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By Craig Swain, July 5, 2009
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1 Maryland, Washington County, Sharpsburg — The Culmination of Another Great Tragedy was at Hand
On Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Pvt. William Goodhue, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry The night before the battle, the Union First and Twelfth Corps crossed Antietam Creek and marched onto the farm fields just behind you. It was the First Corps, commanded by Gen. Joseph Hooker, . . . Map (db m20672) HM
2 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Fredericksburg Campaign
On Lee Drive, on the left when traveling east.
December 13, 1862. In these gunpits stood 14 cannon of Walker’s Artillery Battalion, guarding the right of the Confederate line. While the youthful Maj. John Pelham’s light and mobile horse artillery, about a mile to the front, daringly challenged . . . Map (db m4087) HM
3 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — N-3 — The Gallant Pelham
On Benchmark Road (Route 608) at Tidewater Trail (Virginia Route 2), on the right when traveling north on Benchmark Road.
Here Major John Pelham, commanding Stuart’s Horse Artillery, executed a stunning flank attack on advancing Union troops during the Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 December 1862. Reduced to one cannon, the 24-year-old Pelham halted the Federals for . . . Map (db m1656) HM
4 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — Stuart and Pelham
On Tidewater Trail (Virginia Route 2) at Benchmark Road (County Road 608), on the right when traveling south on Tidewater Trail.
Battle of Fredericksburg. Dec. 13, 1862.Map (db m196296) WM
5 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — The Gallant PelhamThe Battle of Fredericksburg
On Jim Morris Road at Schumann Street, on the right when traveling south on Jim Morris Road. Reported damaged.
Young, handsome, and modest, Major John Pelham was one of the most popular men in the Confederate army. He was also one of its premier artillerists. Time and again the twenty-four-year-old officer had engaged the enemy at close quarters, earning the . . . Map (db m19314) HM
6 Virginia, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg — The Gallant Pelham
On Benchmark Road (County Route 608) at Tidewater Trail (Virginia Route 2), on the right when traveling north on Benchmark Road.
The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had no braver officer than Major John Pelham. Although just 24 years old, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed Alabamian had already proven himself on more than half a dozen battlefields in Maryland and Virginia. . . . Map (db m214841) HM
7 Virginia, Culpeper County, Culpeper — “Gallant” Pelham’s Last DaysThe Virginia House and Shackelford House
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
Confederate cavalry chief Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and Maj. John Pelham, the commander of Stuart’s Horse Artillery, frequented the Virginia House Hotel and often visited the Shackelford family across the street. A warm friendship developed between . . . Map (db m12496) HM
8 Virginia, Fauquier County, Remington — Kelly’s FordCavalry and Coffee
On Kelly's Ford Road (Virginia Route 674) at Kelly's Ford Road (Virginia Route 620), on the right when traveling south on Kelly's Ford Road.
Pickets of the opposing armies frequently exchanged gunfire over the Rappahannock River and occasionally swapped Yankee coffee for Rebel tobacco. On St. Patrick’s Day, 1863, they did both here at Kelly’s Ford, about 100 yards downstream from the . . . Map (db m108466) HM
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9 Virginia, Culpeper County, Kelly's Ford — J-36 — Battle of Kelly’s Ford
On Edwards Shop Road (County Route 620) south of Stones Mill Road, on the left when traveling east.
At dawn on 17 March 1863, Brig. Gen. William W. Averell led 2,100 Union cavalrymen across the Rappahannock River at Kelly’s Ford. Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee with about 1,000 Confederate horsemen counterattacked northwest of here about noon. Noted . . . Map (db m2250) HM
10 Virginia, Culpeper County, Kelly's Ford — Major John Pelham, C.S.A.
Near Kelly's Ford Road (County Route 674), on the right when traveling west.
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 m202826) HM WM
11 Virginia, Culpeper County, Elkwood — F-10 — Where Pelham Fell
On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15/29) at Kelly’s Ford Road (County Route 674) on James Madison Highway.
Four miles southeast, at Kelly’s Ford, Major John Pelham, commanding Stuart’s Horse Artillery, was mortally wounded, March 17, 1863.Map (db m23619) HM
 
 
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