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Author Maxwell, Jerry H. (Jerry Hollis), 1942-

Title The perfect lion [electronic resource] : the life and death of Confederate artillerist John Pelham / Jerry H. Maxwell.

Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.

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Description xv, 419 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography 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".
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Pelham, John, 1838-1863.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Artillery operations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780817317355 (cloth alk. paper)
081731735X
9780817385484 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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