The perfect lion
Subtitle: the life and death of Confederate artillerist John Pelham
By: Jerry H. Maxwell
Publisher: University of Alabama Press; University Alabama Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780817317355; 9780817385484
Subjects: Confederate States of America; Artillery operations; Soldiers; Confederate States of America. Army; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The most adventuresome member of that adventurous group"; title: "We are a class beyond the common ones"; title: "Fear God and know no other fear"; title: "Madness and fanaticism"; title: "We predict for them a brilliant future"; title: "War is not glorious"; title: "An honour to be one of them"; title: "Like a duck on a June bug"; title: "We are going to whip the yankees like the mischief"; title: "I have had my revenge out of Pope"; title: "Who could not conquer with such troops as these"; title: "The Lord of Hosts was plainly fighting on our side"; title: "The Lord bless your dirty ragged souls"; title: "Put on the war paint!"; title: "An exile from his own land of Alabama"; title: "Stuart has euchered us again"; title: "Like some god of battle"; title: "We have a magnificent position..."; title: "You men stand killing better than any I know!"; title: "A system of irritation"; title: "One could never forget him"; title: "Such is the fortune of war"; title: "I want Jimmie to be just like him".