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To: KonKilo who wrote (67029)	5/20/2008 12:20:00 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543687

the young artillery captain who personally and singularly held up Burnside's approach to Fredericksburg for over an hour? That's the one. There is a possible connection between the Gallant Pelham and the story scenario I described. The murdered man's father-in-law was a Pelham and a colonel in the Confederate Army. I think The Gallant Pelham was a cousin. Pelham fell at Kelly's Ford. The major-general commanding approaches with reluctance the painful duty of announcing to the division its irreparable loss in the death of Major John Pelham, commanding the Horse Artillery. He fell mortally wounded in the battle of Kellysville, March 17th, with the battle-cry on his lips, and the light of victory beaming from his eye... His eye had glanced on every battlefield of this army from the First Manassas to the moment of his death, and he was, with a single exception, a brilliant actor in them all. The memory of "the gallant Pelham," his many manly virtues, his noble nature and purity of character, are enshrined as a sacred legacy in the hearts of all who knew him. His record has been bright and spotless, his career brilliant and successful. —J.E.B. Stuart, General Orders #9, March 20, 1863, Official Records en.wikipedia.org snipurl.com

To: KonKilo who wrote (67029)	5/20/2008 12:41:51 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 543687

Its funny how the losing side never has any heroes. You jest! Robert E. Lee is as big a hero as you can get. Stonewall Jackson not far behind in Rockbridge County. And people try desperately to dig up family proof that they're related to Civil War generals- (Southern of course) so they can use it as a middle name for their children. My best friend growing up, Betty Stuart L., traced back to Jeb. And we USED that middle name; she was never just Betty, she was BettyStuart. You can be wealthy, educated and cultured, but if you aren't related to Lee, you will never be at the top of the Southern social ladder.