 Complete the following phrase:  In May 1861, when news arrived that his native Virginia had seceded, Pegram resigned his lieutets commission and returned home. In early July 1861, he accepted a commission as a lieutet colonel and was assigned command of the 20th Virginia Infantry. His regiment was part of the brigade of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett and served in western Virginia fighting Union troops under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. On July 11, 1861, cut off from Garnetts main body during the 