Maggie,

I've found this at Ancestry.Com, amazingly it includes death information, but I don't know the source.

Name: Albert Pettigrew
Occupation: Student
Enlistment Date: 10 Sep 1862
Enlistment Place: Lynchburg, Virginia
Death Date: 30 Jul 1891
Death Place: Lynchburg, Virginia
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 10 September 1862 at the age of 21.
Enlisted in Company C, 39th Battn Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 10 Sep 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant (Elected) on 9 Mar 1863.
Sources: 21
Height: 5'11 "
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: black
Complexion: olive

I am unable to access the index for Virginia Confederate Pensions right now. I'll see if he applied and post what I find here.

Jim Martin