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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 3: hindrances to the revival. (search)
er regiments. 3. That when attacked by any of these diseases their recovery is much more certain and speedy. 4. That they are much more readily aroused from the effects of concussions and severe wounds, and are far less liable to lockjaw, or mortification after wounds. 5. That only about six in the temperance regiments die, from all causes, to ten of the other regiments. These facts were collected from various fields of observation: Africa, Canada, Greenland, the East Indies, West Indies, and the Crimea. Robert Southey wrote the following to a kinsman, a lieutenant in the British Army: General Peche, an East Indian officer here, told me that in India the officers who were looking out for preferment, and who kept lists of all above them, always marked those who drank any spirits on a morning with an X, and reckoned them for nothing. One day, said he, when we were about to march at day-break, I and Captain----were in my tent, and we saw a German of our regiment.