Notes on Spain and the Spaniards by James Johnston Pettigrew

Maybe 'However' instead of the second 'left for dead on the field'? Changed the second 'left for dead' to 'However, he' Left for dead on the field' Similar to above. ' Pettigrew was left on the field, as his wounds were believed to be mortal.A little clunky maybe replace the second 'his lack of military experience' with 'this'?

'because of his lack of military experience.

'Originally commanding a brigade' Could we specify 'Originally'? I assume you mean at the start of the battle, but that is not clear.

'writing a book about the culture of Spain titled 'Notes on Spain and the Spaniards in the Summer of 1859, With a Glance at Sardinia' Book titles should be in italics, not quote marks.

'would later become a Major General' Lower case initial letters for major general.įixed, and fixed another instance with brigadier general later in the article.

Could we have his date of birth in the article?.

'mortally wounded during an Union attack during the Confederate retreat' 'during' twice in five words possibly tweak one?.

'Pettigrew served in the army of the Confederate States of America' 'Pettigrew' → 'He'.

I have done a little copy editing which you will want to check. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review. Charleston has a history of having a number of 'free thinkers' since its founding.). (as an aside, I also read this uncle was an intellectual and abolistionist. I also believe the lawyer he worked for in Charleston, SC (his uncle) spelled his name as 'Pettigru' or something similar, out of respect to ancestry. I have also read something of his family being Scottish. Hal Jespersen 22:15, 29 September 2006 (UTC) Reply If you can provide a secondary source citation for an alternative background of this particular individual, be my guest.

I don't know that you can say that since many Pettigrews came from Scotland, that means that all of them must have. Time and time again I read of the Pettigrew name being of huegenot origin.This is inaccurate the name is Scottish, check out Sir thomas Pettigrew lord lyon of Scotland 1520, branches of the family were in France but were not of huegenot origin.The name is of Pictish origin, hence the many pett and pit place names in Scotland, Pettinain, Pettycur etc, it would appear our American cousins are trying to rewrite our origin, just as they do with Hollywood.

Notes on Spain and the Spaniards by James Johnston Pettigrew