Question: Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: '' eastern theater '' ' valley campaigns of 1864 battle of ' hatcher 's run american civil war '' ' '' ' - death date: 6 february 1865 - allegiance: confederate states of america - spouse: hetty cary - rank: 35px brigadier general - placeofburial: hollywood cemetery -lrb- richmond , virginia -rrb- - birth date: 24 january 1832 - serviceyears: 1861 & ndash ; 65 - name: john pegram - branch: csa - image: john pegram.jpg - death place: dinwiddie county , virginia - birth place: petersburg , virginia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john pegram -lrb- general -rrb- .
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john pegram -lrb- january 24 , 1832 -- february 6 , 1865 -rrb- was a career soldier from virginia who served as an officer in the united states army and then as a brigadier general in the confederate army during the american civil war .he became the first former u.s. army officer to be captured in confederate service in 1861 and was killed in action near the end of the war .