The Perfect Lion : the Life and Death of Confederate Artillerist John Pelham.
The South has made much of J.E.B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson, but no individual has had a greater elevation to divine status than John Pelham, remembered as the "Gallant Pelham." An Alabama native, Pelham left West Point for service in the Confederacy and distinguished himself as an arti...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Summary: | The South has made much of J.E.B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson, but no individual has had a greater elevation to divine status than John Pelham, remembered as the "Gallant Pelham." An Alabama native, Pelham left West Point for service in the Confederacy and distinguished himself as an artillery commander in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Lee is reported to have said of him, "It is glorious to see such courage in one so young!" Blond, blue-eyed, and handsome, Pelham's modest demeanor charmed his contemporaries, and he was famously attractive to. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (439 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-401) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780817385484 0817385487 9780817317355 081731735X |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
