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In memory of Major John Pelham. Born Sept. 7, 1838 in Calhoun Co. Ala. Mortally wounded March 17, 1863 near Kelleys Ford, Va.
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Base stone from Kellys Ford battlefield near spot where Pelham fell.
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Four miles southeast, at Kellys Ford, Major John Pelham, commanding Stuarts Horse Artillery, was mortally wounded, March 17, 1863. — — Map (db m23619) HM
At dawn on 17 March 1863, Brig. Gen. William W. Averell led 2,100 Union cavalrymen across the Rappahannock River at Kellys Ford. Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee with about 1,000 Confederate horsemen counterattacked northwest of here about noon. Noted . . . — — Map (db m2250) HM
Major John Pelham, C.S.A., commanding the Stuart Horse Artillery, was mortally wounded at this site in the Battle of Kelly's Ford March 17, 1863. — — Map (db m282189) HM WM
