June 2013 Document of the Month

John Pelham:  Appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery, April 4, 1863

April 4, 1863 - Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, Virginia - Appointment by President Jefferson Davis of John Pelham as Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery, under Act approved January 22, 1862, to rank from March 2, 1863.  Signed, "James A. Seddon" Secretary of War.  This commission was sent to the family after his death and was in fact made out after Pelham was killed at Kelly’s Ford, March 17, 1863.  General JEB Stuart had sent in the request for his promotion prior to his death. Major Peter Pelham of Ty-Ty, Georgia, donated his brother's posthumous commission to the Museum.

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