ECW on C-SPAN: Bierle on Pelham

by Emerging Civil War

Posted on October 3, 2021

Sarah Kay Bierle discussed the fall and martyrdom of “The Gallant” John Pelham.

If you missed Sarah Kay Bierle on C-SPAN this weekend, you can still catch her online. Sarah presented a talk on Confederate artillerist John Pelham at last summer’s “Fallen Leaders” ECW Symposium. It ran this past weekend on C-SPAN 2 and can now be seen on C-SPAN’s website:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?513972-3/fallen-leaders-confederate-officer-john-pelham

Next up: On October 9, tune into C-SPAN 2 at 6:00 p.m. for Matt Atkinson’s talk on Earl Van Dorn.

4 Responses to ECW on C-SPAN: Bierle on Pelham

  2. I recall that Pelham appears in one of Walker Percy’s works…maybe the Last Gentleman? Sorry but I don’t have a copy since retirement. Enjoyed the presentation.

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  3. Very well presented, Sarah. Thanks for posting this. As a retired officer, I cannot over-state the difficulty in retrograde operations and this crazy operation where Pelham went out beyond friendly lines at Fredericksburg with one cannon to harass the enemy. It simply required a superb level of skill and daring to perform either operation. Very nice choice of operations to demonstrate the skill and daring of the young Pelham.
    Tom Crane

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