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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 93 (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of Massachusetts officers and soldiers killed in action. (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Ryder , Joseph F. (search)
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Index of names of persons. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Semmes ' Georgia Brigade . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.39 (search)
A noble old man.
--When the 44th Georgia regiment was organized, the Rev. Wm. Sanders, a Baptist clergyman, sixty-five years of age, volunteered as a private, though the owner of an immense cotton plantation and one hundred and five servants.
Having entered the service, the old man availed himself of every opportunity to do good to his comrades.
Besides the regular duties of the soldier, he performed those of a minister, visiting the sick, preaching the gospel, and in a thousand ways making himself useful.
When his regiment reached this city he received the appointment of colporteur by the Board located here.
General Longstreet cheerfully released him from service, and now he is laboring with remarkable success, distributing religious reading among all the regiments of his brigade.
He messes with the officers, and never comes into the city except to carry out a load of books and tracts.
Everybody knows "Uncle Billy, " as he is called, and every one is glad to hear his advic
The Daily Dispatch: June 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], A skirmish. (search)