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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
er, having been captured in Jefferson county, visiting his wife, and had not been released. The spirituality of Christians seemed restored to a comfortable state, and a goodly number were gathered into the fold of professors. The entire fall was spent in shifting from place to place; and the feverish movements of troops prevented any systematic labor by chaplains. All my regimental meetings were kept up, however, and the Brigade Association held regular meetings and flourished. About Christmas we went into winter-quarters near Pisgah Church, in Orange county. Details of men and teams were so very heavy that it was late before we could proceed to work on chapels. Timber was so far off that an unusually large force of both were necessary. General Walker most generously consented to exempt from military duty all who would work on chapels. The division pioneer corps near by agreed to assist; and Major-General Ed. Johnson courteously offered them inducements to do so. We determin
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)
ternoon. December 15. Visited the Pisgah Hospital. Many sick of the Forty-third Georgia and Forty-sixth Alabama there. On the 19th the Fourth Tennessee left our division to join Cheatham's. I part with my old regiment with regret. Sunday, 21. At 10 A. M. preached for the Ninth Georgia Battalion for the first time. A large attendance of officers and privates. God's presence and power manifested in our service. In the afternoon preached for the Eleventh Tennessee Regiment. December 25. Rev. William Dow Cherry, pastor of Methodist church, McMinnville, preached for Twenty-ninth North Carolina Regiment. He is my only brother. His command was surrendered at Fort Donelson, but he risked his life and escaped imprisonment. December 27. Our division, General McCown's, marched after midnight this morning for Murfreesboro. Sunday, 28. We went into line of battle near the city and continued thus till night. No service to-day. Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 31, 1862.