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| Keywords: Powhatan Bolling Whittle.jpg en Lt Col Powhatan Bolling Whittle commanding officer 38th Virginia Infantry Of Lt Col Whittle's role during Pickett's Charge General James Longstreet noted Colonel Whittle of Armistead's brigade who had been shot through the right leg at Williamsburg and lost his left arm at Malvern Hill was shot through the right arm then brought down by a shot through his left leg Following the Civil War Whittle returned to his home in Valdosta Georgia He later practiced law was judge of the corporation court of Macon Georgia and served several terms in the Georgia legislature Whittle was born in Mecklenburg County Virginia and named for his ancestor the Indian chief Powhatan from whose daughter Pocahontas Whittle descended http //www victorianvilla com/sims-mitchell/history/whittle_pb/index htm Author ca 1861 Officers of the Confederate States of America Army History of Georgia U S state PD-old | ||||
