Biography:

Birth: Aug. 8, 1831 Death: Mar. 21, 1900 Civil War Union Army Officer. At the beginning of the Civil War he was a Private and member of the Philadelphia First City Troop Calvary militia, serving a three month enlistment in the field from May 13, 1861 to August 17, 1861. He then served as a 1st Lieutenant in Company L, 5th Pennsylvania Volunteer cavalry, being mustered in on February 24, 1865. He was the younger brother of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton.