Comments on: John Pelham’s Account of the Battle http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pelham Picture Sells at Auction « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-16751 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:33:20 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-16751 [...] Read Pelham’s account of his experience at First Bull Run here. [...]

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-16258 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:22:11 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-16258 S,

Any photographs of Pelham are in the public domain. While it’s courtesy to give attribution to your source, you’re not leagally bound to do so, as far as I know.

If there is any society you might want to contact, it would be the John Pelham Historical Association at http://www.gallantpelham.org

]]> By: Sbrinkley http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-16257 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:42:53 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-16257 Sir,

Thank you for the great blog entries of “Bull Runnings” – I have enjoyed perusing your work. The banter between yourself and your readers is revealing. Again – thanks for the honesty, and thorough research.

Would you have any insight or information as to any “organization / society” that I should (for courtesy’s good sake) contact prior to my group’s writing about the brave Pelham? And perhaps prior to using the available photographs of Lt. John Pelham as posted ubiquitously across the Web? Is the photo that you have used copyrighted?

We would like to follow the best course – not only legally – but, certainly … respectfully.

Any email clues or further contact information would be very much appreciated.

I am a fan of the writing style you offer.

With all the best regards- Sincerely,
SBrinkley

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-14662 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:41:43 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-14662 James,

If you’d like me to post the photos here, I’ll be happy to do so. Send the images to me at hjs21 at comcast dot net.

Thanks for reading!

]]> By: James G. Flanagan http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-14661 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:31:32 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-14661 Most loyal historians and friends of John Pelham.
I live very near Kellys Ford and help keep the Pelham Monument near the Rappahannock River clean and free of briars/weeds. I am quite a Pelham fan and served as V-P of The Brandy Station Foundation for 2 years.
I have the requested likeness (carte de viste) of Pelham claiming it to be the one sent from Dr. Pelham to Jeb Stuart, after his fall at Kelly’s Ford 3/17/1863. My best friend has one with a text on the back listing Pelham as Chief of Jackson’s Horse Artillery. (Before he achieved that rank under Stuart.)
I note the similarity in Pelham’s letter concerning his perception of battle ( Calm, Cool, Collective) to that of the “Stonewall demeanor” in that described battle. I am sure that Jackson must have noticed this as he too had been trained at the POINT.
I will gladly post these two cdv’s if permitted. I commend you on keeping alive the spirit and commentation of this great artillerist. His actions and not his words, made him Gallant.

James G. Flanagan
Education Coordinator
The Liberty Heritage Society
Warrenton, Va. 20186

]]> By: Pelham Monument « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-3892 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:47:57 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-3892 [...] Pelham Monument 10 12 2008 Before John Pelham (left) became “Gallant”, before he gained fame – and death, in March 1863 -  at the head of JEB Stuart’s horse artillery, he was a lieutenant in Capt. E. G. Alburtis’s Wise Artillery, attached to Col. Francis Bartow’s brigade of Johnston’s Army of the Shenandoah.  By all indications, Capt. Alburtis was not with the battery on the day of the battle, and it was commanded by Pelham.  He wrote about his experience at Bull Run in this letter. [...]

]]> By: Pelham’s Letter « Bull Runnings http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-3889 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:49:36 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-3889 [...] 2008 NPS historian and Civil War author extraordinaire John Hennessy stopped by to comment on the Pelham Letter.  Here’s his note: [...]

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-3888 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:38:30 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-3888 John,

Yes, I found the letter striking for the same reason. I view his closing sentences as essentially a rationalization in light of what preceded them.

Thanks for stopping by – knowing you’re out there reading this stuff at least every now and again helps keep me honest!

]]> By: John Hennessy http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/john-pelhams-impressions-of-first-manassas/#comment-3887 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:20:48 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=2524#comment-3887 Harry, I have always felt that Pelham’s description of his feelings in battle, and his shame at having felt as he did, was one of the more vivid revelations about the human condition as it relates to combat. Clearly his reaction to battle was not universal. Is there something about the makeup of true warriors that in the moment renders battle appealing rather than horrific? I don’t know….

Thanks for sharing this….

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