Speaker: SARAH KAY BIERLE

“It is glorious to see such courage in one so young!” So exclaimed General Robert E. Lee on December 13, 1862, during the battle of Fredericksburg as he watched Major John Pelham fight at least five Union batteries with just one lone gun. In Glorious Courage, historian Sarah Kay Bierle reconsiders Pelham’s extraordinary, but short, life by drawing on primary and other sources and her extensive knowledge of the battlefields. Pelham’s zest for living carried him from Alabama to the military academy at West Point, while his zeal in command of the Stuart Horse Artillery earned him well-deserved plaudits.

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