Glorious Courage: John Pelham in the Civil War (Bierle, CA) tours abolitionists

abolitionists

adds context to Brady's memorable photographs

by James Pula

this historic train station accommodated thousands of wounded Union soldiers as they began their long journeys home via the railroad

Owen survives with the help of an unlikely ally—a new friend in arms and the only person he trusts

Glorious Courage: John Pelham in the Civil War (Bierle, CA) tours abolitionistsby Sarah Kay Bierle (Author) It is glorious to see such courage in one so young! So exclaimed Confederate 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. The dashing and handsome 24 year old Alabama officer earned the compliments and admiration of his men, the war gods of Virginia (Lee, Jackson, and Stuart), and Southern