Tag Archives: John Pelham

Symposium Spotlight: Books, Books, Books Part 2

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

This week our Symposium Spotlight will get you excited about a summer reading list. In part two of this series, our presenters have suggested works that will get you prepared for this year’s theme “Fallen Leaders of the Civil War.” … Continue reading →

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Symposium Spotlight: John Pelham

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Emerging Civil War

In this week’s Emerging Civil War Symposium Spotlight  Sarah Bierle previews her presentation on fallen leader John Pelham. Continue reading to see what Sarah will be examining during her presentation in August.

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“The Batteries On Each Side Ceased Firing”: Civilians In Antietam’s Cross Fire

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

While the Confederate and Union artillery guns dueled during the morning hours of September 17, 1862, their shells flew over the farm land and homes of local civilians. Long before the Sharpsburg area became a battlefield, it was quiet community … Continue reading →

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“The Hand of a Master”: Confederate Artillery on the Left Flank at Antietam

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

By sunrise on September 17, 1862, the Confederate guns waited on the left flank. Ordered to guard “Stonewall” Jackson’s flank and use the high ground advantage to blast Union attackers, the assembled cannons and crews prepared for battle. General J. … Continue reading →

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Yellowhammers and Environmentalism: Following the Path of Law’s Alabama Brigade to Gettysburg

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Robert Lee Hodge

Ten Days in Culpeper From Raccoon Ford, Joe and I drove into nearby Culpeper, A.P. Hill’s hometown. Law’s Brigade camped with Hood’s Division south-east of Culpeper, near Pony Mountain, and paralleling the Fredericksburg Pike (modern-day Virginia Route 3) from Friday, … Continue reading →

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Kelly’s Ford: Standing Where It Happened

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Sarah Kay Bierle

“Mom, I’ve waited about 13 years to come here,” I said in an undertone as we looked at Kelly’s Ford on the Rappahannock River. The river ran low on that August day (just last week), and – though rivers change … Continue reading →

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A Walk to the Site of Pelham’s Death

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

At the Symposium over the weekend, one of the attendees asked me how to get to the John Pelham marker at Kelly’s Ford. “Keep walking out the trail, and when you think you’ve gone too far, keep going,” I told … Continue reading →

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Artillery: John Pelham – Artilleryman, Gallant Fool, Splendid Boy

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Advancing Union troops were convinced a full battery raked their flank as they moved toward the Confederate position at Prospect Hill near Fredericksburg. Multiple Union batteries opened fire from Stafford Heights, trying to drive out the artillerymen delaying General Meade’s … Continue reading →

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“…please furnish better mules…”— JEB Stuart’s 1862 Christmas Raid, Part One

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Rob Orrison

This is the first of a two-part series on Jeb Stuart’s 1862 Christmas Raid. After the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia settled in the area south of the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg. On Christmas day, Gen. … Continue reading →

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A Challenge Answered: The Battle of Kelly’s Ford, March 17, 1863

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Daniel Davis

William Woods Averell was usually considered an even-tempered individual. However, in the opening weeks of March, 1863 his blood had been brought to a boil. This mild mannered New Yorker, whose great grandfather had signed the Declaration of Independence, had … Continue reading →

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