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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 13: results of the work and proofs of its genuineness (search)
cause and have fallen. My hope is in Christ, for whose sake I hope to be saved. Tell her that she and my brother cannot see me again on earth, but they can meet me in heaven. A little before bedtime of his last night he called to his surgeon and said: Write to mother, and tell her she must meet me in heaven. I know I am going there. When Captain John F. Vinson, of Crawford county, Georgia, came to die, he exclaimed: All is well—my way is clear—not a cloud intervenes. As Lieutenant Ezekiel Pickens Miller, of the Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment, fell mortally wounded on the field of Fredericksburg, he exclaimed: Tell my father and mother not to grieve for me, for I am going to a better world than this. Can I do anything for you? said the missionary, kneeling by the side of a private shot through the neck. Yes, write to my poor wife. What shall I write? Say to my dear wife, it's all right. This was written. What else shall I write? Nothing else, all's right—and thus h<
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 15: winter of 1862-63. (search)
ved. Tell her that she and my brother cannot see me again on earth, but they can meet me in heaven. A little before bed-time of his last night he called to his surgeon (Mr. Leverett), and said: Write to mother, and tell her she must meet me in heaven. I know I am going there. Thus died T. S. Chandler, of the 6th South Carolina regiment. When Captain John F. Vinson, of Crawford county, Ga., came to die, he exclaimed: All is well-my way is clear — not a cloud intervenes. As Lieut. Ezekiel Pickens Miller, of the 17th Mississippi regiment, fell mortally wounded on the field of Fredericksburg, he exclaimed: Tell my father and mother not to grieve for me, for I am going to a better world than this. In this battle the gallent General Hanson, of Kentucky, fell while leading his men in Breckenridge's desperate charge at Stone river. Being outnumbered two to one, and his men being utterly exhausted by six days exposure to cold and rain and four days incessant fighting, with a loss of
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 16: spring of 1863. (search)
I have been able to trust my soul in the hands of God, and I feel that if he should call me to die, all will be well. He spoke with deep feeling, and the big tears filled his eyes and rolled down his pale face. Another from Georgia, who was dying of his wounds far away from home and friends, gave a like testimony, and, with tears of joy, praised God in full hope of heaven. Whether dying in hospital or on the battle-field, the testimony of the Christian soldier was the same. When Lieutenant E. P. Miller, of company K, 17th Mississippi regiment, lay dying on the field of Fredericksburg, the message he sent home was, Tell my father and mother not to grieve for me, for I am going to a better world than this. When Capt. John F. Vinson, of Georgia, fell in the service of his country, his last words were, All is well-my way is clear — not a cloud intervenes. Francis M. Bobo, of Spartanburg, S. C., exclaimed when dying, I would not take ten thousand worlds for my prospect of heaven. If