The perfect lion [electronic resource] : the life and death of Confederate artillerist John Pelham / Jerry H. Maxwell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The most adventuresome member of that adventurous group" -- "We are a class beyond the common ones" -- "Fear God and know no other fear" -- "Madness and fanaticism" -- "We predict for them a brilliant future" -- "War is not glorious" -- "An honour to be one of them" -- "Like a duck on a June bug" -- "We are going to whip the yankees like the mischief" -- "I have had my revenge out of Pope" -- "Who could not conquer with such troops as these" -- "The Lord of Hosts was plainly fighting on our side" -- "The Lord bless your dirty ragged souls" -- "Put on the war paint!" -- "An exile from his own land of Alabama" -- "Stuart has euchered us again" -- "Like some god of battle" -- "We have a magnificent position..." -- "You men stand killing better than any I know!" -- "A system of irritation" -- "One could never forget him" -- "Such is the fortune of war" -- "I want Jimmie to be just like him".

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