Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-23
NOTHING HEARD OF THE BOATS
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REV. w. N. PENDLETON.
Brief BiOg graphical Sketch of the Great
soldier, Preacher ahd AuthSr.

The Rev. William N. Pendle;on, rector o
| Grace Memorial Protestant Episcopal churcl
| in Lexington, Va, and a general in thu
| Confederate army during the war of The rebel
| lion, who died suddenly in Lexington on Mon
| day night, was remarkable man, having wol
distinction as a Clergyman, a soldier and al
| author. Born in Virginia more than seventy
| years ago, be entered the United States Mill
| tary Academy at West Point July l, 1925. HI
| graduated from that institution in 1880 anC
was Immediately promoted in the army TO bt
brevet second lieutenant in the Second Ar
| tillery. He served at the Augusta, Ga
arsenal for one year, aud was then appointed
| assistant professor Of matthew atics at Wesl
Point. Subsequently he was transferred 10
tho FOURTH Artillery and served m garrison
al Fort Hamilton. He resigned from the
army October 81, 1888, and accepted posi-.
tion IS professor in Briston College, Penn.
sylvania, where he remained about three
years. He. held profeesorship in Delaware
COLLEGE, at Newark, Del, in 1888, and was
soon aftefward ordained minister in the
Protestant Episcopal Church. He wss rec.
tor OF the Episcopal Diocesan School OF Yir.
sinis, IN Alexandria, for FIVE years following
The spring Of 1889. In 1860 he wrote book
entitled Science Witness for the Bible
When the civil war broke out, in 1861, Mr..
Pendle,on laid aside his clergyman'o robes
and offered his services 10 the Confederate
army. He was captain OF battery in Gen.
Joe Johuston's army in July, 1851; colonel
OF the reserve artillery 10 1868, and after.
ward chief of artillery of the Army OF
Northern Virginia. He was With Gen. lees
command when the latter surrendered in
April, 1865. The Rev. VIM. N. Pendleton
graduated from Wet Point Military Acade
my with the highest honors, being assigned
thereafter to the Engineer Corps OF the
army. His scholastic course there was CO.
temporary with that of Gems. Robert e. Lee,
Joseph E Johnston, Albert Sidney Johnston,
John B.nkhead Magruder, Lsonidas Polk,
A. 7. Bledsoe, and other officers famous
on the Southern eide. When the
war began, in 1861, though long minister,
he, like bis distinguished cotemporary,
Bishop Polk, of Louisiana, donned the graz
and became a man OF war in the Confederate
ranks, serving in nearly every important
battle in which the Army of Northern VIr-
ginia was engaged. More lucky than Bishop
Polk, he was not killed before the war
clouds. He wrote a number Of articles upon
scientific subjects and delivered some lee
lures upon physics, which attracted much
attention and gained him considerable repu-
tstion. When tue contest commenced he or
gsnized the Rockbridge Artillery, and was
Its cap ain at the first Manassas battle, where
the four guns tf his battery were dubbed by
come wag, Matthew, Mark, Luke and john
Such was his skill, as well as his bravery,
that he was advanced 10 the post of brigadier-
general of artillery. AS such he was Gen.
Lees CHEF OF artillery, and will be one of
the central figures when the story of the war
is written. He was al his chiefs right hand
al Appom attox, and having fought like him
in the cause he believed to be just, like hiu,
when the war was ever, he retired TO private
life and resumed his sacred calling He had
served ia the military bureau OF the Confed-
eracy, also, with distinguished success
During the war, also, at the request of Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston, he was sent to the West
ern army to reorganise the artillery branch
of tho service, and be did it. During his
life as minister Gsn. Pendleton, besides
having charge of various parishes, was a
distinguished teacher, and at one time was
president of Newark College, New Jersey.
Gen. Pendleton's health had been very bad
for several yesrs, but it had improved 50
much during the last year that he was able
to perform his duties as rector of Lexington
Grace church, and he personally superin-
tended the erection and construction OF the
beautiful new church known as the "Lee
Memorial church." which was the pet
of his declining days. He was
known for the purity and uprightness
of his private life. To this be added
kindness, charity, and uubendipg integrity.
His lsst illness was as bri-f as fatal. At
Appomatiox he WAS one OF the council of
war that decided on the surrender During
and after the war he was Gen. Lees intimate
friend, and after the war he was Gen. Lees
pastor, and up TO the close OF the life of the
great Confederate leader the relations be-
tween them were of the wsrmest nature.
His remsips will be inferred in Lexington,
where 20 many years of his life were spent.