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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 2: influence of Christian officers. (search)
fficers who were earnest Christian men, as the Army of Northern Virginia. We had at first such specimens of the Christian soldier as R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, D. H. Hill, T. R. Cobb, A. H. Colquitt, Kirby Smith, J. E. B. Stuart, W. N. Pendleton, John B. Gordon, C. A. Evans, A. M. Scales, Willie Pegram, Lewis Minor Coleman, Thos. H. Carter, Carter Braxton, Charles S. Venable, and a host of others too numerous to mention. And during the war Generals Ewell, Pender, Hood, R. H. Anderson, Rodes, Paxton, W. H. S. Baylor, Colonel Lamar, and a number of others of our best officers professed faith in Christ. Nor was the example of these noble men merely negative— many of them were active workers for the Master, and did not hesitate, upon all proper occasions, to stand up for Jesus. Our Christian President, Jefferson Davis, was always outspoken on the side of evangelical religion, and manifested the deepest interest in all efforts for the spiritual good of the soldiers. His fast-
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 10: revivals in the Lower Valley and around Fredericksburg. (search)
tc., and when there is no minister present the general is in the habit of conducting the exercises himself. O that this were so at all of our Headquarters! Our last meeting was opened with a sermon at 11 o'clock by Rev. A. D. Betts, of the Thirtieth North Carolina, our moderator; and a most excellent discourse it was—earnest, fervent and practical. We spent an hour or more very pleasantly in hearing reports of the religious feeling, etc., in the different regiments. Brother Cameron, of Rodes's Alabama Brigade, reported that he was having an interesting revival—twenty had already made public professions of religion, and there were a large number of other inquirers. Brethren Vass and Grandin reported a very interesting state of things in the Stonewall Brigade-they were holding nightly meetings in their brigade chapel, at which there had been about fifty inquirers, twenty-five of whom had joined the different Churches. The interest in the meetings was daily increasing. Brother S
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
r the campaign. We built a neat chapel (in the construction of which I was much indebted to General Rodes for hauling), and Brother Brooks and I joined in worship. We held meetings every night alteveral conversions and additions to his Church; men enjoying religion; he is the only chaplain in Rodes's Brigade. Brother Meredith, of the Forty-Seventh Virginia, reported on his labors at Dr. Bla Now he had gone; but God had opened a way to him in His providence, and he was laboring in General Rodes's Division. Brother Marshall, of Twelfth Georgia, had been with his men and held servicesemed alive, and had interested themselves to obtain a chaplain. Brother Talley stated that in Rodes's Brigade there was a gracious state of things. He had been laboring as chaplain only about two. Rev. Henry D. Moore was reported as having become chaplain to the Twelfth Alabama Regiment, Rodes's old Brigade. After devotional services, the meeting adjourned, to meet at this place on nex
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Roster of chaplains, army of Northern Virginia. (search)
m. S. Ryland. Fifty-second Virginia. John Magill. Forty-ninth Virginia. J. Powel Garland. Fifty-eighth Virginia. George Slaughter; L. B. Madison. Thirty-first Virginia. A. D. Lepps. Lewis's Brigade Twenty-first North Carolina, Fifty-fourth North Carolina. Sixth North Carolina. Fifty-seventh North Carolina. John Paris. Johnson's Brigade. Fifth North Carolina. Twelfth North Carolina. J. H. Robbins. Twentieth North Carolina. L. A. Bickle. Twenty-third North Carolina. Rodes's (old) Division Cook's Brigade. Twelfth Georgia. A. M. Marshall; Rev. Mr. Poulridge. Forty-fourth Georgia. H. E. Brookes. Fourth Georgia. R. F. Evans; James O. A. Sparks. Twenty-first Georgia. Battle's Brigade. Third Alabama. T. J. Rutledge. Fifth Alabama. W. G. Curry. Sixth Alabama. G. R. Talley. Twelfth Alabama. H. G. Moore. Twenty-sixth Alabama. Wm. E. Cameron. Sixty-first Alabama. Cox's Brigade. Thirtieth North Carolina. A. D. Betts. Fourteenth North Carolina. W.