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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861 , November (search)
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 8 : eagerness of the soldiers to hear the Gospel . (search)
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 10 : revivals in the Lower Valley and around Fredericksburg . (search)
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Roster of chaplains, army of Northern Virginia . (search)
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 2 : subjects of the revival. (search)
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 7 : winter of 1861 -62 . (search)
The Daily Dispatch: November 27, 1860., [Electronic resource], Anniversary meeting. (search)
Anniversary meeting.
--The anniversary meeting of the Missionary Society of the Virginia Conference was celebrated at Alexandria on Saturday evening. Addresses were delivered by Bishop Payne, Dr. Sehon, missionary secretary, and James A. Duncan, of the Virginia Conference, and upwards of $1,500 were collected on various propositions, and fifty life-members made.
A venerable lady, Mrs. Ballon, aged 81 years, a widow of one of the old pioneers of the Conference, wrought with her own hands a quilt, which was presented as a donation to the missionary society.
One hundred dollars were quickly raised to purchase this as a present for Bishop Payne, and twenty dollars additional to make her a life-member.
General Assembly of Virginia.[Extra session.]
Senate. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1861.
Called to order at 12 o'clock--Mr. Brannon in the Chair.
Prayer by the Rev. J. A. Duncan, of the Broad Street Methodist Church.
A communication from the House announced the passage of numerous bills; among them the House bill, which had previously passed the Senate, appropriating one million of dollars for the defence of the State, with an amendment providing that $50,000 of the amount be expended in the erection of three arsenals, viz: one at some point on the Baltimore and Ohio, or Northwestern Virginia Railroad; one at some point near the Great Kanawha River, and another in the great valley at or near Winchester, for the defence of the Western and Northwestern frontier and Valley.
Mr. Thomas, of Fairfax, wished to amend by providing for the establishment of an arsenal at Alexandria.
Mr. Lynch desired one also at Lynchburg.
The Chair decided that the bill could not be
The Daily Dispatch: February 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The great fraud. (search)