serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial nickname rank image article_title name
1861 & ndash ; 65 csa purcell battalion battery , virginia light artillery pegram 's artillery dinwiddie county , virginia 2 april 1865 richmond , virginia confederate states of america place of burial american civil war 29 june 1841 hollywood cemetery richmond , virginia willy 35px colonel william ransom johnson pegram.jpg william pegram
 william pegram
william pegram

william ransom johnson pegram , known as `` willie '' or `` willy '' , -lrb- june 29 , 1841 -- april 2 , 1865 -rrb- was an important young artillery officer in robert e. lee 's confederate army of northern virginia during the american civil war .
he was mortally wounded in the battle of five forks .
he was the younger brother of confederate general john pegram , who was also killed in action .
his grandfather , john pegram , was a major general during the war of 1812 .
