# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-n-pendleton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:38:28.998Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-n-pendleton"
name: "William N. Pendleton"
slug: "william-n-pendleton"
description: "William Nelson Pendleton was an American teacher, Episcopal priest, and Confederate soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his position as Gen. Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery for most of the conflict. After the war, Pendleton returned to his priestly duties and also wrote religious materials. He was also one of the initiators of the Myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1809–1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WilliamNPendleton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1809-12-26"
deathDate: "1883-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.259515570934256
  historical:           11.59190533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "William Nelson Pendleton"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump