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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 23: summer of 1864. (search)
by Gen. Hood, held that city against the heavy battalions of Gen. Sherman. The fights along the lines were frequent and deadly, but the religious enthusiasm of the soldiers was undiminished. They are not afraid of death, writes a devoted chaplain, A. D. McVoy, and are ready to die when God calls them. Among those brought in wounded from the front lines there were many Christians whose deaths were morally grand. I witnessed, says Mr. McVoy, the passing away of a Louisianian of Gibson's brigade, 4th La., the other day. Seldom have I seen a stronger Christian faith, a firmer reliance on God, and a clearer assurance of salvation in a dying hour. He was cruelly lacerated by a piece of shell that had ploughed deeply across his right side, and his sufferings were intense and unremitted. Still his mind was fixed upon God. Chaplain, said he to me, I am dying. I have done my duty. I wish I could be spared to see victory secured to my brave comrades, but it is the will of God