Battle of Fredericksburg • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Armies
The Stuart and Pelham monument is at the Pelham markers at Benchmark Road. (see map below) It is near the Battle of Fredericksburg and The Gallant Pelham wayside markers and just a short distance from the Fort Hood and The Gallant Pelham Virginia historical markers.
Text from the monument:
Stuart and Pelham
Battle of
Fredericksburg
Dec. 13, 1862
The monument is one of ten placed by the Reverend James Powers Smith on battlefields around Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. Smith had been a lieutenant on Jackson’s staff. The monuments were largely paid for by businessman Thomas F. Ryan. Other Smith monuments on this website are at Lee-Jackson Bivouac at Chancellorsville, Arm of Stonewall Jackson at Ellwood, Jackson on the Field at Fredericksburg, Lee’s Hill at Fredericksburg, Battle of Salem Church, Stonewall Jackson died at Guinea Station, Lee to the Rear at the Wilderness, and Lee’s Headquarters at Spotsylvania.
Location of the monument
The Battle of Fredericksburg wayside marker is 3.7 miles southeast of downtown Fredericksburg and 1.1 miles southeast of the Slaughter Pen site via Business Route US 17. (38°15’09.6″N 77°25’34.5″W)