN d.
vicissi,udcs of nctive life. sHfe ~ vet from war'a
alarms those who remembered the slender and
graceful youth who bore awRy nil COl!erc hon
CTS without an rtTurf, whose ingenious simplici.
IS of manner dissrmci envy and gave fresh
charms to even his genius. have never mention
Cd his name bnt with interest and admiration. He
has been The briph, particular star of College 'ra-
dition. To have belonged to his class, WIS a distinc-
ton TO have even conienicd in the arena with him
was hel to be an honor. The venerable men
who guided and rur,ured that intellect, lorGto!d
hi. future career and gloried in the accom-
plishment of their predictions, mourn for him
now as 4 son whose ike their declining years
shall never see again. Yet he died as he would
have chosen: and Of the thousands OF the flower Of
olr land whn have fallen in her defence, OF none
may it be said more truly than OF Johnston Pet
ligrew.
'Fdir non soiun chnri!nic rifas ,Scd dinm oppor-
tim tate mOriiS.''
University OF North Carolina, July 23d. le63.