The Perfect Lion: The Life and Death of Confederate Artillerist John Pelham
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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 âGallant Pelham.â An Alabama native, Pelham left West Point for service in the Confederacy and distinguished himself as an artillery commander in robert E. Leeâs Army of Northern Virginia. Lee is reported to have said of him, âIt is glorious to see such courage in one so young!â Blond, blue-eyed, and handsome, Pelhamâs modest demeanor charmed his contemporaries, and he was famously attractive to women. He was killed in action at the battle of Kellyâs 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 Southâs âbeau ideal.â Maxwellâs work provides the first complete, deeply researched biography of Pelham, perhaps Alabamaâs most notable Civil War figure, and explains his enduring attraction.