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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 122 4 Browse Search
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 48 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 39 3 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 22 2 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 16 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 14 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 12 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 11 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 11 1 Browse Search
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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 3: influence of Christian officers—continued. (search)
rfectly resigned. Do not be sad. I hope I may yet recover. Pray for me, but always remember in your prayers to use the petition, Thy will be done. When he saw the number of surgeons who were called in, he said to his medical director, Dr. Hunter McGuire: I see from the number of physicians that you consider my condition dangerous, but I thank God that, if it is His will, I am ready to go. When his wife informed him that the doctors thought his recovery very doubtful, he was silent for afinite gain to be translated to heaven. When later, on that beautiful Sabbath day, he was informed that he could scarcely live till night, he engaged for a moment in intense thought, and then replied: Very good, very good; it is all right. Dr. McGuire thus concludes a deeply interesting paper on the wounding and death of Jackson: He tried to comfort his almost heart-broken wife, and told her he had a good deal to say to her, but he was too weak. Colonel Pendleton came into the room a
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
r up to the time that I was detached from the regiment, immediately after the disaster at Spottsylvania Court House on 12th of May, and ordered to the field-hospital (permanent) of our corps, by a written order from General Ewell, through Chief-Surgeon McGuire. That disaster, in fact, terminated the separate existence of the Stonewall Brigade; and here properly this history might end. General Walker, having been badly wounded in that battle, was borne off to take command of it no more; but lef The meeting engaged then in prayer, and in returning thanks to God for His mercies to us and His presence with us. The cause of the dear, suffering sick among the soldiers was then taken up. An interesting letter from Dr. Harvey Black to Dr. McGuire, surgeon in charge of the Corps Hospital, was read, in which he earnestly solicited the appointment of a chaplain for his hospital. The following resolution was adopted with reference to this letter: Whereas, The labors of a minister in th
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix no. 2: the work of grace in other armies of the Confederacy. (search)
nessee. No better man in the army or Presbyterian Church, I think. He died some years ago. Preached for Cumming's and Pettus's Brigades at night. Smithfield, North Carolina, April 9, 1865. Breakfast with Chaplain Harris, Twenty-sixth Tennessee. Rode his mule to Headquarters of Lieutenant-General Stewart, now in command. Met Brothers Ransom, Burr, and Mooney, and a number of chaplains. At 11 A. M. preached to Palmer's Brigade of Tennessee troops. Dined with Chaplain Chapman and Colonel McGuire; preached in afternoon for Chaplain Porter to Sharp's Mississippi Brigade. Brother R. P. Ransom preached from The righteous scarcely saved. Slept with Chaplains Tomkies and Giles of Florida Brigade. April 10. Smithfield evacuated; went to Raleigh and assisted Brother Crowder till nearly midnight in packing Testaments, psalms, tracts, and hymns. Raleigh, North Carolina, April 11. Got my literature on a soldiers' train, and a seat on the top of a box-car, and left Raleigh at 4 P.