John C. Pemberton, commander of Confederate forces as Vicksburg, was born in this state.
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Pennsylvania. At the start of the Civil War, Pemberton, a West Point graduate who married a Virginia woman, resigned his commission in the Union Army and moved south to join the Confederate Army. His forces held out at Vicksburg until July 4, 1863. When he announced the surrender to his officers he said: "I am a Northern man, I know we can get better terms on July 4 than any other day of the year."