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Even before the end of the Civil War Colonel John Pelham had become a legendary figure of the Confederacy. General Lee called him "the gallant Pelham," and on seeing the young artillerist employ but a single gun to hold up the advance of three Union divisions and over a hundred... Read Full Overview

""Colonel John Pelham: Lee's Boy Artillerist"" by William Woods Hassler is a biography of one of the most celebrated soldiers of the American Civil War. John Pelham was a young man from Alabama who joined the Confederate Army at the outbreak of war and quickly rose through the... Read Full Overview