'Perry' sounds more likely than 'Pelly'. The soldier's CSR notes him to be inside enemy lines in Hampshire County.

Parrish is recorded as a member of Company "E", 41st Virginia Cavalry Battalion, Capt. John M. Lovett of Hampshire County. It included a number of men from Capt. Robert Bruce Muse's Co. "F", 18th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, a company recruited in Frederick County.