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Confederate General John Clifford Pemberton graduated from West Point in 1837. Among the graduating class of 50 cadets, Pemberton was ranked 27th. Pemberton was one of the few "Northerners" who sided with the Confederacy. Pemberton is best remembered as the commander of Vicksburg.

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