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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 7: winter of 1861-62. (search)
ke me more sensible of my accountability to him for the smallest talents entrusted to my care. As we advance in the narrative, we shall meet with repeated instances of the noblest self-denial and generosity on the part of our soldiers. A little matter mid-winter this year, a series of disasters occurred to our arms, which chilled the hearts of the people, and cast a gloom over the fair prospects with which the first year of the war had just closed. First came the disaster at Fishing Creek, in Kentucky; then at Roanoke Island, in North Carolina; Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson, which guarded the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, fell in quick succession before the overwhelming forces of the Federals; Columbus, in Kentucky, was given up, Nashville was evacuated in the midst of dismay and confusion, and the remains of the Southern army retired southward. In all these battles there were instances of that high Christian courage which became the leading characteristic of the Southern