The Gallant Pelham

The Battle of Fredericksburg

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 ...

The Birthplace of the “Gallant Pelham”

Major John Pelham C.S.A.

Born September 14, 1838

at the home of his Grand Parents

William McGehee and Elizabeth Clay McGehee

Erected by Forney District U.D.C.

May 5, 1937

Marker is on Choctaw Street north of Tomahawk Trail, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Gallant Pelham

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. Pelham commanded ...