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- The Perfect Lion: The Life and Death of Confederate Artillerist John Pelham
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
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 women. He was killed in action at the battle of Kelly’s Ford in March of 1863, at twenty-four years of age, and reportedly three young women of his acquaintance donned mourning at the loss of the South’s “beau ideal.” Maxwell’s work provides the first deeply researched biography of Pelham, perhaps Alabama’s most notable Civil War figure, and explains his enduring attraction.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-2
- 3. “Fear God and Know No Other Fear”
- pp. 22-32
- 4. “Madness and Fanaticism”
- pp. 33-45
- 6. “War Is Not Glorious”
- pp. 53-61
- 7. “An Honour to Be One of Them”
- pp. 62-74
- 8. “Like a Duck on a June Bug”
- pp. 75-87
- 10. “I Have Had My Revenge Out of Pope”
- pp. 105-117
- 13. “The Lord Bless Your Dirty Ragged Souls”
- pp. 139-154
- 14. “Put on the War Paint!”
- pp. 155-173
- 16. “Stuart Has Euchered Us Again”
- pp. 194-211
- 17. “Like Some God of Battle”
- pp. 212-233
- 18. “We Have a Magnificent Position . . .”
- pp. 234-246
- 20. “A System of Irritation”
- pp. 268-282
- 21. “One Could Never Forget Him”
- pp. 283-296
- 22. “Such Is the Fortune of War”
- pp. 297-312
- 23. “I Want Jimmie to Be Just Like Him”
- pp. 313-327
- Abbreviations
- p. 331
- Bibliography
- pp. 387-401
- Index [Includes Back Cover]
- pp. 403-419
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817385484
Related ISBN(s)
9780817317355, 9780817359706
MARC Record
OCLC
772845396
Pages
437
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011