Civil War Union Army Officer. Captain of the 35th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He was born in Newark, N.J., March 9, 1842. In 1862 he was graduated from the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, and subsequently passed one term at Harvard Law School. Instead of completing at once his term of study and applying for a license as attorney, as he might have done, he preferred to enter the ranks of the Union army, and on the 15th of April, 1863, was commissioned as lieutenant in Company C, Thirty-fifth Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers, which became a portion of the Army of the Tennessee, under the command of Gen. Sherman. To this regiment he was attached throughout his whole term of service, and with it participated in all the campaigns from Vicksburg to Meridian, Miss. He was at the siege of Atlanta, and accompanied Sherman on his famous "March to the Sea," and in the Carolinas to Richmond and Washington. On the 15th of November, 1864, he was commissioned captain of Company B, in his old regiment, and held this position when, at the close of the war, he, with his regiment, was mustered out of service July 20, 1865. On returning to his home Capt. Pennington resumed his legal studies, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1866. He entered immediately upon the practice of his profession, and is therein regarded as very successful.
Civil War Union Army Officer. Captain of the 35th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He was born in Newark, N.J., March 9, 1842. In 1862 he was graduated from the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, and subsequently passed one term at Harvard Law School. Instead of completing at once his term of study and applying for a license as attorney, as he might have done, he preferred to enter the ranks of the Union army, and on the 15th of April, 1863, was commissioned as lieutenant in Company C, Thirty-fifth Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers, which became a portion of the Army of the Tennessee, under the command of Gen. Sherman. To this regiment he was attached throughout his whole term of service, and with it participated in all the campaigns from Vicksburg to Meridian, Miss. He was at the siege of Atlanta, and accompanied Sherman on his famous "March to the Sea," and in the Carolinas to Richmond and Washington. On the 15th of November, 1864, he was commissioned captain of Company B, in his old regiment, and held this position when, at the close of the war, he, with his regiment, was mustered out of service July 20, 1865. On returning to his home Capt. Pennington resumed his legal studies, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1866. He entered immediately upon the practice of his profession, and is therein regarded as very successful.
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