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Author:
Maxwell, Jerry H. (Jerry Hollis), 1942-
Title:
The perfect lion : the life and death of Confederate artillerist John Pelham / Jerry H. Maxwell.
Publisher:
University of Alabama Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xv, 419 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Pelham, John,--1838-1863.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography.
Confederate States of America.--Army--Biography.
United States--Artillery operations.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Artillery operations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"The most adventuresome member of that adventurous group" -- "We are a class beyond the common ones" -- "Fear God and know no other fear" -- "Madness and fanaticism" -- "We predict for them a brilliant future" -- "War is not glorious" -- "An honour to be one of them" -- "Like a duck on a June bug" -- "We are going to whip the yankees like the mischief" -- "I have had my revenge out of Pope" -- "Who could not conquer with such troops as these" -- "The Lord of Hosts was plainly fighting on our side" -- "The Lord bless your dirty ragged souls" -- "Put on the war paint!" -- "An exile from his own land of Alabama" -- "Stuart has euchered us again" -- "Like some god of battle" -- "We have a magnificent position..." -- "You men stand killing better than any I know!" -- "A system of irritation" -- "One could never forget him" -- "Such is the fortune of war" -- "I want Jimmie to be just like him".
ISBN:
081731735X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817317355 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)677975393
LCCN:
2010045693
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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