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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1863., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 8: eagerness of the soldiers to hear the Gospel. (search)
ndspike. A sharp report—that unmistakable crash of the bullet against the skull, and all was over. 'Twas the last rifleshot on the lines that night. The rushing together of the detachment obstructed my view; but as I came up, the sergeant stepped aside and said, Look there, adjutant. Moore had fallen over on the trail, the blood gushing from his wound all over his face. His little brother was at his side instantly. No wildness, no tumult of grief. He knelt on the earth, and lifting Moore's head onto his knees, wiped the blood from his forehead with the cuff of his own tattered shirt-sleeve, and kissed the pale face again and again, but very quietly. Moore was evidently dead, and none of us cared to disturb the child. Presently he rose—quiet still, tearless still—gazed down on his dead brother, then around at us, and, breathing the saddest sigh I ever heard, said just these words: Well, I am alone in the world. The preacher-captain instantly sprang forward, and placing his han<