“If ever a site cried out for a cannon to interpret and commemorate battlefield initiative and bravery, Pelham’s Corner is the one!” National Park Service historian Frank O’Reilly says. At this corner, a young Confederate artillerist, Maj. John Pelham, made history—and sparked one of the greatest artillery duels of the war—during the Battle of Fredericksburg. That’s why we know the place today as Pelham’s Corner. And why this plot—even encroached as it is by Spotsylvania County strip development—is a precious place to Civil War buffs.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 06:25:11 +0000
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