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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 8: spring of 1862. (search)
ut you must prepare for bad news. Can I live? was the response. No! Nothing can save you now but a miracle from Heaven. Well, I have thought so myself. I have felt as if I was going to die. Do father and mother know this? Yes, replied the surgeon. I have just told them. Please ask them to come in here. When the parents had done so, and taken their places on either side of the bed, Charlie reached out, grasped their hands in his, and said: Dear father and mother, Dr. Kellar says that I can't live. And now I want to ask your forgiveness for all wrong I have done. I have tried to be a good boy in every way but one, and that was when I disobeyed you both and joined the army. I couldn't help that, for I felt as if I ought to be right where you were, father, and to fight as long as I was able. I'm only sorry that I can't fight through the war. If I have said anything wrong or done anything wrong, won't you forgive me? The afflicted parents could only weep t