The Greensborough Patriot

June 12, 1862

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GEN. J. JOHNSTON PETTIGREW KILLED

            Among the killed in the late battle we deeply regret to learn, is Brigadier Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew, of this State.

            Gen. Pettigrew was a son of the late Hon. E. Pettigrew, of Tyrell county, N.C.  He graduated at the N.C. University in 1847 and was about 34 years of age.  Young as he was, he had already gained high distinction as a lawyer and a statesman, an almost unbounded intellect and the most dauntless courage he has exhibited military qualities of so high an order, as to have been proposed, while Colonel of N.C. Volunteers, as a suitable Commander in chief for the Confederate armies.—Observer