not the nephew of john clifford pemberton civil war confederate general john s pemberton's father was james c pemberton who was born about in either north carolina or south carolina according to the and census records general john clifford pemberton's father and mother were not married until in pennsylvania according to colonial and revolutionary families of pennsylvania published by the genealogical publishing company therefore it is very unlikely that james c pemberton is a brother of general john clifford pemberton james was born before the marriage and in a different state entirely a tree someone put on a rootsweb website with no sources cited is not a valid source for the family connections just because john s pemberton is of the right age to be the nephew of john c pemberton and they both fought on the confederate side and they both have the same last name and they are both famous does not make them related