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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 13: results of the work and proofs of its genuineness (search)
e with an unusual and unearthly splendor. As he passed out, he turned to Messrs. McClure and Ritchie and said: Good-bye, boys; I die in the hope of a resurrection, and in defence of my country! . . . Again the march is resumed, and the victim passes into the hollow square around the scaffold. Before stepping upon it, he turns with a smile to Dr. Weston, and remarks: As some author has said, we may be as near God on the scaffold as elsewhere. He may be thinking of the sainted Abbot of Aquila, who wished to be buried under a gallows, and it was done. Mounting to the platform, the prisoner takes his seat upon the chair immediately under the fatal rope. The adjutant of the post commences to read the charges, specifications, and the orders of General Dix for his execution. Beall, little dreaming of the test to which he is to be subjected, rises respectfully when the reading is commenced. But finding that, instead of the last and briefest order for his execution, the whole prol