John C. Pemberton - Postbellum Life

Postbellum Life

After the war, Pemberton lived on his farm near Warrenton, Virginia, from 1866 to 1876, and then returned to Pennsylvania. He died in Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, five years later. He was interred in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia Protests against his being buried at Laurel Hill were made by the families of several famous people, such as General George Meade, Thomas McKean (Signer of the Declaration of Independence) and Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren. It was decided that Pemberton would be interred elsewhere; however, he ended up in an obscure area of the cemetery. Recently, a ground level plate was surreptitiously added noting he was a "Confederate General Staff Officer". A statue depicting Pemberton was erected in the Vicksburg National Military Park. His nephew John Pemberton was also a Confederate soldier, and was later credited with inventing Coca-Cola.

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