Browsing named entities in J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army. You can also browse the collection for Winn or search for Winn in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 13: results of the work and proofs of its genuineness (search)
rry him off—I can wait here! Before the ambulance-corps could get back, a minnie-ball had passed through his unselfish, generous heart. The chaplain of the Ninth Louisiana Regiment (Rev. F. McCarthy) relates the following: A young man named Winn, of the Eighth Louisiana, was killed during the shelling on the Rapidan, on the 14th ult., whose death was a triumph of grace. He lived an hour after receiving his wound, and was borne to a retired place, where he died the death of the righteousreligion about two months ago. Likely enough he was brought into the fold during Brother J. Wm. Jones's meetings at Mt. Pisgah church. I think it worth a lifetime of hardship to prepare, under God, one of our dear defenders thus to die. I find Winn's name on the list of converts in that great revival in Hays's Brigade, of which I have spoken, and he is but one of many who went from those precious seasons to enter upon more glorious service in the brighter, better land, beyond the smiling and