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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 2: influence of Christian officers. (search)
who were earnest Christian men, as the Army of Northern Virginia. We had at first such specimens of the Christian soldier as R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, D. H. Hill, T. R. Cobb, A. H. Colquitt, Kirby Smith, J. E. B. Stuart, W. N. Pendleton, John B. Gordon, C. A. Evans, A. M. Scales, Willie Pegram, Lewis Minor Coleman, Thos. H. Carter, Carter Braxton, Charles S. Venable, and a host of others too numerous to mention. And during the war Generals Ewell, Pender, Hood, R. H. Anderson, Rodes, Paxton, W. H. S. Baylor, Colonel Lamar, and a number of others of our best officers professed faith in Christ. Nor was the example of these noble men merely negative— many of them were active workers for the Master, and did not hesitate, upon all proper occasions, to stand up for Jesus. Our Christian President, Jefferson Davis, was always outspoken on the side of evangelical religion, and manifested the deepest interest in all efforts for the spiritual good of the soldiers. His fast-day and
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 10: revivals in the Lower Valley and around Fredericksburg. (search)
r that there are revivals of religion, or a state of promising preparation, amongst others, in the following brigades: Barksdale's, Stonewall, Lawton's, Walker's, Paxton's, Hoke's, Cobb's, Jones's, Posey's, Wilcox's and Kershaw's. The following letter gives a better account of the condition of things at the time I wrote it thanc worship, and the house was already full: so full that it was not without difficulty that I made my way to the pulpit; so full that when General Jackson and General Paxton came to the door, they modestly retired, least they should displace some already within; so full that one of the men aptly compared the close packing to that eeting is in its infancy, Christians have been mightily revived and strengthened, and sinners savingly converted. The chaplains of this brigade (General Jones's, Paxton's old division) waited on MajorGen-eral Trimble about a week ago, and requested him to suspend the customary two hours battalion drill in the morning, that we mig
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
e regiment. About 20th of November Brigadier-General Paxton assumed command of the brigade. Chaprto held under no military responsibility; but Paxton soon indicated that they must not leave withoucksburg. On that march a chaplain went to General Paxton with oral request for leave of absence; PaPaxton refused it unless written and endorsed by regimental commander. He went to General Jackson, bu A young friend (assistant adjutant-general to Paxton) had made profession of faith and attributed i with men, which we are so slow to use. General Paxton, who had been represented as a hard-hearte awaited their completion of it. At length General Paxton, to whom I had not been introduced, sent fe, for hard work. All the army was quiet; General Paxton urged us on; General Jackson, near by, encd. In frequent personal interviews with General Paxton he expressed a growing interest in the Savd was still signally present in the Stonewall (Paxton's) Brigade. Congregations large and many seek