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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. 703 687 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 558 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 529 203 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 90 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 83 23 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 81 23 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 68 0 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 66 0 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 62 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 54 0 Browse Search
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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 2: influence of Christian officers. (search)
our cause and our people. R. E. Lee, General. In his dispatch announcing the result of the first day's battle in the Wilderness he says: . . . . By the blessing of God we maintained our position against every effort until night, when the contest closed. . . . . And in his dispatch concerning the advance of the enemy on the next day he says: . . . . Every advance on his part, thanks to a merciful God, has been repulsed. . . . . He closed his dispatch concerning the first day at Spottsylvania by saying: I am most thankful to the Giver of all victory that our loss is small. And that concerning the action of June 3, 1864, with: Our loss to-day has been small, and our success under the blessing of God all that we could expect. . . . . He closed his announcement of A. P. Hill's brilliant victory at Reams's Station, in August, 1864, by saying: . . . Our profound gratitude is due the Giver of all victory, and our thanks to the brave men and officers engaged. In his order as
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
oses of escaping duty. May 4, 1864, we broke camp and went forth to meet the enemy in the wilderness of Orange and Spottsylvania. Ministrations to the wounded and dying were all that chaplains could render up to the time that I was detached fromd Watson, for a long time Captain Second Howitzers (Richmond), and lieutenant-colonel of our battalion when killed at Spottsylvania. His life had been irreproachable for a long time, but we did not know, not even his most intimate friends, that he ve often wanted to be a Christian, but I put it off from day to day. Another lieutenant of my regiment, wounded at Spottsylvania, who also died, said: I had fixed as a time to attend to my salvation when the war was over and I returned home; but,the means of grace, looking upon professors of religion with a malignant hatred, was sent to the Corps Hospital, near Spottsylvania (at Stewart's), with pneumonia. I nursed him, procured him medical attention and such luxuries and condiments as cou