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- The Gallant Pelham.a "a
Apone theSnsble spirits who have fallen
victims to ID eli, love Of country IN datswar
OF independently there are few whe5naVe
receiSed pronder fans or left . more jan
during record then Major JoHH PELHAM,
Chief of ARTILLERY on Gen. Stats staff
In speaking of this rensfk able young Off
Ger, il is difficult to avUfdthe appearaD0s, or
exaggeration. q His character was so emf
Dently 6ObIs and. attracti ve&-his7 soul so
brave, So true, 80 free from any tsint of
what was mean, or seFdid, sor litae-that the
actual portrait may seew to- be, that piqns
fasteryA whfeK -f4iehds6ip 4ceotSs EtSthe
dead. But his noble traits are not unknown
his great virtues of courage, honor and
devotion to the holiest of csPses- that ever
nerved nations arm, are PARTIAL on REQ
ord.a ItiS not the 1anguage iGf uIrh eHnihg
pausggric 10 declare tn asIhis loss is irrepsI-
able: Although, stillCn the lbl09m Of yarly
manhood, and mere youth IN personal ap-
pearance, he had yaIready n,d disclosed those
rare endowmeuts which mora than com
pensate for the absence OF age and expert
ence Throughout his trief but Brilliant
career, heGisplagedy AN i0boTn genius for
the profession of arms which alreadg enth-
tied him to the name of a great soldier
and all his faculties seemed growing and
acquiring strength, when be was suddenly
called away. oi-'. ~ o. -..- -..''' -1.-'
A native, of the great State Alsbsgia, and
graduating at West Point, Just as the war
commeneed, he lost no time in Offering his
services to the South, and received the ap-
pointment of LIST Lieut.. iuytbe ConfedTate
States Army. Processing to Harper's Fer
~, he was eminentiy useful in the drill and
organization of artilleEF and was Piacedyin
. battery, which he fough through the bat
fla IF the Of al Iu1u (Manosaaal with all
the @otstinarcy and daring which AFTERWARDS
made him so famous. He speedily atfra0-
ted the attention of his generals, and was
entrusted by Genaral Stuart with the Or
gsnization Of his battalion Of Horse Artil-
lery, which he afterwards commanded on
so many hard fields. o., - ...,.ir g..,
How thoroughly justified the Judgment
formed of his capacity and course, let his
career tell. That career will remain one of
the most arduous. splendid and glorious
which the future historian Of this war will
be called upon to record. At Manassas
Williamsburg, Cold Harbor, the Rappahau
mock, Groveton, Germantown, SharpSburg.
The passage of the Potomac from Psnnsyl-
vanis, Aide, Union, Upperville Markhann's
Barbee's, Hazel river, and lastly Freder-
icksburg-at these aud many other battles,
he commanded his batteries and fought
them, how resolutelyi-with what match
less skill and daring! AsWilliansburg,sa at
critical moment in the day, be Transform
ed the raw militia of Floyd county, attach
ed to his battery, into veterans, and during
the campaign of the Peninsula his BlAkely
was sentinel on post, its brave connfan-
der, by his sleepless vigilance and the, ra-
pidity Of his movements, inspiring the enc
my with the idea of ubiquity. 81 In the sew
en- days battles around Richmond he won
fresh laurels by the mastery rbspdliDg Of
his guns. With one Napoleon be engaged
three batteries of the enemy, and fought
them with pertinacity and uDfalteriDg
nerve, which secured the ardent ad miration
of Generals jackson and Stuart; and at the
White House, attacked and drove to igno-
minous flight, sgun boat Of the eDepyLthus
proving himself the first to rob those, fapci-
ed monsters of their fArrors. At Shafps-
bug he commanded almost all the artillery
used upon our left. and fought it with that
admirable skill and daring which were Iha-
bitusl with him. The greatest ofthe young |
hero's achievements, however, was proba- |
bly, the handling of his guns at Fredericks- !
burg. With the same Napoleon gun which |
he had used at Cold Harbor, he took his
post ,uponthe euemy's left, and opened at
short range upon three OR four of their
heaviest batteries directly in his 'front.'
They concentrated on him, INSTANTLY, the
most tremendous fre-a heavy battery
across the riversopening an ,en6lading fire
upon him also-hes never shrunk ,ror ceased
to pour bis shot and she'll into them. The
commanding General, with eyes kindliDg
with pride, and the whole army with uh-
disguised applause, witnessed this brilliant
contest against odds so i6verbo werir gland
Gen. Lee exclaimed sit is glorious 70 See
such courage in oHeso young!'f, He fought |
the Napoleon used his last round was ex-
pended, when he sloWl y yreti6ed Ccohtiuuing |
however to command the entire force of ar |
tillery on the right throughou the day. It |
is not too much to say that to his skill and |
during the Generalization of the enemy was
in no slight m asure to be attributed. His |
last battle was the desperate one at Kelfeys-
vile, March Eth. Directed by his General |
to join in none ofthe cavalry charges, which |
he always longed to do, he was in the per-
formance of. his duties as chief of artillery
when he fell. He was goint to report to
Gen, Stuart the disposition of his batteries,
when a regiment charged by him and for
the moment barred his way. He rose his
stirTups, waved bis bat, and while in tie
act of cheering them on, was struck by>a
fragment of she'll upon the head, and NOR
tally wounded. He fingered Juptil mid
night, and then his pure aud noble spirit
passed TO other worlds where the brave and
devoted are rewarded. sfI /.--
How modest. truthful, and eleVssed the
private character of the young leader was
let those who knew him declare. 1t is JIM
possible to imagine more genuine nodes
ty of heart and bearing He:usver seemed | /
to think he deserved applause for his splen- v
did courage, or to compare himself with any e
one to their prejudice, At Fredericksburg, n
Gen. Lee immortaIizsd him BY bestow;ng k
upon him the name, of "the gallant Pel--l a
ham, but he seemed unconcious of that v
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