How much he was beloved, appreciated, and admired, let the tears of agony we have shed, and the gloom of mourning throughout my command, bear witness. "The noble, the chivalric, the gallant Pelham is no more. He lingered untilĪfter midnight on the morning of the 18th, when General Hat aloft, and cheering them on, when a fragment of shell struck Ment of cavalry swept by him in a charge. Of Artillery, and was riding towards his General, when a regi He was in the performance of his duty as Chief Puller, Harris, and Pelham wereĪmong the number the "gallant Pelham" of the battle ofįredericksburg. Southern forces won the day by hard and desperate fighting, inĬharge after charge : but lost in the struggle some of the most No harder battle was fought during the entire war. Was retiring, " badly hurt," and General Stuart added in hisĭispatch : " We are after him. Wind the long and desperate struggle was decided. When the sun set on that tranquil evening sinking slowlyĭown behind the quiet forest, unstirred by the least breath of These great odds, and fought them stubbornly at every point General Fitz Lee s command, who faced, without shrinking, Riock at Kelly s Ford, and attacked about eight hundred of On the morning of the 17th of March, 1863, Averill s FederalĬavalry, three thousand in the saddle, crossed the Kappahan.
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