"The major-general commanding approaches with reluctance the painful duty of announcing to the division its irreparable loss in the death of Major John Pelham, commanding the Horse Artillery. With a Pelham on each flank I believe I could whip the world." Stonewall Jackson said of him in his report on the battle, "It is really extraordinary to find such nerve and genius in a mere boy. Walker." WikipediaĪt Sharpsburg, Pelham's guns, positioned on a rise known as Nicodemus Hill, repeatedly harassed the flanks of oncoming Union lines, causing numerous casualties and breaking up battle formations. In 1856, local Congressman Sampson Willis Harris secured an appointment for Pelham to the United States Military Academy at West Point (N.Y.), at the request of A. On one occasion, he rode a neighbor's milk cow until it ran dry, prompting a lecture to only ride bulls in the future, if he were feeling adventurous. He grew up on the family's 1,000-acre (400 ha) plantation, and learned to raise horses at a young age. Atkinson and Martha Pelham (née McGehee ) at his grandparents' home along Cane Creek near Alexandria, Alabama. "Pelham was the third of seven children, with five brothers and a sister Betty, born to Dr. Killed by small metal shrapnal fragment to the head above the hairline, by artillery burst from trees above during cavalry charge at Kelly's Ford. Train carrying his body from Virginia to Alabama slowed at each town for gathering mourners.ĭistinguished personal conduct of disabled guns under heavy fire to hold the federal left wing at Fredericksburg as witnessed by Jackson and Lee. Tall blond hair blue eyed young Major in his early 20s. Three young women put on mourning dress upon his death. Pelham C.S.A.-5 was created by Carol DiFlauro through the import of Carol Pelham Family Tree.ged on Sep 4, 2014.Ĭommander of the cavalry "horse" artllery.
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