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They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in death they were not separated.
Besides those of the 15th, I have quite a large number of names of soldiers belonging to other regiments in Corse's brigade, who were converted in the army; some of whom I have met since the close of the war, and who assured me that they were still striving to get to heaven.
When Christ's jewels gathered from earth shall be displayed to an admiring universe, I doubt not many thousands of precious souls converted in the late Confederate army will shine as stars forever and ever in the firmament of glory.
The earnest purpose of the home Churches to promote the army revival was manifested by the number of ministers sent among the soldiers.
We give a list of those who were sent by the
Mission Board of the
M. E. Church, South:
Revs. Leo.
Rosser and
J. C. Granbery in the Army of Northern Virginia;
J. B. McFerrin,
C. W. Miller,
W. Mooney,
R. P. Ransom, and
W. Burr in the Army of Tennessee;
J. S. Lane and
E. B. Duncan in the Department of Florida;
J. J. Wheat and
H. J. Harris in
Mississippi;
W. C. Johnson to
General S. D. Lee's corps,
North Mississippi;
J. J. Hutchinson to army about
Mobile; and beyond the
Mississippi river,
J. C. Keener to
Louisiana troops, and
B. T. Kavanaugh and
E. M. Marvin to
Missouri and
Arkansas troops.
Besides these, and others probably whose names have escaped us, the Conferences of the
M. E. Church, South, emulated other Churches in sending forth laborers into the great harvest.
Rev. Dr. Myers, of the
Southern Christian Advocate, in noticing these facts, says:
The Mississippi Conference appointed one missionary and two chaplains to the army; Memphis, one missionary and six chaplains; Alabama, four missionaries and twelve chaplains; Florida, one missionary and two
