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Title: Brave deeds of Confederate soldiers
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1856-1933
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Publisher: Philadelphia : G. W. Jacobs & Company
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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h and sky, the Creolecannooneers could be heard singing the Marseillaiseas blithely as if they were taking part in some grandreview, while Pelham calmly continued to give hisorders from the saddle. All this time, the entire Confederate army postedon the hills, and a large part of the Federal on theplain, were looking on at the duel going on withsuch odds against the youthful artillerist. It is glorious, exclaimed General Lee, givingvoice to his admiration, to see such courage in oneso young. During an entire hour, Pelham stopped theenemys advance; and he finally drew off only onreceiving a peremptory order from Stuart to retire,as General Lee, who knew that the guns resistancemust, in the end, give way before the joint impactof Meade and Doubleday, preferred that theseDivisions should now move on to the assault of theheights, where his forces were impatiently awaitingthem. The favorable issue of the battle could bepromoted but not brought about by one such act ofextraordinary bravery.
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THE BOY ARTILLERIST 153 Retreating to the hills, Pelham took command ofall the artillery posted on the Confederate rightwing, and had charge of it until night fell. As theFederals, discomfited, slowly withdrew, he steadilypushed forward his guns; and they were thunderingaway as long as there was light enough to take ac-curate aim. During the winter, the two armies remained in-active; but in March (1863), Averill crossed theRappahannock at Kellys Ford, not far from Fred-ericksburg, at the head of three thousand cavalry-men. It happened that Pelham had accompaniedStuart to a camp some distance away to attend acourt martial, and while returning, heard the boomof cannon in the direction of the river; he immedi-ately galloped forward; and when he reached thescene of fighting, his own artillery not yet havingcome upon the ground, he observed a regimentwhich appeared to be severely shaken by the hotfire suddenly concentrated on its ranks. He gal-loped up to the men, and waving his hat, shout

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