John James Pendergrass

He was orphaned in 1845 on the death of his father, the Reverend Bingham J Pendergrass, and was adopted and raised by one of his guardians, wealthy planter Thomas Gibson Lyle (1808-1868). In 1860 he was an unmarried 18 year old living with the Lyles and 49 slaves on their plantation at Cusseta in Chambers County, AL.

He enlisted at Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as 2nd Sergeant of Company B of the 13th Alabama Infantry. He was discharged for disability on 28 November 1861, but reenlisted on 4 March 1862 and was elected Junior 2nd (3rd) Lieutenant on 20 March. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 10 (or 27) June 1862.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was killed in battle at Chancellorsville, VA on 4 May 1863 while "in command of a party of skirmishers."

His service from his Confederate Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3, and the Alabama Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave; his stone has his death on 5 May 1863.

07/27/1842; Jackson County, GA

05/04/1863; Chancellorsville, VA; burial in Moses Wheat Cemetery, Lee County, AL