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William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War 2 2 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
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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)
have stood before the enemy fighting in a great and glorious 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 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 outnumbere
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)
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 I die in the hospital or fall in battle, said a young Georgia soldier, weep not for me-all will be well. These are a few testimonies out of hundreds that might be recorded. They show the deep and joyous piety of thousands of the So