by white Southerners still honoring the purposes of the Confederacy. While many copies were made, the original was long thought lost. It was held by Pelham's sister, Betty, and kept by her descendants at home in a fireproof safe. In 2010 Pelham's great-great grand-nephew consigned the piece for auction. It sold for $41,825. In March 2013 the city of Jacksonville, Alabama celebrated Pelham with a weekend of living history campsites and a sesquicentennial recreation of Pelham's funeral procession to City Cemetery. See also Notes References Brewer, Wilson. Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872. Montgomery, AL: Barrett & Brown, 1872. . Hassler, William W. Colonel John Pelham: Lee's Boy Artillerist. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. . Thomas, Emory M. Bold Dragoon: The Life of J.E.B. Stuart. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. . U.S. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880–1901. Further reading Maxwell, Jerry H. The Perfect Lion: The Life and Death of Confederate Artillerist John Pelham. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2011. . Matteson, John, A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2021. . External links Alabama Hall of Fame John Pelham Historical Association 1838 births 1863 deaths Confederate States Army officers Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War People from Calhoun County, Alabama People of Virginia in the American Civil War United States Military Academy alumni