An  officer  who  served  under  him  wrote  long  afterward:  "Colonel
'ender  was  one  of  the  coolest  and  most  self-possessed  and  abso-
itely  fearless  men  under  fire  I  ever  knew."  General  Pender's
ivision  took  a  leading  part  in  the  operations  of  the  first  day;
n  the  afternoon  of  July  2d,  when  the  attack  was  being  made  on
lancock's  line  by  the  troops  of  Wright  and  others  adjacent,
'ender  was  in  the  act  of  arrairing  his  men  to  join  in  the  advance
rhen  he  was  fatally  wounded  by  a  fragment  of  a  shell.
In  the  retreat  he  was  taken  to  Staunton,  Virginia,  where  he
ied,  July  18,  1863.  General  Pender's  military  endowments,  his
outhful  and  manly  graces,  his  religious  devotion,  his  coolness  in
lattle,  and  his  combined  modesty  and  dignity  gave  him  an  un-
sual  status  in  the  army.  General  Lee  said  of  him:  "  His  promise
nd  usefulness  as  an  officer  were  equaled  only  by  the  purity  and
xcellence  of  his  private  life."

Pender's  Division:— Isaac  Ridgeway  Trimble

Maj.  Gen.  Isaac  Ridgeway  Trimble,  bom  in  Virginia,  1802,  was
raduated  1822.  After  spending  -ten  years  in  ordnance,  topo-
raphical,  and  garrison  details,  he  resigned,  May  31, 1832,  to  enter
ailroad  service,  in  which  he  attained  high  repute  as  chief  engineer
nd  general  superintendent  until  May  31,  1861,  when  he  entered
he  army  of  the  Confederacy  as  colonel  of  engineers,  winning  rapid
iromotion  to  the  grade  of  brigadier  and  major  general.
