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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 18: spring of 1863. (search)
n came in she saw a sad change in her noble husband. His features, says Dr. Dabney, were shrunken by the prostration of his energies, and were marked by two or three angry scars, where they had been torn as his horse rushed through the brushwood. His cheeks burned with a swarthy and almost livid flush. Yet his face beamed with joy when, awakening from his disturbed slumber, he saw her near him. When he noted the shade of woful apprehension which passed over her face, he said tenderly: Now, Anna, cheer up, and don't wear a long face; you know I love a bright face in a sick room. With a spirit as truly courageous as that of her warrior husband she commanded her grief, and addressed herself cheerfully to the ministry of love. Many a tear was poured out over her unconscious suckling; yet she returned to his sick-room always with a serene countenance; and continued to be, until the clouds of death descended upon his vision, what he had delighted to call her in the hours of prosperity,