Stories of the confederacy [electronic resource] . ahannockat Kellys Ford, and attacked about eight hundred of GeneralFitz Lees command, who faced, without shrinking from thesegreat odds, and fought them stubbornly at every point through-out the entire day. When the sun, on that tranquil evening, was sinking slowlydown behind the quiet forest, unstirred by the least breath ofwind, the long and desperate struggle was decided, the enemyretiring badly hurt: and General Stuart added in his despatch,We are after him. His dead men and horses strew the harder battle has been fought during th
Stories of the confederacy [electronic resource] . ahannockat Kellys Ford, and attacked about eight hundred of GeneralFitz Lees command, who faced, without shrinking from thesegreat odds, and fought them stubbornly at every point through-out the entire day. When the sun, on that tranquil evening, was sinking slowlydown behind the quiet forest, unstirred by the least breath ofwind, the long and desperate struggle was decided, the enemyretiring badly hurt: and General Stuart added in his despatch,We are after him. His dead men and horses strew the harder battle has been fought during the entire war, andnever have the enemy rolled back in greater confusion beforeSouthern steel than here. Our heroes won the day by hard anddesperate fighting, in charge after charge; but lost in the strugglesome of the most valiant hearts that ever beat. Puller, Harrisand Pelham were among the number—the gallant Pelham ofthe battle of Fredericksburg. He was in the performance of hisduty as chief of artillery, and was riding towards his general as. COL. JOHN* PELHAM. Sketches of Hamptons Cavalry 131 a regiment of cavalry swept by him in the charge. He waswaving his hat aloft and cheering them on, when a ball from acarbine struck him on the head, mortally wounding him. Helingered till after midnight on the morning of the 18th, whenGeneral Stuart telegraphed to Mr. Curry, of Alabama: Thenoble, the chivalric, the gallant Pelham is no more; he was killedin action yesterday. His remains will be sent to you much he was beloved, appreciated, and admired, let thetears of agony we have shed, and the gloom of mourning through-out my command bear witness. His loss is irreparable. The bodyof the young officer was sent to Richmond, laid in state in thecapital of Virginia, and we are told, some tender hand depositedthe evergreen wreaths, entwined with white flowers, upon thecase that contained all that was mortal of the fallen hero. Hisfamily received the soldiers remains, they were
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