tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41361249116924194242023-11-16T07:14:32.512-08:00Living His-Story MinistriesScott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-54919612531867731642013-09-02T16:21:00.003-07:002013-09-02T16:32:06.329-07:00Getting Ready for The Future<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we enter into September I reflect back to last month as Living His-Story Ministries celebrated it's 5th anniversary. To say that I am excited is and understatement!!!! I praise the Lord that He has allowed this ministry to grow over the last few years as much as it has. The above sign is the newest "Chaplain" sign that I have made and I pray that the Lord will bless this next reenacting season as I wait with anticipation to see what the future has in store for us!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have added a link to an album called "The Progress of a Preacher", which chronicles the last 5 years in photos!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have had living it!!! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/scott.j.payne.7/media_set?set=a.103842789627765.8529.100000061339445&type=1" target="_blank">The Progress of a Preacher</a></span></span><br />
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<br />Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-34871569449713352502013-02-23T16:28:00.001-08:002013-02-23T16:28:33.814-08:00Friends of the SCV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-31635650250889970802013-02-17T12:47:00.000-08:002013-02-17T13:06:15.839-08:00The Southern Cross<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When I see a Confederate flag I sometimes think of
the Lord Jesus Christ and his twelve disciples, the very founders of our
Christian faith. If you will, please take a moment to look at the flag
on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">top of this</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> page . You will notice there are thirteen
stars in all, but one star is in the very middle of the flag. In
Revelation 22:16, Jesus says that he is "the bright and morning star."
The center star on the Southern flag should remind us of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the other twelve stars, pointing out in four different
directions, should remind us of the fact that Jesus sent his twelve
disciples into all the world with the Gospel (Mat. 28:18-20).</span><br />
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Actually, the "X" shaped cross on the Southern flag
dates as far back as sixteenth century Scotland, maybe even further.
Andrew, the brother of Peter, was one of Jesus’ very first disciples
(Mat. 4). It is traditionally believed that, in the first century,
Andrew did missionary work in Greece and Asia Minor. <i>Fox’s Book of Martyrs</i>
indicates that he was actually martyred in Edessa, Greece, on an "X"
shaped cross with two ends in the ground. Some legends hold that his
remains were later moved to Scotland. Whether they were or not, we
can’t be certain, but it is a well established fact that, as a
commemoration of Andrew’s devoted life and his martyrdom, the people of
Scotland did use this "X" design on their flag. It became known as <i>St. Andrew’s Cross.</i></div>
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In the 1800's, many people from Scotland
migrated to America’s southland. With them came St. Andrew’s Cross,
which soon evolved into the Southern Cross. The colors changed, and
stars were added, but the cross is still there for all to see.</div>
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Now, perhaps this would all be meaningless
symbolism, except for the fact that so much preaching was done in the
South between 1700 and 1850 that great revivals broke out and hundreds
of thousands of sinners (white and black) found Jesus Christ as their
Saviour. Such spiritual transformations occurred throughout the South
under preachers like George Whitfield and John Wesley that the South
became known as "the Bible belt." This is a wonderful part of Southern
heritage, and the Southern flag bears witness to it. </div>
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When I see a Confederate flag I am reminded of the
origin of that "X" design, and I am reminded of the fact that many of
our confederate soldiers were Christian men. Stonewall Jackson and
Robert E. Lee, chief leaders of the Confederate military, were both
Christian men, and they heavily influenced others under their command
for the cause of Christ.</div>
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Before Jackson died in 1863, he said,<i> "Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."</i>
I too am a Christian, and I’ll pass over that river one day and rest
with General Jackson. When I do, I’ll not be ashamed in his presence
because I didn’t desecrate the flag for which he died. I didn’t
associate it with hate, bigotry and racism. I wasn’t among the
unlearned masses who allowed their minds to be poisoned by the venom of
the liberal establishment. By God’s good grace, I learned the truth
about the Confederate flag, and I did what I could to teach others.</div>
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I am so thankful that I have all eternity to spend
with some of the greatest men who have ever lived. It is true that many
of our brave men never received the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
Even though they were great men in this present world, they never
prepared for the next world. Such men are in Hell right now, according
to God’s word, and I find it truly sad that I’ll never have the honor of
meeting them.</div>
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However, there are some great men in Heaven whom I
will meet. In addition to meeting my Lord in person and thanking Him
for saving me, I’ll also meet the man who fearlessly led the Israelites
through the Red Sea. I’ll meet the man who slew a thousand Philistines
with the jawbone of an ass. As a blood-bought child of God, through
faith in Jesus Christ, I’ll one day meet the man who, as a young
shepherd boy, had the courage to charge on a heathen giant and lay him
flat with one smooth stone. I believe I’ll even meet George Washington,
a man who had about as much courage in battle as anyone who ever lived. General Lee will be there, right along with his
partner in battle, Stonewall Jackson. These men will be in Heaven, not
because I like them, and not because they were great men, but rather
because they all had one thing in common: <i>they all enlisted under the greatest Captain of all (Heb. 2:10).</i>
They all knew the Lord Jesus Christ as their own personal Saviour.
They all under-stood that they were sinners standing in great need of a
Saviour. In spite of the fact that they stood tall in the eyes of their
fellow men, they all understood that they stood as sinners in the eyes
of God, so they took the only cure for sin that God has provided: faith
in Jesus Christ.</div>
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Jesus left his glorious home in Heaven to come to
this earth and die for your sins. He shed his blood and died to save
you from a burning Hell. Will you show your appreciation by placing
your trust in him, or will you dishonor him by ignoring the great
sacrifice that he made for you? Just as you believe in remembering
those who’ve fought for freedom and died, should you not also show your
appreciation to God’s Son for the price he paid for you?</div>
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<i>"Why,"</i> you may ask, <i>"did Jesus have to die for me?"</i> He died for you because you are a sinner: <b>"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." (Rom. 3:23) </b>You
were born with a sin nature, just as all men are, so Jesus Christ came
to REDEEM you from your fallen sinful condition. Satan is a thief who
has led mankind into sin, death, and Hell, but Jesus Christ, the Captain
of our Salvation, came to lead men back to Heaven. </div>
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Romans 6:23 says, <b>"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." </b>Jesus said,<b>
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly." (John 10:10) </b>Jesus bled and died so that YOU could have ETERNAL LIFE. He was a good soldier and a good Captain indeed!</div>
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But he was far more than that. Please notice these inspired words from Romans 5:6-10: <b>"For
when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure
for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much
more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to
God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be
saved by his life." </b>Read it again, please. Friend, Jesus Christ was much more than a<i> good </i>soldier.
A good soldier will die for other good men, but Jesus Christ died for
his EMEMIES! You, as a sinner in this world, are an enemy of God (James
4:4; Col. 1:21), but Jesus still came and died for you! Jesus is a
GREAT soldier! He’s the greatest soldier to ever live. </div>
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In fact, God the Father in heaven was so pleased
with Jesus Christ that he RAISED him from the dead after three days in
the tomb! The word of God says that <b>" . . . Christ died for our
sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he
rose again the third day according to the scriptures." (I Cor. 15:3-4)</b></div>
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Great men like Stonewall Jackson, James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart and Albert Sidney Johnston died for their country, but they never <i>walked out on death</i>.
Jesus Christ came up from the grave--a victor over death--to offer
eternal life to all who believe on him. Jesus, the Captain of our
salvation, said,<b> "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I
am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death."
(Rev. 1:18)</b></div>
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Do YOU want to walk out on death one day?
Perhaps you admire Generals Lee and Jackson, but do you know their Lord
and Saviour? </div>
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I often see Confederate flags, bumper stickers and
license plates being displayed by Northerners and Southerners who know the
Southern cause is right, and I sincerely appreciate their stand.
However, most of these well-meaning people are totally unaware of the
fact that if the thousands of Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil
War could speak to them today, they would have one chief message: DON’T
LIVE WITHOUT JESUS CHRIST, AND DON’T DIE WITHOUT HIM. Those who didn’t
know Jesus are regretting it right now, and those who did know Him are
truly blessed.</div>
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Over 6,000 American soldiers died on September 17, 1862, at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam). Some went to Heaven, because some had received the Lord
Jesus, but most probably slipped into Hell forever.</div>
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They say the North won the Civil War. I don’t believe that. <i>Satan</i>
won the Civil War by convincing thousands of grown men, on both sides,
to die for their country without preparing to meet their Maker.</div>
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Jesus is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE (John
14:6). Why not confess that you are a lost sinner and that you need a
living Saviour today? Why not show your appreciation to the greatest
soldier to ever live by joining his army today? Why not turn your back
on the devil and fight the good fight for Jesus Christ?</div>
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Ephesians 2:8-9 says, <b>"For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of
works, lest any man should boast." </b>You cannot save yourself. Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash your sins away:<b>
"Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith
in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins
that are past, through the forbearance of God." (Rom. 3:24-25) </b> If
you could earn your salvation, then Jesus came and died for NOTHING. If
God wanted you to "do good" and earn your salvation, then he would have
never sent his Son to pay for your sins.</div>
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Friend, just as a military victory can establish
national freedom for millions of people, Christ’s victory over sin and
death can establish SPIRITUAL freedom for you. Because of Jesus, your
sins can be washed away and forgiven FOREVER! <b>". . . Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood." (Rev. 1:5)</b></div>
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Why not make Jesus Christ YOUR Captain right now? Romans 10:9-10 says, <b>"That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation." </b>Why not bow your head
right now and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your heart and wash
your sins away? Make Jesus YOUR captain today and become a soldier in
the greatest army ever assembled! <b>"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Rom. 10:13)</b></div>
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If you have received Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, God’s will
is for you to be scripturally baptized and to become an active member in
a Bible believing church. Feel free to contact Living His-Story Ministries for more
information.
</b>Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-70492545235272318882013-02-03T11:10:00.003-08:002013-02-03T11:12:39.583-08:00What We Are All About At Living His-Story Ministries!!!<div style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Living
His-Story Ministries is a non-denominational ministry whose primary
goal is to bring attention to the many great Christian leaders, soldiers
and civilians of the War Between the States Era. (1861-1865). Close to
300,000 men came to know Christ as their personal Savior during this
time in our nation's history. Revivals were prominent during the second
half of the War. Living His-Story Ministries teaches Biblical truths
that are still as relevant today as they were when they were written. </span></span></div>
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I was honored to have my letter published in the September/October edition of the <i>Confederate Veteran magazine</i>, produced by the great organization, The Sons of Confederate Veterans. An organization which I am proud to be a member of, as a "Friend of the Sons of Confederate Veterans" and an associate member of the Stonewall Brigade Camp # 1296 in Lexington, Virginia!!!</div>
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<br />Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-43074994289799788302012-11-23T17:31:00.003-08:002012-11-23T17:32:56.937-08:00General Mark P. Lowrey: AKA “The Fighting Parson” and “The Preacher General”<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Mark Perrin Lowry, son Adam and Margaret Doss Lowrey, was born December 29,1828, in McNairy County, Tennessee. He was one of eleven children left fatherless when Adam Lowrey died on a trip to market in New Orleans. When M. P. Lowrey was fifteen, the family moved to Farmington, Mississippi, a village four miles from the present town of Corinth, and it was here that sources say he learned the trade of brick-laying. Lowrey volunteered for service during the Mexican War, but neither he nor his regiment was in battle. When seccession came and Mississippi called out state troops, Lowrey enlisted for sixty days of service, despite his position as a Baptist minister in Kossuth, and was elected captain of his company. Following the sixty-day service, he reluctantly consented to raise a regiment (32nd Mississippi), of which he was chosen colonel. The regiment was assigned to Wood's Brigade of Hardee's Division and was in battle at Perryville, Kentucky, where Lowrey was wounded, at Murfreesboro and other engagements in middle Tennessee, and in the Georgia Campaign.</div>
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On October 4, 1863 at the age of 35 Mark Lowrey was promoted to a Brigadier General. It was because of his evangelistic ties and preaching that he came to be known as the "Preacher General". While in the army, he took part in a religious revival, and baptized 50 men in one two-week period in the spring of 1864. In December 1864 during the Franklin-Nashville Campaign an officer saw the flash of an enemy gun and yelled to Lowrey, who quickly lowered himself and the bullet stuck and killed a man behind him. Years of bad health and other reasons caused Lowrey to resign his commission as a brigadier general on March 14, 1865, almost one month before the Confederate forces surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse. Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne, Lowrey's divisional commander during the Franklin-Nashville Campaign, pronounced Lowrey "the bravest man in the Confederate Army.”<br />
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During the War , General Lowrey, , was believed by the Federals to be at home for a visit. His capture was considered a necessity by the enemy. Thus the enemy detached some soldiers to check it out, and as they reined in their horses at the big gate, which was a distance from the house. There they met Modena Lowrey, the oldest child in the family, setting upon a log just inside the gate. Modena Lowrey left us her account of the event. </div>
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“A company of Yankees from Corinth had been located in Kossuth to forage for food for the invaders. One night when we children were all asleep, my father came to the window by my mother’s bed and called to her to open the door for him. Thinking that he was in or near Tupelo and knowing that the enemy was then in sight of our home, Mother was both confused and frightened; but she got up and let him in and carried him upstairs where he stayed for two days and two nights. He would not risk letting any of us children know that he was at home. Mother told us after the close of the war that Father came downstairs and looked at us all in bed asleep and kissed the babies, but was afraid to touch us older ones for fear we might awake. “The second day, while we children were playing in front of the house, three or four Yankee soldiers came dashing up to us and said to me, the oldest, ‘Sissie, where is your father?’ I said, ‘He’s in the army killing Yankees.’ He said, ‘No, he’s not, he’s right up yonder in that house,’ pointing to our residence. I said, ‘He’s not there.’ He said, ‘When did you see him?’ and I told him truthfully just when I had seen him last. He saw from my countenance that I was telling the truth, so they all turned their horses and rode away, thinking they had been misinformed about my father’s being at home, seeing the truth in my eyes and tone. I thought I was telling the truth, but I was not. I did not know that he was nearer than Tupelo. “After the close of the war, Father and Mother told me all this and how they trembled as those Yankees talked to me, fearing they would come into the house and capture Father. Father slipped away that night as soon as it was dark and went back to his army in Tupelo. ”<br />
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He resigned his commission in March of 1865, and returned to his ministry, and wrote for "The Christian Index," a religious newspaper. In 1873 General Lowrey established “Blue Mountain College” in Mississippi and Modena would have a remarkable part in that institution and in the lives of a multitude of young Southern Ladies.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Following several years of teaching at the Blue Mountain College Lowrey became very sick and in 1882 his doctors alerted him that his heart was very weak. Then on February 27, 1885, while buying a train ticket at Middleton, Tennessee, he turned, gasped, and fell to the floor dead.</span>Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-78850003703917077242012-11-13T16:24:00.002-08:002012-11-13T16:27:06.051-08:00SCV Guardian Program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-16872477205144035002012-10-21T12:19:00.004-07:002012-10-21T12:21:55.514-07:00Louis Napoleon Nelson: The First Black Chaplain of the Civil War<br />
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When the 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment requested a chaplain, there were not enough clergymen to assign to every military unit in the Confederate States Army. Fortunately, there was a man called of God in their midst. Louis Napoleon Nelson was well versed in Scripture and traveled to war as the bodyguard of two Oldham brothers.</div>
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Answering the call, Louis Napoleon Nelson conducted a spiritual service for the soldiers. They so thoroughly enjoyed the sermons until the field officers appointed him as the honorary chaplain of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment during the Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862.</div>
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How could this be? How could Confederate field officers assign an African-American as their regimental chaplain? This was indeed possible because President Jefferson Davis delegated the appointment of chaplains to Confederate States Army field commanders. </div>
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Also, Confederate States Army chaplains did not have a formal title. As an example, some chaplains were called Brother, Father or Reverend. During this period in American history either South or North , African-American men were not addressed as “Mr./Mister”. Therefore, the common title for African-American men who were held in high regard was “uncle.” Therefore, the troopers of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment affectionately called Louis Napoleon Nelson, “Uncle Louis.” </div>
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After several revival services, word spread throughout the camp. On September 10, 1863, a correspondent for the Religious Herald wrote, “Uncle Louis is heard with respectful attention, and for earnestness, zeal and sincerity, can be surpassed by none.” </div>
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Also in September of 1863, Henry McNeal Turner, pastor of Israel AME Church (Washington D.C) became the first Union African-American chaplain of the 1st United States Colored Troops (USTC).</div>
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Thus Confederate Chaplain Louis Napoleon Nelson is noted in history as the first black military chaplain with white parishioners during the American Civil War.</div>
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Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-23553067609777335782012-10-06T17:12:00.000-07:002012-10-21T16:03:00.440-07:00Spiritual Revival in the 26th Virginia Infantry<div align="center" style="color: black;">
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<span style="font-family: Lucida Calligraphy;">Adapted from an article by L. Roane Hunt</span></div>
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</span><span id="PubSt4F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt4;">The principle regiment in the Confederate Army from the Middle
Peninsula of Virginia was the Twenty-sixth Virginia Infantry, which was
organized and mustered into service in May 1861 at Gloucester Point. It
consisted primarily of companies from King and Queen, Gloucester, and
Mathews Counties.
<img align="left" border="0" height="362" src="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Evaggsv/images/WIATT15.JPG" width="286" />William Wiatt </span>
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pastor of the two Baptist churches near Gloucester Point of Gloucester
County, and he enlisted as a private along with other members of his
community and churches. He was the natural choice to be their chaplain
and was appointed on October 1, 1861. He held this position and served
faithfully for the duration of the war that ended with the surrender at
Appomattox, Virginia. Therefore, the story of Chaplain Wiatt's war
ministry is also a story of the war experience of this confederate
regiment from the Middle Peninsula. This article is based on the work of
Alex. A. Wiatt who has published the war diary of William E. Wiatt
entitled, </span>
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Confederate Chaplain William Edward Wiatt</span><span id="PubSt4F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt4;">,[1]
and </span>
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in the The Virginia Regimental History Series by H. E. Howard, Inc.[2]</span></div>
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When the war began, William Wiatt had a vibrant gospel ministry in
both churches (Union and Providence) and was happily situated with his
wife and children. During the war, he established and maintained his
ministry of preaching, personal contacts to meet the needs of the
soldiers, and helpful contacts with the families of his soldiers. Later
in the war, he was forced to remove his family to his wife's home in
Alabama where she died before the war ended. Following the war, he
re-established his pastoral ministry in Gloucester County and continued
until his retirement in 1910. During this time he also held other
significant positions, serving as County Surveyor and the first
Superintendent of Schools in Gloucester County. </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Early History</span></u></b></span></div>
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William Edward Wiatt[3] was born at Independence, Gloucester County,
Virginia, on July 31, 1826 (See map of the middle peninsula). He was the
son of Louisa Campbell Stubbs and Dr. William Graham Wiatt. He attended
Newington School located at the present site of Newington Baptist Church
in Gloucester </span>
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He was baptized on August 7, 1842, and became a member of the Ebenezer
Baptist Church in Gloucester County.
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later attended Fleetwood Academy in King and Queen County where he began
his teaching career and was licensed to preach in 1847 by the Olivet
Baptist Church. This portion of the county was a hotbed of Christian
education and the Baptist faith. On December 19, 1846, he married
Catherine Rebecca Spencer whose family was part of the Olivet Church.
Their first child died at birth, and Rebecca died on October 29, 1849,
before their second child was one year old. </span></div>
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At the time of his wife's sickness and death, William accepted a
teaching position in Covington, Kentucky. However, in 1851 he accepted
another teaching position in Lowndes County, Alabama, where he met and
married Charlotte Laura Coleman on September 29, 1852. From his own
testimony, the most profound event in his life occurred in April, 1854,
when he was ordained as a Baptist minister at the request of Hickory Grove
Church in Lowndes County. Teaching became his second priority. Elder
William Wiatt had longed to return home to Gloucester County, and early in
1856, he received calls to become pastor of Union and Providence Churches
in his native Gloucester County. He accepted these calls and moved his
family to Gloucester. He was listed in the 1860 Gloucester census[4] at
#347 with his wife, Charlotte, and three of their children, and his son
from his first marriage. In the Spring of 1861 at the age of 35, he
enlisted in the confederate army at Gloucester Point.</span></div>
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The War Years</span></div>
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The 26th</span><span id="PubSt9F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt9; vertical-align: super;">
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Virginia Infantry mustered at Gloucester Point to support the naval
battery there, to defend Gloucester County from invading forces, and to
support Colonel Bohannon in the defense of Mathews County[5]. Although
units of the Union Army remained on the Lower Peninsula south of the York
River at Fort Monroe in Hampton, no military action occurred during the
first year at Gloucester Point. The regiment was re-assigned to locate
south of Richmond, Virginia, along the James River to protect Richmond,
the Confederate Capital. They began their trip north on May 4, 1862. Sad
to say, some of the men that had homes along the coasts of Gloucester and
Mathews deserted and went home instead of following the orders to guard
Richmond. Many of them had fulfilled their commitment of a one-year tour
of duty and chose to stay home and protect their families and
property.[6] The regiment stayed at their position south of Richmond
until September 1863 when they were sent south to Charleston, South
Carolina. In April 1864 the Regiment started back to Virginia and they
joined the fighting at Petersburg, Virginia. Eventually, the 26<sup>th</sup></span><span id="PubSt9F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt9; vertical-align: super;">
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Virginia Infantry and the confederate forces retreated westward and
surrendered at Appomattox on April 12, 1865.</span></div>
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Chaplain Wiatt's diary chronicles his regiment from the perspective
of the soldiers over the period from October 1, 1862, to April 22, 1865,
which included his return to Gloucester after the surrender.
Unfortunately, one major section of the diary covering over three months
beginning in February 1864 is now missing. When the diary began, the
regiment had established itself to guard the southern flank of Richmond.
During the sixteen months of camp life there, Wiatt describes his ministry
among the soldiers. He took advantage of the inactivity to be a
traditional pastor to his men, some of whom he had served in their home
counties. One project was to construct a chapel building adjacent to the
camp in February of 1863. The opportunity for preaching and regular
services diminished when the regiment was ordered to move south to
Charleston, and when they returned the fighting was too intense for such
activity. The latter portion of the diary consisted of listing the
wounded, the captured, and the deaths of his men.</span></div>
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Chaplain Wiatt recorded a number of trips to his home in Gloucester
to visit his family and some of the families of his men. He described
trips in October 1862, February 1863, October 1863, and October 1864. He
referred to his meetings with B. F. Bristow of Shacklefords and Oswald
Kemp, William Chapman, J. C. Crittenden, Augustine W. Robins, Levi P. Corr,
Thomas C. Robins, and Robert A. Stubblefield of Gloucester. He also
visited many of the Baptist ministers of King and Queen, Gloucester, and
Mathews Counties. The purpose of his trip in October 1863 was to arrange
for his family to move back to Alabama to live with his wife's family. He
visited his wife in Alabama in January 1864 and again in April when she
was sick. She died on April 19, 1864, while he was there. His four
children were distributed to family in Alabama, and Chaplain Wiatt
returned to his regiment as they were returning to Virginia.</span></div>
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Although the full and varied ministry of Chaplain Wiatt covered the entire
span of the war, the spiritual climax occurred in the summer months of
1863, toward the end of the two relatively idle encampments of his
regiment. On June 26, 1863, A. Broaddus began preaching daily until
August 3. He was described as a Baptist, army evangelist from Kentucky.[7]
Previously, Chaplain Wiatt had preached at regular Sunday services and had
been teaching Sunday School lessons from the Gospel of Matthew. When
Preacher Broaddus arrived, services were held twice a day, seven days a
week. Elder George F. Bagby and other preachers assisted by sharing some
of the preaching duties. The response of the men as recorded by Chaplain
Wiatt was remarkable. Typical responses were that they were restored,
converted, professed faith, came to Christ, requested baptism, etc. Many
were baptized; he estimated at one point that he had baptized one hundred
men.[8] One of the earliest responses was to be restored. These were
probably men that had previously been baptized and confirmed by their
churches. Chaplain Wiatt mentioned in his diary that Methodist
respondents were referred to Joshua A. Garrett. He wrote many letters to
Baptist pastors to inform them of the men who wished to be added to their
home churches.</span></div>
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The names of the men listed in the diary as they responded to the
preaching of the Gospel are also listed in the tables for the various
units. Although these lists do not tell the whole story, they do give us
a general understanding of their spiritual experiences. In general, the
men of Companies A and B were from Upper Gloucester County and the men in Companies E and F were from the Lower portion of Gloucester. <span style="color: black;">Company D</span>
consisted of men from Mathews County. Chaplain Wiatt's diary also gives
the names of men for Companies C, G, H, and I that were from King and
Queen County, where he was first licensed to preach, but these are not
presented in this article.</span></div>
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After the Summer meetings of 1863, Chaplain Wiatt wrote letters to
Elder Council of Mathews Baptist Church informing him of the men who
wished to become members of that church. His letter on July 30th
included: John Lloyd Minter, Peter W. Jarvis, Hugh K. Hudgins, and John T.
Hughes. Later, on September 9th, he added Leonard Smith and Alexander
Davis. Before the war Mathews had only one Baptist church. </span></div>
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Nine years after the war, three additional Baptist churches were started in
Mathews County indicating the real effects of the spiritual experience
during the war. Similar effects were demonstrated in the Methodist,
Episcopal, and Disciples of Christ Churches of the county. Chaplain Wiatt
also sent names to pastors of many other churches across the state of
Virginia and to some in King and Queen County.
However, he sent none to pastors in Gloucester County; he evidently passed
the names of Gloucester men by hand or by word of mouth when he traveled
there.</span></div>
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It is clear that many of the men who were converted or
renewed spiritually made great contributions to the work of the county
churches. However, at least fourteen of those from Gloucester
and Mathews were soon to die in action and in prison camps. </span></div>
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John William Robins[9] was married to Mary M. Moore and enlisted in
Co. A on April 20, 1861, at the age of 38. He "returned to faith" on
September 13, 1863, and was captured on June 15, 1864, near Petersburg.
He died from diarrhea on March 15, 1865, in the prison camp at Elmira,
NY. </span></div>
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Peter W. Bristow enlisted in Co. B on October 24, 1861, at the age of
35. He "came to Christ" on July 21, 1863, and was wounded and died on
September 24, 1864. </span></div>
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James T. Bristow enlisted in Co. B on April 23, 1862 at the age of
21. He "came to Christ" on July 25, 1863, and was captured a year later.
He died of chronic diarrhea on October 10, 1864, in Elmira, NY.</span></div>
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Edward C. Brushwood enlisted in Co. B on April 23, 1861, at the age
of 31. He was "converted" on July 17, 1863 and he died on June 28, 1864,
in the hospital in Richmond, VA.</span></div>
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Richard Dutton enlisted in Co. B on April 23, 1861, at the age of
34. He "came to Christ" on July 21, 1863, and was killed in action on
June 2, 1864 in Chesterfield, VA.</span></div>
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John Baylor Foster was married to Lucy Ann Corr and enlisted in Co. B
on October 19, 1861, at the age of 33. He was "converted" on July 17,
1863, and was captured on June 15, 1864, near Petersburg, VA. He died
from pneumonia on December 7, 1864, in Elmira, NY.</span></div>
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Mathew B. Kemp enlisted in Co. B on April 23, 1861, at the age of
18. He "came to Christ" on July 21, 1863, and was killed in action on
June 15, 1864, in Petersburg, VA.</span></div>
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James W. Lawson enlisted in Co. B on April 23, 1861, at the age of
34. He "came to Christ" on July 21, 1863, and was assumed by Wiatt to be
killed in action on June 15, 1864 ,in Petersburg, VA. </span></div>
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Fairborn Wilbur Mason enlisted in Co. B on July 25, 1861, at the age
of 19. He "returned to faith" on July 17, 1863, and died on May 21, 1864,
in Petersburg, VA.</span></div>
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William Davis enlisted in Co. D on July 29, 1861, in Mathews, VA. He
was "converted" on July 16, 1863, and was baptized later. His name was
sent to Mathews Baptist Church for membership. He died on September 11,
1863, in King and Queen Co., VA.</span></div>
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Thomas J. James enlisted in Co. D on May 28, 1861, at the age of 22.
He was "restored to faith" on July 16, 1863, and died on November 18,
1863, in Savannah, GA.</span></div>
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John J. Cooper enlisted in Co. F on April 29, 1861, at the age of
20. He "trusted in Christ" on August 29, 1863, and was baptized later.
He was killed in action on May 31, 1865.</span></div>
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David West was married to Mary Susan Sparrow and enlisted in Co. F on
April 20, 1861, at the age of 29. He returned to faith on July 17, 1863.
He was killed in the trenches near Petersburg, VA on October 11, 1864.</span></div>
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Ambrose West (brother to David) enlisted in Co. F on April 20, 1861,
at the age of 30. He was baptized on July 22, 1863, and was killed in
action on July 11, 1864, in Petersburg, VA.</span></div>
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Other men that responded to the religious meetings returned to
Gloucester and Mathews to make important contributions to their churches
and communities.[10]</span></div>
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George Washington Horsley[11] was married to Lucy Jane Sheppard and
enlisted in Co. A about the age of 28. In the 1850 census he and his
family was listed next to the Robert C. Selden farm where he probably
labored. Wiatt wrote that he "came to Christ" on July 27, 1863. After
the war he settled in the Petsworth District of Gloucester County.</span></div>
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Richard Allen Fitzhugh enlisted in Co. B on April 23, 1861, at the
age of 16. His father, Patrick Fitzhugh, was captain of Co. B. He "came
to Christ" on July 21, 1863, and was baptized later. He married Matilda
Elizabeth Johnston and settled in Gloucester. He was buried in the
Ebenezer Cemetery.</span></div>
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John D. Hall[12] was married to Mary Susan Browne and enlisted in Co.
B at the age of 31. Evidently, John and his brother ,William Foster Hall,
could not write because Chaplain Wiatt wrote many letters for them, as he
did for many of the soldiers. John "came to Christ" on July 21, 1863. He
was captured on June 15, 1864, near Petersburg, VA and taken to the prison
camp in Elmira, NY. He was released on July 3, 1865, and returned to
Gloucester. John and his large family are listed consistently in each
census indicating their stability in community residence.</span></div>
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Thomas Jefferson Ash, Jr. enlisted in Co. F on February 21, 1861, at
the age of 20. He was "restored to faith" on July 15, 1863. After the
war he settled in Gloucester and married Mary Elizabeth Minor, daughter of
Deacon John W. Minor, Jr., and granddaughter of Elder Henry Mouring, one
of the earliest pastors of Union Baptist Church in Gloucester. </span>
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Thomas Jefferson Rowe enlisted in Co. F on April 20, 1861, at the age
of 19. His brother, Achilles Rowe, was in the same company. Thomas was
"converted" on July 16, 1863, and was baptized later. He and Achilles
were buried in the Union Baptist Church cemetery.</span></div>
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Revivals of religion during the war were well documented and occurred
throughout the military camps of the South and the North. Also, the
Christian faith of many of the officers of both armies are well known.
Consistent with this established history, the climax of religious
experience for the 26th Virginia Infantry occurred in the summer of 1863.
Chaplain Wiatt's diary identifies many of those men affected who then
returned home to affect their churches and communities.</span></div>
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</span><span id="PubSt10F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt10; text-decoration: underline;">Sermons</span><span id="PubSt6F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt6;">.-
Chaplain Wiatt recorded the Bible texts of each of his sermons and the
sermons of the visiting preachers. The texts used by the preachers during
a two week portion of the special meetings held for July 12-26, 1863, are
presented</span><span id="PubSt6F" style="font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt6;"><span style="color: teal;"> </span>in the<span style="color: teal;"> </span></span><span id="PubSt6F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt6;"><span style="color: teal;"><span style="color: black;">table at the end of this article</span>.</span>
The preachers included are Evangelist A. Broaddus from Kentucky, Elder
George F. Bagby and Elder Isaac Diggs[13] from King and Queen County,
Elder Leyburn from Bedford County, T. A. Haynes from Loudon County, and
Chaplain William E. Wiatt. As shown earlier, the diary contains names of
men and their response to the preaching. Typically during this summer,
Chaplain Wiatt recorded a few responses each day, but during the
concentrated schedule of meetings the response increased greatly. There
were 25 men (17 from Gloucester units) and 29 men (18 from Gloucester
units) recorded on July 17 and 21, respectively. The texts used in the
preaching during these days are presented to give some understanding of
the message content to which the men were responding. It is clear that
the selection of Scripture was broad in scope and a good representation of
the overall message of the Bible. The typical text contained phrases of
invitation and challenges to commitment and holiness of character. I
believe those sermons would be well received by congregations of any
generation. Within these texts one can see the language of commitment
contained in the diary, such as repentance, faith, belief, coming to
Christ, and following him. It is easy to imagine that these experiences
combined with the overall disaster of the war could motivate the survivors
to do the work of the Church with greater energy in the years that
followed.</span></div>
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Chaplain Wiatt seems to have assumed a supporting roll during these
special preaching meetings, but he preached faithfully before and after
them. He recorded for himself 226 sermons from November 1862 until April
1865. This included the teaching of the Gospel of Matthew in
chronological fashion beginning in May 1863. Judging from the varied
selection of texts, he was very balanced in his pastoral preaching
ministry. This was most evident during the many months of preaching when
the men were encamped south of Richmond, Virginia, in relative idleness,
waiting expectantly for action. First of all, there was some repetition
which was no surprise, especially considering that his congregation
probably varied as he moved among the units. Also, the variety suggests
that he preached from texts that arose from his own private daily study
and reading of the Scriptures. He recorded 176 sermons using New
Testament text and 50 using the Old Testament. In the New Testament, he
used the four gospels 106 times and the remainder was distributed between
the books of Acts, the Epistles, and Revelation. In the Old Testament, he
included the books of law, the Psalms, and the books of the prophets.
Overall, his selection would please all modern Christians with a high view
of Scripture and its message. His preaching ministry seems to reflect the
strong Baptist leadership in central King and Queen County where Chaplain
Wiatt was educated and began his ministry.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Post War</b></span></u></span></div>
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Having lost his second wife during the war, his children were
scattered and the youngest ones remained with his wife's family in
Alabama. He first returned to Gloucester County, and his last entry in
his diary on Saturday, April 22, 1865 expressed his true emotions. </span>
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Crossed over to Cappahosic in the morning; I felt thankful to my Heavenly
Father for permitting me to return to my native county once more; but it
is with a heavy heart that I come back; my beloved County is subjugated; I
have lost nearly all of my property; I am far away from my dear little
ones; know not when or how I shall go to them; I am about to begin life
anew with many & great responsibilities weighing upon me; Oh! my beloved
Country; has God cast thy people off? hath He forgotten them Why so much
blood shed, so many wounds inflicted, so many noble lives lost, so many
hearts crushed, so much devastation & ruin in the land? is it all for
naught, Oh! God have all of our prayers, faith, hope & love of liberty and
privations & sacrifices been in vain, Oh! God? has God closed His ears to
our cries & His eyes to our suffering and is His heart unfeeling toward
us? will God, can God forget His people? </span>
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Impossible</span><span id="PubSt11F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt11;">!
</span>
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Impossible</span><span id="PubSt11F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt11;">!
God has humbled us, that we may be blessed; all of His works are in Wisdom
& Love, as well as in Power & Righteousness; all is right, because He does
it, Oh! Lord, our Father . . . rode up to Belle Roi and walked to Mt
Pleasant </span>
<span id="PubSt13F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt13;">
(Airville); </span>
<span id="PubSt11F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt11;">
as I passed my place, my troubles pressed heavily upon me; here I lived
for several years, happy in my family relations & blessed much of God; now
I look upon my once fine home with a stricken heart; my home is desolate,
my heart is more so; I feel that there is little, very little earthly
happiness in store for me;</span><span id="PubSt13F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt13;">[14]</span></div>
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He continued by expressing his faith and commitment to the Lord.
Then, he finished his journal by writing:</span></div>
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Here my journal ends for the present, it may never be resumed by me as
Chaplain in the Confederate Army, which position I was commissioned to
hold on the 4th of October, 1861; may the blessing of God be upon all of
my labours as such; may I have some "Crowns of rejoicing" in the great day
as chaplain in the army of my beloved country; this journal was begun on
the 1st day of Jan'y 1862 and has continued till the present without
interruption; I regret the ending of it.</span><span id="PubSt15F" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; publisherstylename: PubSt15;">[15]</span></div>
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He sold his home to pay off his debts and accepted the pastorate at
Union Baptist Church. At the same time he taught school near Bena Post
Office in Guinea. In 1866 he was appointed County Surveyor, a position
which he filled for eleven years. In 1870 he was appointed the first
Superintendent of Schools in Gloucester County, and he served for seven
years. In the 1870 census he was listed in the Abington district at
#165. He married Nannie B. Heywood on July 18, 1871, and eventually, they
had four children. In 1874 he was called to the pastorate of Providence
Baptist Church, where he served until 1880. According to the church
history of Newington Baptist Church, he also accepted the pastorate of
Newington Baptist Church in 1874. He left Newington in 1887 when he was
appointed State Missionary in the Mountains of Virginia. He moved to
Giles County, where he preached for seventeen months. He returned to
Gloucester and accepted the pastorate of Newington, Beulah, and Petsworth
Churches, where he served until 1910.</span></div>
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Elder Wiatt grew up in a society where negro slavery was accepted.
He owned slaves until he had to sell them when he closed his home in
Gloucester and sent his wife and children to Alabama. He wrote in his
diary of his sorrow and sympathy for the "coloureds" who were being used
by the "Yankees." However, the county records show that he, like the
other white ministers, performed great numbers of marriage ceremonies for
the negroes. It is interesting that Elder Wiatt is included in the
history of Bethel Baptist Church[16] in Sassafras, Gloucester County,
Virginia. John William Booth (1847 - 1923) was their first pastor. He
was born a slave to William Jones, but he had been taught to read. In the
early years of his pastorate, Elder Wiatt helped him with his religious
education and they would study together. Within and without the evil
system of slavery, Elder Wiatt showed himself to be a friend of the negro.</span></div>
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On March 28, 1905, he wrote . . . "to sum up my labors in the
ministry for fifty years, I will say I have preached, I suppose 2,500
sermons, baptized 600 persons, married 360 couples, traveled 50,000 to
75,000 miles, been instrumental in building six houses of worship,
organized many temperance societies and distributed many thousands of
religious papers and tracts." Elder Wiatt died Feb. 14, 1918, in his 92nd
year, and was buried at Newington Baptist Church, Gloucester County.[17]</span></div>
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A common question about those who survived the Civil War is, "How were
they affected by their experiences?" From my study of Elder Wiatt's life,
my answer is that he affected the war and the soldiers that fought in it.
He seemed to maintain an even tempo throughout his life. After the war,
he did much to shape the modern Gloucester County with his leadership in
general education and in the shaping of its Baptist churches. He had a
long association with Levi Corr and must have influenced greatly his son,
Harry. Harry Corr was the next home-educated and -trained preacher that
served many of the Baptist churches of Gloucester County in the subsequent
generation. Therefore, much of the present Baptist loyalty of Gloucester
natives can be traced to Elder William E. Wiatt. </span>
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§</span></div>
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References:<br />
</span>
<span id="PubSt5F0" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">
1 Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd, </span>
<span id="PubSt6F0" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt6;">
Confederate Chaplain William Edward Wiatt, An Annotated Diary</span><span id="PubSt5F1" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">,
H. E. Howard, Lynchburg, VA, 1994.<br />
2 Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd, </span>
<span id="PubSt6F1" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt6;">
26th Virginia Infantry</span><span id="PubSt5F2" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">,
H. E. Howard, Lynchburg, VA, 1984.<br />
3 Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd, </span>
<span id="PubSt6F2" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt6;">
The Wiatt Family of Virginia</span><span id="PubSt5F3" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">,
McClure Printing Company, Inc., Verona, Virginia, 1980.<br />
4 William Wiatt was listed next to Claiborne Coleman, who may
have been an uncle of his wife, Charlotte<br />
Coleman.<br />
5 Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd, </span>
<span id="PubSt6F3" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt6;">
26th Virginia Infantry</span><span id="PubSt5F4" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">,
H. E. Howard, Lynchburg, VA, 1984, Pg. 2.<br />
</span>
<span id="PubSt7F0" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt7;">
6. Ibid. Pg. 4.<br />
7. Bagby, Alfred F., </span>
<span id="PubSt8F0" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt8;">
King and Queen County, Virginia</span><span id="PubSt7F1" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt7;">,
Neale Publishing Co., New York, NY, 1908. Pg. ??. (Historical Address
by J. Ryland, Sr.). <br />
</span>
<span id="PubSt5F5" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">
8. Ibid.<br />
9. He was a grandfather to Frank Alford Robins of Gloucester
County.<br />
10. The present author has identified each of the men that responded
in the meetings of revival in his personal research. He would be
pleased to share his information with other researchers.<br />
11. He was the father of Calvin Horsley of Gloucester County.<br />
12. He was a grandfather to Decator Lee Belvin of Gloucester County.<br />
13. He followed Elder Wiatt to Goucester County; he accepted a call to
be pastor of Providence Baptist Church and he was buried in the church
cemetery.<br />
14. Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd, </span>
<span id="PubSt6F4" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt6;">
Confederate Chaplain William Edward Wiatt, An Annotated Diary</span><span id="PubSt5F6" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">,
H. E. Howard,<br />
Lynchburg, VA, 1994., Pg. 241-242<br />
15. Ibid. Pg. 242.<br />
16. The History of Bethel Baptist Church in Sassafras, Gloucester
County, Virginia </span>
<span id="PubSt9F0" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt9;">
--</span><span id="PubSt5F7" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">
office subject files of <br />
Gazette-Journal, Gloucester-Mathews.<br />
17. Wiatt, Alexander Lloyd, </span>
<span id="PubSt6F5" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; font-style: italic; publisherstylename: PubSt6;">
The Wiatt Family of Virginia</span><span id="PubSt5F8" style="color: black; font-family: Lucida Bright; font-size: 10.0pt; publisherstylename: PubSt5;">,
Pg. 28.</span></div>
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Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-66240774382524342262012-09-22T20:38:00.003-07:002012-09-22T20:42:50.130-07:00Walter A. Baldwin: Guilford, New York native: Confederate soldier <br />
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At the time of the Civil War there were men native to Chenango County
who, for various reasons, ended up in the service of the Confederacy.
Given the conflict of loyalties represented by fighting for the South
with family ties in the North, their stories present a perspective on
the war not always available when observed from only a Northern
viewpoint. Such is the story of Walter A. Baldwin of Guilford.<br />
Among the Civil War soldiers buried in the Town of Guilford is Walter
Abram Baldwin who served with the Confederacy. Walter was born 4 August
1831 in Guilford the son of William and Louisa (Booth) Baldwin. The
Baldwins were early merchants in Guilford Center where Walter grew up
and learned the family business. In 1852 when he was 21 years of age he
struck out on his own, moving to Atlanta, Georgia where he established a
successful mercantile business. At the outbreak of the Civil War in
1861 he was 30 years old and had been a resident of the South for nine
years. He enlisted on 14
May 1864 as a private in Company F, 22nd Battalion Georgia Heavy
Artillery. <br />
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The Union assault on Georgia began in earnest in May 1864 when the
Federal troops of General William Tecumseh Sherman crossed into Georgia.
The city of Atlanta fell on 2 September 1864 after a long siege, and on
15 November 1864 Sherman initiated his March to the Sea, during which a
wide swath of destruction was cut through Georgia’s heartland, the goal
being the elimination of both the South’s capability and desire to
continue the fight.<br />
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Approximately a month later, near the march’s end, the only thing
standing between Sherman’s troops and the goal of Savannah, Georgia was
Fort McAllister, a Confederate earthwork fortification located near
Savannah on the Ogeechee River. Fort McAllister had stood firm since it
was built in 1861, surviving seven major Federal Naval attacks as well
as other attempts to dislodge it. <br />
In December of 1864, Fort McAllister was defended by 230 Confederates.
This included men from Walter A. Baldwin’s military company, thus
placing him at Fort McAllister at this critical time. On 13 December
1864 Sherman ordered an all-out assault on the fort by 4000 of his
troops, outnumbering the Confederate defenders 17 to 1. Although
overwhelmed, the defenders resisted bravely, requiring individual
hand-to-hand combat before being subdued.<br />
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In his report about the battle Fort McAllister’s Confederate commander
said the following: “ ... Utterly isolated, cut off from all possible
relief – capture or death the only alternative – the conduct of this
little garrison, in the face of such tremendous odds, was gallant in the
extreme.”<br />
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Walter Baldwin survived the battle, was taken prisoner and transported
first to Hilton Head and then to the Federal prison at Point Lookout,
Maryland, arriving there on 1 February 1865. Prison conditions were
horrific, especially during the final months of the war. Overcrowding,
limited shelter, poor food quality and quantity, lack of medical
attention and other critical issues resulted in rampant disease and
starvation. <br />
Many who survived the prisons had their health permanently compromised
and a significant number did not long survive post release. Such was the
fate of Walter A. Baldwin whose health was decimated by his prison
confinement. Somehow word found its way to Walter’s family in Guilford
of his incarceration at Point Lookout, upon which his father immediately
traveled to Point Lookout to secure his release. Walter was released
from Point Lookout 19 June 1865 after making his Oath of Allegiance to
the United States. He had been imprisoned for four months and 18 days.
His father then brought him home to Guilford where he would die 22 July
1865, one month and 12 days after arriving home. He was 34 years of age
at the time of his death. Walter A. Baldwin was buried in Guilford Center Cemetery where his name
is inscribed on the family monument. <br />
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<br />Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-71729563986977736792012-06-14T18:06:00.001-07:002012-06-15T18:01:21.942-07:00~General John Brown Gordon~ Sometimes You Just Can't Keep a Good Man Down!!!<br /><br />
<i>He was a devout and humble Christian gentleman. I know of no man more beloved at the South, and he was probably the most popular Southern man among the people of the North.</i><br />
~STEPHEN D. LEE,<br />
Commander-in-Chief United Confederate Veterans.<br />
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John Brown Gordon lay face down in the dust and smoke swirling along a sunken farm road in Maryland. It was mid afternoon on September 17, 1862. Only moments before, the tall, slender colonel had used his booming voice to rally his 6th Alabama Infantry in their defense of the Sunken Road at the Battle of Sharpsburg, despite being slowed by two gunshot wounds to his right leg and one each in his left arm and left shoulder. As his men held the road that would later be re-christened Bloody Lane, a Yankee bullet had slammed into Gordon's face, knocking him senseless and pitching him face-down into his hat.<br />
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To this point the 32-year-old rising star of the Confederacy had been an inspiring leader<br />
with a seemingly charmed life. He had entered the war as captain of a group of mountain<br />
men from northwest Georgia, southwest Tennessee and northeast Alabama. The group,<br />
known as the Raccoon Roughs because of their coonskin caps, had marched from<br />
Georgia to Montgomery, Ala., to join the 6th Alabama. Although Gordon lacked any formal military training, his natural command presence and quick-thinking coolness under fire at the First Battle of Manassas had quickly earned him respect and the eventual promotion<br />
to colonel in April 1862. Even though he was only a colonel, Gordon assumed command of his brigade off-and-on during the fighting on the Virginia Peninsula. He had learned how to lead men into battle at Seven Pines, riding ramrod straight ahead of his men, bullets piercing his clothes but not his body; at Malvern Hill, where a bursting artillery shell blinded him temporarily; and at South Mountain, where his regiment alone remained intact during a fighting retreat from overwhelming Union forces.<br />
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The details at The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) are as follows:<br />
Two brigades under Brig. Gens. Robert E. Rodes and G.B. Anderson held the center of the Rebel line along the Sunken Road. Gordon's 6th Alabama Regiment, part of Rodes' Brigade, held the ground closest to the Yankees, who were advancing southwest toward the road. Gordon ordered his men to wait until the Yankees were within 30 paces. Then he hollered, "Fire!" "My rifles flamed and roared in the Federals' faces like a blinding blaze of lightning accompanied by the quick and deadly thunderbolt," Gordon wrote in his memoir. "The effect was appalling." Three more times the Yankees charged and three more times a Confederate volley stopped them. Now the Union soldiers lay down and opened fire. But Gordon's men, who had seen so many fall at their commander's side, felt secure with their leader and his seeming invulnerability. "My extraordinary escapes from wounds in all the previous battles had made a deep impression upon my comrades as well as upon my own mind," Gordon wrote. "If I had allowed these expressions of my men to have any effect upon my mind, the impression was quickly dissipated when the Sharpsburg storm came and the whizzing Miniés, one after another, began to pierce my body." A ball struck Gordon in the leg, passing through his right calf. A second ball hit him in the same leg. An hour later another ball tore through his left arm, tearing tendons and muscles. A fourth struck his shoulder Weak from loss of blood, Gordon struggled to lead his men. Seeing the right of his line in jeopardy from enfilading fire, he started to walk there but was struck by a fifth ball that slammed through his left cheek and shattered his jaw. Gordon fell face down into his hat. He noted later that he might have drowned in his own blood had not a "thoughtful Yankee" earlier given the hat a bullet hole that allowed the blood to drain out. Gordon told a friend later that as he lay on the battlefield, he imagined that half of his head had been shot<br />
away and that he was dead, but then he figured a dead man couldn't move his limbs. Gordon biographer Ralph Lowell Eckert said that the colonel crawled about 100 yards to the rear, where the Confederates were forming a new line, and passed out again. Gordon was carried on a litter to a barn where 6th Alabama Assistant Surgeon Thaddeus J. Weatherly<br />
dressed his wounds. When Gordon revived late that night he found himself lying on a pile of straw. "My faithful surgeon, Dr. Weatherly, who was my devoted friend, was at my side, with his fingers on my pulse," Gordon recalled. "As I revived, his face was so expressive of distress that I asked him: 'What do you think of my case, Weatherly?' He made a manly effort to say that he was hopeful. I knew better and said: 'You are not honest with me. You think I am going to die; but I am going to get well.' Long afterward, when the danger was past, he admitted that this assurance was his first and only basis of hope." Gordon's spirited young wife Fanny, who followed her husband throughout his military campaigns, came to the barn as soon as she learned her husband had been wounded. When she reached him, she suppressed a scream as Gordon struggled to joke with her, saying he had been to an Irish wedding. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><i> Rebecca (Fanny) Haralson Gordon</i></span></b></div>
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His wife tirelessly cared for him. Fanny nursed her husband for seven months. She dressed his wounds, fed him brandy and beef tea because his jaw was wired shut, and provided long hours of bedside care and devotion. When Gordon contracted erysipelas, a serious bacterial infection, in his left arm, she kept the wounds painted with iodine. With Fanny's care and his own strong will, Gordon miraculously recovered. "Thenceforward, for the period in which my life hung in the balance, she sat at my bedside, trying to supply concentrated nourishment to sustain me against the constant drainage," he wrote. When erysipelas attacked his left arm, she painted it relentlessly with iodine. "Under God's providence, I owe <br />
my life to her incessant watchfulness night and day, and to her tender nursing through weary weeks and anxious months," Gordon recalled. When he rejoined the army, Fanny mostly kept pace, going to the rear before battles. Her husband marveled at her courage. "It requires the direst dangers, especially where those dangers threaten some cause or object around which their affections are entwined, to call out the marvelous courage of women,"? <br />
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Gordon wrote. "Under such conditions they will brave death itself without a quiver. I have seen one of them tested. I saw Mrs. Gordon on the streets of Winchester, under fire, her soul aflame with patriotic ardor, appealing to retreating Confederates to halt and form a new line to resist the Union advance. She was so transported by her patriotic passion that she took no notice of the whizzing shot and shell, and seemed wholly unconscious of her great peril. And yet she will precipitately fly from a bat, and a big black bug would fill her with panic." Lt. Gen. Jubal Early, a bachelor, had little patience with wives who tried to follow their officer husbands to war. He remarked that he wished the Yankees would capture Mrs. Gordon because she always seemed to be around. Yet when she teased him about the remark during a dinner, Early relented, saying, "Mrs. Gordon, General Gordon is a better soldier when you are close by him than when you are away, and so hereafter, when I issue orders that officers' wives must go to the rear, you may know that you are excepted."<br />
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Gordon returned to duty in March 1863 and was given command of a brigade of six Georgia regiments in Lt. Gen. Jubal Early's Division. After leading a successful assault on Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg during the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, Gordon was promoted to brigadier general. As General Robert E. Lee restructured his army, Early's Division was absorbed into Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell's Second Corps and marched into the Shenandoah Valley as part of Lee's second attempt to invade the North. At Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, Gordon's brigade of 1,200 Georgians rolled up the Federal right flank north of the town and was driving the Yankees until ordered to halt by Early and Ewell, which Gordon later contended was a mistake that cost the Rebels the battle. <br />
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After three days of carnage and defeat in south-central Pennsylvania, John once more sought solace in communication with his beloved Fanny: <br />
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"God has spared my life, I am yet alive. Thousands of as brave and good men as our country contains lie on the battlefields of Pennsylvania & yet I am spared. I, who so little appreciate God's peculiar favors to me, I who am so sinful, so thoughtless so ungrateful for God's goodness am spared. Oh Lord I pray to fill my heart and my dear wife's with gratitude and praise. Good bye. The Lord of Hosts bless you my dear dear wife & little boys. I am trying to rely upon the same protection I have felt in other battles. My Saviour I trust is my friend. If I am spared it is on His account.<br />
"Good bye again my sweet angel wife." <br />
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It would be 10 months before Gordon fought again, this time at the Battle of the Wilderness near the grounds of the Chancellorsville battlefield. As Ewell's corps was being pushed west along the Orange Turnpike, Ewell rode up to Gordon and told him, "General Gordon, the fate of the day depends on you, sir." Gordon wrote in his memoir that he replied, "These men will save it, sir," although he wondered to himself how they would accomplish the feat.<br />
Gordon's men charged into the Union line, only to find themselves part of that line. Thinking quickly, Gordon ordered half his command to face right and the other half to face left and attack. The unprecedented move worked, the Federal advance was shattered, and Ewell's men recaptured their lost ground. The next morning Gordon discovered that the Federal right flank was completely unprotected, but Early and Ewell were skeptical, mistakenly fearing that Yankee reinforcements had to be nearby. When Gordon finally received<br />
permission to attack late that afternoon, the assault succeeded until halted by darkness.<br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Mule Shoe Apex (Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia)</span></i></b><br />
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The Yankees pulled away and began a march to Spotsylvania Court House, where Gordon—now in command of Early's former division while Early led the Third Corps—again proved to be a superb leader. Inside the Mule Shoe salient, he skillfully moved his brigades to counter attacks by Colonel Emory Upton on May 10 and Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock on May 12. As Gordon rode to find the exact location of the Federals, a Minié ball whizzed through his coat, grazing his back. When an aide asked Gordon whether he had been hit, Gordon scolded the young officer for slouching in his own saddle: "Sit up or you'll be killed!" As Gordon returned to his men, he found General Robert E. Lee riding his horse Traveller to the center of the line, preparing to join the charge. Gordon shouted, "General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?" Gordon's men yelled, "No, no, we'll not fail him."<br />
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Gordon took Traveller's bridle and handed it to two soldiers to escort Lee to the rear. Gordon's charge into what he later called "a fire from hell itself" pushed the Yankees out of the eastern side of the salient. Fighting raged into the next day, but the Confederates held on and established a new line. Gordon was promoted to major general.<br />
Two months later Gordon again displayed his brilliance as a leader, in the little-known but crucial Battle of Monocacy, which took place four miles south of Frederick, Md., on a blistering hot July 9, 1864. Gordon's Brigade was part of Early's corps, sent by Lee to rid the Shenandoah Valley of Union troops, and then cross into Maryland and threaten Washington, D.C. Early was about to do the latter when Union Maj. Gen. Lew<br />
Wallace forced him into battle at the Monocacy River, just 40 miles from the nation's capital.<br />
Early's forces outnumbered Wallace's troops about 14,000 to 6,400, but Early did not want to fight and kept many of his troops in reserve. But when the going got tough, Gordon led his division to a decisive but bloody victory. Following an ill-advised and disastrous dismounted cavalry charge by John McCausland, Gordon led three brigades of Georgia, Louisiana and Virginia infantry regiments into the teeth of two brigades of Brig.<br />
Gen. James Ricketts' division of battle-hardened VI Corps troops. The fighting, Gordon later said, "was desperate and at close quarters. To and fro the battle swayed across<br />
[a] little stream, the dead and wounded of both sides mingling their blood in its waters." When the fighting concluded, he said, "a crimsoned current ran toward the river. Nearly one half of my men and large numbers of the Federals fell there." The battle ended when Gordon, aided by massed artillery, flanked the remnants of Ricketts' line on the Georgetown Pike. As Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge observed, "Gordon, if you had never made a fight before, this ought to immortalize you!" A month later, on August 25, 1864, Gordon received another serious wound, this time in a skirmish near Shepherdstown, W.Va. He suffered a head wound that bled extensively, though accounts differ on how the<br />
wound occurred. Early's topographer, Jedediah Hotchkiss, wrote in his journal that Gordon's wound was from saber cut. Three weeks later, as Union Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester, division commanders Gordon and Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes found themselves with 6,000 men facing Sheridan's 30,000. As they conferred on what to do, Rodes was mortally wounded when a shell fragment struck him in the back of the<br />
head. Gordon took command of both divisions and ordered a charge that halted the Federal cavalrymen and pushed them back. Gordon's men thought they had won the battle, but Sheridan re-formed his men and routed the Confederates, even as Fanny Gordon, caught up in the retreat, pled for them to make a stand. <br />
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On October 19 Gordon, commanding the Second Corps in Early's army, struck Sheridan's men, routing two thirds of them at the Battle of Cedar Creek southwest of Middletown, Va. Gordon's plan for a final assault to sweep the Union VI Corps from the field was overruled by Early, who said the Yankees were beaten. But Sheridan re-formed the men and pushed the Confederates from the field—a victory that spelled the end for Confederate campaigning in the Shenandoah Valley.<br />
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In December 1864, Gordon was ordered to rejoin the Army of Northern Virginia as commander of the bulk of the Second Corps while Early remained in the valley. Lee's army faced a siege at Petersburg, Va., by Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac—and after study and consultation, Lee ordered Gordon to find a spot to attack. Gordon chose Fort Stedman on the Union lines east of Petersburg. Gordon's attack early on March 25, 1865, started well but within three hours Union reinforcements had contained Gordon's breakthrough, which the exhausted Confederates lacked reserves to support. By 8 a.m. Gordon began to withdraw his men as a vicious Federal barrage of fire swept the no-man's land between the lines. Some 3,500 Confederates were captured, killed or wounded, including Gordon, who suffered a flesh wound in the leg. That all but marked the end for the Army of Northern Virginia. Six days later, Union forces turned Lee's right flank at Five Forks and forced the Rebels out of their Petersburg defenses and into a retreat that ended with them bottled up west of the Appomattox River. Lee had no choice but to surrender to Grant, on April 9. Gordon had the bittersweet honor of leading the Confederate troops in the surrender ceremonies at Appomattox Court House. As the defeated Rebels filed past their Federal counterparts, with Gordon riding at the head of the Second Corps, Union Brig. Gen. Joshua Chamberlain ordered his assembled soldiers to snap their muskets from "order arms" to "carry arms" in a show of respect. Gordon instantly wheeled his horse and touched it with a spur so that the horse's head bowed, and Gordon touched his swordpoint to his toe in salute. He ordered his men to also shift to "carry arms" to return the gesture.<br />
The men who served with him, enlisted and officers, also sang Gordon's praises. "Gordon always had something pleasant to say to his men, and I will bear my testimony that he was the most gallant man I ever s aw on a battlefield," wrote John W. Worsham, a foot soldier with the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment, who also had served under Lt. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. He wrote that Gordon "had a way of putting things to the men that was irresistible, and he showed the men, at all times, that he shrank from nothing in battle on account of himself." Gordon went back into private business in Georgia after the war. In 1868 he ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic candidate for governor. Despite that defeat, Gordon soon launched a successful political career.<br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Senator John Brown Gordon (Circa 1896)</b></i><br />
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He was elected in 1873 as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate, where he became a voice for reconciliation between the North and South. At the same time, he worked assiduously to remove Federal troops from the South . Gordon was re-elected to the Senate in 1879 and served until May 1880, when he resigned to go into private business once again. Gordon was elected governor of Georgia in 1886, served two terms, and returned to the U.S. Senate in 1891. He became the first president of the United Confederate Veterans in 1889. John Brown Gordon died in Miami at age 71 on January 9, 1904, three months after his memoir, Reminiscences of the Civil War, was published. The general even received a tribute from President Theodore Roosevelt, who summed up what many felt by saying, "A more gallant, generous, and fearless gentleman and soldier has not been seen by our country."Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-77334592408566703642012-04-22T14:29:00.000-07:002013-02-24T13:05:32.436-08:00Captured On A Beautiful Sabbath Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pastor Dwight Witherspoon burned with passion for God and country as
he preached his farewell sermon to a flock of the faithful on April 30,
1861. The 25-year-old clergyman spoke on a Bible chapter and verse
appropriate to the occasion: Psalm 20:7, “Some trust in chariots, and
some in horses; but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”
Fittingly, after the sermon he left the church and joined a company of
North Mississippi farm boys and students preparing to go to war.<br />
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Dwight Witherspoon as a private in the Lamar Rifles; carte de visite by
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Two days later Witherspoon wrote to a friend from a military camp
near Corinth, “We have about 2,500 men here, a fine looking set indeed,
most of them the true grit,” and added that all were “in fine spirits
expecting soon to measure arms with the abolitionists.”<br />
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Witherspoon was one of a number of influential and outspoken Southern
ministers at the intersection of religious affairs and politics, and he
carried his pro-slavery message from the pulpit to the ranks of the
Confederate army. Witherspoon had expressed his opinion of abolitionists
in a public pronouncement months earlier. On Dec. 21, the day after
South Carolina seceded, he delivered a sermon to fellow Presbyterians at
his Oxford, Miss. church that blamed Republicans for the dissolution of
the Union. “With that particular party which has been instrumental in
bringing about these results, I have nothing to do. Were I speaking to
abolitionists it would be my duty to defend the institution of slavery
as an ordinance of God, to rebuke with all boldness and fidelity the
folly and wickedness of their cause.”<br />
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Witherspoon became an eminent leader in the Presbyterian Church. He died
in 1898 at age 62.</span> He added, “We should pray that God would remove that religious
fanaticism at the North which has been immediately instrumental in
bringing about the present state of affairs. I trust there is no one
here present who would not desire if the subject of slavery could be
forever settled upon its proper basis and all agitation of it cease, to
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He was born in Alabama to parents
described as Bible scholars who were “Presbyterians by principle,
Christians of ardent piety.” They named their son after prominent
theologian and Yale President Timothy Dwight.<br />
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His father died when he was 4 years old, and his mother took on full
responsibility for his spiritual development. She took the challenge
seriously. “At the early age of ten, her little boy gave beautiful proof
of pious training, by publicly confessing Christ,” noted a biographer.
Witherspoon later graduated from the newly opened University of
Mississippi and the Columbia Theological Seminary in South Carolina.
“There was something strangely spiritual about him that made us show him
reverential respect,” observed a minister.<br />
He was ordained in 1860, and church elders sent him to Oxford for his
first assignment. Witherspoon was delighted to return to Mississippi.
According to a biographer, he considered it “a high compliment to him
personally, and practically a high eulogy upon the character of his
preaching — its warmth and earnestness, and attractiveness to the young,
of whom so many were gathered in the university and female schools of
the town.”<br />
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Less than a year later, Witherspoon enlisted in the Lamar Rifles, a
local militia company named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, a
member of the House of Representatives who resigned to join the
Mississippi Secession Convention. Lamar drafted the ordinance that
severed ties with the Union. He went on to serve in the Confederate army
and government; later, despite his secessionist activities, President
Grover Cleveland appointed him to the Supreme Court. The Lamar Rifles mustered into the Confederate army as Company G of
the 11th Mississippi Infantry in May 1861. Witherspoon served in the
ranks as a private.<br />
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The war transformed him from a minister to a holy crusader. During
the months that followed, he revealed his thoughts and emotions in
letters to a friend. He wrote in one letter “that the thought of the
holiness of our cause has given to me great enthusiasm in all which I
fear is too great.” He added, “I have never felt such indifference to
death in my life. I am ready to die by the hand of the enemy or by the
hand of disease or in any other way, so I but fall at my rest as a
Christian Soldier doing battle for my Country. I count not my own life
dear if I may but embrace the great cause of defending my country from a
fiendish invader and securing to it the rights which God has bestowed.”<br />
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In another letter he objected to a suggestion that Confederate troops
should invade Union territory. “Let us defend our own soil and then the
world will see that we cannot be subjugated. This is as it seems the
only question involved in the war. We are not fighting to test the power
of the two nations. I am for one willing to admit that the North is
more powerful. It has more wealth, more fighting men and more material
out of which to make them. It can raise and maintain a long standing
army, but can it subjugate us. Can it force terms of submission upon us.
This alone we are answering.”<br />
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Witherspoon traveled with the regiment to Virginia. Along the way,
jubilant townspeople hailed him and his comrades as heroes. “In one
place we found an old battered union flag, but it was so torn and soiled
we did not think it worth tearing down and surely amused ourselves by
firing into it as we passed,” he noted in one letter.<br />
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But the novelty of soldiering quickly wore off for Witherspoon. He
longed to serve the spiritual needs of his comrades. He soon got the
chance, when friends and officers in his regiment petitioned Jefferson
Davis for a commission as a military chaplain, which he received in the
summer of 1861. He spent much of the war ministering Mississippi
volunteers in the Second and the 42nd regiments. “He was ever found at
his post of duty, even when that was the outpost of the army or the
advance line of battle,” recalled one preacher.<br />
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Such was the case at Gettysburg, where Chaplain Witherspoon picked up
a gun and fought alongside his comrades. He fell into enemy hands after
the three-day fight ended. “I was captured in the afternoon of a
beautiful Sabbath day, the 5th of July, 1863, in a hospital tent, on the
battlefield of Gettysburg, in the midst of a religious service,
surrounded by the wounded on every hand, to whom I ministered, and at
whose urgent solicitation I had voluntarily remained within the enemy’s
lines,” he recalled. “For a few never-to-be-forgotten days this ministry
was permitted me, and then our field hospital was broken up, the few
surviving wounded were removed to the field hospitals of the Federal
army, and the Confederate surgeons and chaplains transported to Northern
prisons.”<br />
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Witherspoon spent several months in confinement at Fort McHenry in
Baltimore, and was paroled in late 1863. He returned to the Confederates
and surrendered with the remnants of the Army of Northern Virginia at
Appomattox Court House.Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-4416567103166077572012-03-25T11:31:00.002-07:002012-03-25T11:37:27.179-07:00As Safe In Battle As In Bed: ~The Stonewall Jackson Story~Regarded as one of the most “Godly Heroes” of the entire Civil War, not to mention military history, Thomas Jonathon Jackson is still considered to be inspirational and revered men of the Confederacy. Raised an Episcopalian, he joined the Presbyterian Church in the early 1850’s and later became a deacon who generously gave one-tenth of his earnings to the church. Eager to share his new found faith with all people, Jackson started a Sunday school in Lexington for African-Americans and proudly practiced civil disobedience while teaching black children the ways of salvation. Although he could not alter the social status of slaves, he committed himself to Christian decency and pledged to “assist the souls of those held in bondage.”<br />
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<div style="color: red;">Lt. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy & Instructor of Artillery, Virginia Military Institute. (Circa late 1850’s)</div><br />
Better known as “Stonewall”, he was known by his cadets at Virginia Military Academy as “Old Tom Fool”. Jackson earned the nickname “Stonewall”, at the First Battle of Manassas in July of 1861. After Brigadier General Barnard Bee informed him that his forces were being beaten back, Jackson replied, “Sir, we will give them the bayonet.” Inspired by the bravery of his subordinate, General Bee immediately rallied the remnants of the brigade while shouting, “There stands Jackson like a stone wall, let us rally behind the Virginians.” A devout believer in predestination, Jackson insisted that God had already determined his time on earth and no spot on the battlefield was safer than another. It was this unwavering conviction that enabled him to lead his troops into battle without the fear of death and inspire countless others to rally behind him.<br />
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<div style="color: red;">The “Winchester Photograph” (November 1862)</div><br />
When Jackson arrived for this photograph, the photographer, Nathaniel Routzahn, noticed one of Jackson’s coat buttons was missing. Jackson produced the button and hastily sewed it on himself, crookedly. The button is on the right, third button from the bottom.<br />
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Always a teacher, Jackson dedicated almost every waking moment (that didn’t require his military service) to educating the uneducated , uplifting the downtrodden, and introducing those around him to the glory of God. His popularity among his troops also enabled him to reach them in ways that other men could not and he was often found praying for the wounded at their bedside.<br />
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Always eager to share his relationship with the Father, Jackson wrote letter after letter urging his countrymen (and women) to actively seek repentance. One letter, written to his sister, summarized his faith: <br />
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You wish to know how to come to God; so as to have your sins forgiven, and to receive "the inheritance which is incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away." Now my dear sister the way is plain: the savior says in Mark XVI chapter, 16th verse "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved." But you may ask what is it to believe. To explain this I will quote from an able theologian, and devoted servant of God. To believe in the sense in which the word is used here, "is feeling and acting as if there were a God, a Heaven, a Hell; as if we were sinners and must die; as if we deserve eternal death, and were in danger of it. And in view of all, casting our eternal interests on the mercy of God in Christ Jesus. To do this is to be a Christian."<br />
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</div><div style="color: red;">The Only Known Photo Of Janie Corbin (Circa 1862)</div><br />
One of the least known, yet most charming stories in the legendary life of Confederate General Thomas Jackson, is that of "Old Jack" and little Janie Corbin. In the winter of 1862-1863, Stonewall's troops made headquarters at Moss Neck Plantation, located on the banks of Virginia's Rappahannock River. Owned and operated by Richard and Roberta Corbin, the estate provided a perfect location for stationing a weathered army in desperate need of rest and replenishment. At the start of the war, Richard departed to serve in the Confederate army, while Roberta stepped in to take over the day-to-day duties of running the plantation. A true southern belle, Mrs. Corbin welcomed General Jackson's troops with open arms and allowed them full use of her grounds and facilities. As hostesses, Mrs. Corbin and her daughters entertained the officers with piano recitals or hymnal sessions, and home cooked meals were also prepared for the senior staff. Jackson could often be found drinking lemonade on the front porch of the big house, and it was during these regular visits that he developed an endearing friendship with the Corbin's five-year old daughter, Janie.<br />
Each day Janie would visit the general's office, interrupting his daily review of battle accounts with his staff. Most times, Thomas would take advantage of the opportunity to relinquish his paperwork duties, in favor of playing with his newest friend. On one occasion, Janie snatched Jackson's kepi hat and proceeded to march around the room, mocking his orders. Smiles immediately spread across the faces of Thomas and his aides, and they laughed uncontrollably at the "littlest general" whose entire head was engulfed by a mass of floppy gray fabric and a wide black brim. Innocence like Janie's was rare in war times, and her wonderful gift of laughter lifted the morale of all that met her. Above all others though, it was her relationship with the general that quickly blossomed, and was nurtured by the fact that they temporarily filled a void in each other's life. <br />
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“My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to always be ready, no matter when it may overtake me.”<br />
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With Richard's absence, Thomas became an "adopted" father of sorts, and Janie happily played the role of a daughter who Jackson had yet to meet. Thomas' love for her was genuine, and Janie brought out a side of the general that none of his troops had seen. Some days they would race around the campsites, playing Hide-and-Seek. Other times, Jackson would pretend he was a pony, carrying her high on his shoulders while trotting about. One of his aides later stated that it was truly an amazing site to witness the fierce commander who preached of swift and total destruction, acting like a child himself. In March, General Lee sent orders to Jackson's troops to initiate maneuvers for the upcoming spring campaign. After carefully striking their camp, with the utmost respect for the Moss Neck grounds, the Stonewall Brigade prepared to move out. Before leaving, Thomas and his staff went to the Corbin house to thank the entire family for their service to the country. The general also wanted to have a few moments alone, to give a proper goodbye to his dear little girl. Unfortunately upon their arrival, Janie's mother informed them that all of the children had come down with a fever. Visibly concerned, Jackson immediately offered the services of his personal surgeon, but was reassured by Mrs. Corbin, who cited her own doctor's prediction for a rapid recovery. After a short visit to the child's bedside, Thomas pushed on, aware that another fight was on the horizon. One day later, word reached camp that Janie's condition had been hopeless, and that she died from scarlet fever.<br />
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<div style="color: red;"> “Divine Guidance “ By Mort Kunstler </div><br />
The news hit Jackson hard, and he was unable to gather his senses. Instantly, he broke down and wept inconsolably for the loss of his friend. Although his tears may have caught some of his troops off guard, those who really knew their general understood the gentle spirit that was buried beneath the warrior. He would continue to mourn for some time, which prompted his aides to arrange a well-deserved surprise. Thomas' spirits improved one month later, when his prayers were finally answered. Tears of sorrow quickly turned to tears of joy as his wife and five-month-old baby girl were able to spend nine delightful days with him in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Unfortunately, the Jackson family's earthly relationship lasted but another month, and this time it was Thomas himself who was taken away. <br />
After being severely wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville he succumbed to pneumonia. Perhaps "Old Jack" was welcomed at the Heavenly Gates by a little girl named Janie, who was waiting to play another game of Hide-and-Seek with the "gentle general." I can almost hear them now, laughing and running amidst the clouds, comforting one another until the day they were reunited with their own families. being shot by mistake by his own men, and of being cut off from a cause which he loved so intensely and for which he fought so desperately, he manifested the calm faith in Divine Providence that he had in the hour of his most brilliant victories. During the anxious days when the result of his wounds was in doubt, he said, " I consider these wounds a blessing; they were given for some good and wise purpose, and I would not part with them if I could." When it . In the terrible trial of was evident that he had but a few hours to live, his wife notified him that his end was near, and calmly and tenderly he answered her, " Very good, very good; it is all right.<br />
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<div style="color: red;">The Last Photo Of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (April 1863) </div><br />
It is called the “Chancellorsville Photo” because Jackson was headquartered there before the Battle of Chancellorsville.<br />
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It is not very hard to believe in Divine Providence when the sun is shining, the flowers blooming, the birds singing, the prospect pleasing; not very hard to trust God when our victorious battalions drive the enemy from the field, and the laurel wreath is placed upon our brow. But it is not so easy to recognize the Divine Providence when the clouds gather, the flowers are spoiled, the song birds hushed, the prospects blighted ; not so easy to count God's will our will when our battalions are beaten hack by the enemy, and we ourselves wounded, and sent to the Shades. Yet every true soldier of the Cross should be able to say, in adversity as well as prosperity, " Not my will, but Thine, O Lord, be done." <br />
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"Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees."Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-4456177028449561742012-01-26T18:17:00.000-08:002012-01-26T18:17:59.233-08:00The Knot-Hole Conversion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</tbody></table>“I (Reverend Charles Quintard) made very earnest appeals to the officers and soldiers of our army to confess Christ as Saviour. But there was one man in the army I felt I could never get at. He was the Commander-In-Chief, General Braxton Bragg, CSA. He had the reputation of being so stern and so sharp in his sarcasm, that many men were afraid to go near him.<br />
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Immediately I received notice of Bishop Elliott’s proposed visit, I determined to have a talk with General Bragg. I found two tents and a sentry at the outer one. When I asked for General Bragg the sentry said: “You cannot see him. He is very busy and has given positive orders not to be disturbed, except for matter of life and death.” That cooled my enthusiasm and I returned to my own quarters; but all night long I blamed myself for my timidity. All that night I struggled with the Holy Spirit because of my timidity. The next day I started out again, found that very same sentry, and received the same reply. This time, however, I resolved to see the General, no matter what happened, so I said, “It iIS a matter of life and death.” The sentry withdrew n and in a few minutes returned and said: “You can see the General , but I advise you to be brief. He is not in a good humor.” <br />
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~General Braxton Bragg was commander of the Army of Tennessee from 1862- 1863. It was during this time that he accepted Christ as his Saviour.Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-46788653077654199522012-01-01T17:31:00.000-08:002012-01-01T17:31:24.092-08:00Nathan Bedford Forrest's Speech to the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association: July 5, 1875.A convention and BBQ was held by the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association at the fairgrounds of Memphis, five miles east of the city. An invitation to speak was conveyed to General Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the city's most prominent citizens, and one of the foremost cavalry commanders in the late War Between the States. This was the first invitation granted to a white man to speak at this gathering. The invitation's purpose, one of the leaders said, was to extend peace, joy, and union, and following a brief welcoming address a Miss Lou Lewis, daughter of an officer of the Pole-Bearers, brought forward flowers and assurances that she conveyed them as a token of good will. After Miss Lewis handed him the flowers, General Forrest responded with a short speech that, in the contemporary pages of the Memphis Appeal, evinces Forrest's racial open-mindedness that seemed to have been growing in him. <br />
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<b><i>Ladies and Gentlemen I accept the flowers as a memento of reconciliation between the white and colored races of the southern states. I accept it more particularly as it comes from a colored lady, for if there is any one on God's earth who loves the ladies I believe it is myself. ( Immense applause and laughter.) I came here with the jeers of some white people, who think that I am doing wrong. I believe I can exert some influence, and do much to assist the people in strengthening fraternal relations, and shall do all in my power to elevate every man to depress none. (Applause.) I want to elevate you to take positions in law offices, in stores, on farms, and wherever you are capable of going. I have not said anything about politics today. I don't propose to say anything about politics. You have a right to elect whom you please; vote for the man you think best, and I think, when that is done, you and I are freemen. Do as you consider right and honest in electing men for office. I did not come here to make you a long speech, although invited to do so by you. I am not much of a speaker, and my business prevented me from preparing myself. I came to meet you as friends, and welcome you to the white people. I want you to come nearer to us. When I can serve you I will do so. We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict. Go to work, be industrious, live honestly and act truly, and when you are oppressed I'll come to your relief. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for this opportunity you have afforded me to be with you, and to assure you that I am with you in heart and in hand. (Prolonged applause.) </i></b><br />
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Whereupon N. B. Forrest again thanked Miss Lewis for the bouquet and then gave her a kiss on the cheek. Such a kiss was unheard of in the society of those days, in 1875, but it showed a token of respect and friendship between the general and the black community and did much to promote harmony among the citizens of Memphis.Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-52803804811519930032011-11-27T12:23:00.000-08:002011-11-27T12:31:50.018-08:00Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Final Victory<div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of the greatest cavalry generals of the War Between the States was Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, (1821-1877). Generals Robert E. Lee and William T. Sherman called him the greatest cavalry general of the War. His tactics were studied by both WWI and WWII generals. Yet few people are aware of Forrest’s life after the War ended. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In 1875 Nathan Bedford Forrest accepted an invitation to speak before the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights group, composed mainly of local members of the free black community, issued the invitation as an act of reconciliation toward Forrest. </div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While difficult to believe, his words that day spoke of service to “one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment.” He reassured his audience: “When you are oppressed I’ll come to your relief.” </div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To many, Nathan Bedford Forrest is beyond social redemption and forgiveness, yet in later years became contrite, repentant and, most importantly, a sincere, vocal advocate of social justice for freed slaves.</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After his father died in 1837, 16-year-old Nathan became the head of the Forrest household and helped his mother raise his seven siblings. Responsibility, discipline, and the harsh realities of frontier life drove him to work in the fields all day. </div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He spent his evenings “making buckskin leggings and shoes and coon-skin caps for his younger brothers. Providing for his family left little time for spiritual reflection. While having a respect for God, Forrest made little time in his life for spiritual growth.”</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In 1843, Nathan’s mother remarried and left Nathan to pursue his own goals. While working for his uncle’s horse-trading business, Forrest utilized his organizational skills learned on the farm. During this time his legendary temper began surfacing, thereby giving his life a volatile edge that even marriage to Mary Ann, a committed Christian, could not curb. </div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Forrest spent time as a slave trader and, although the author does not absolve Forrest of blame for this conduct, he does state that Forrest was a <a href="http://www.civilwarnews.com/reviews/2010br/nov/bedford-kastler-b111024.html#" id="_GPLITA_2" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Powered by Text-Enhance"></a>man of his times, which included slavery. </div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDiOGAffTSq3w18Ii9Fn0hnkxiYnEMjlhkDrzPXjNjmVXeu86FUNnvPPDQ-8yK5NgyzqUvtFmh2db_q2otk5bMVeIbA6sABVV7op1I8tDmjz_-LbguPlT0Ods3h0MdUaUVsm8vR6bxVE/s1600/Nathan+Bedford+Forrest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDiOGAffTSq3w18Ii9Fn0hnkxiYnEMjlhkDrzPXjNjmVXeu86FUNnvPPDQ-8yK5NgyzqUvtFmh2db_q2otk5bMVeIbA6sABVV7op1I8tDmjz_-LbguPlT0Ods3h0MdUaUVsm8vR6bxVE/s1600/Nathan+Bedford+Forrest.jpg" /></a></div>Even though Forrest was unschooled in military matters, the Civil War brought to the forefront his extraordinary skills in strategy and combat. William Tecumseh Sherman gave Forrest the sobriquet “that devil Forrest,” a name that later meant more than just someone who refused to surrender or lose a battle.</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Prior to Forrest's salvation his wife prayed continually for God's mercy and grace to fall upon him. On the evening of November 14, 1875, Forrest surprisingly attended the Sunday night service with his wife, Mary Ann. The pastor, George T. Stainback, preached that night on the house built on sand. At the end of the service, Forrest stopped at the church door and waited for the pastor to come out and bid a customary farewell to the congregation.</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stainback later recalled, <i>"He took my arm, and we passed the pavement below." </i>At the sidewalk, Forrest suddenly leaned against the wall and his eyes filled with tears.<i>"Sir, your sermon has removed the last prop from under me," </i>he said, <i>"I am the fool that built on the sand, I am a poor miserable sinner."</i></div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div align="justify" class="style39" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He looked <i>"all shaken"</i>, recalled Stainback, who recommended that he study Psalm 51 to find spiritual relief. The next evening the minister visited him for a talk and prayer and after the latter, Forrest rose from his knees and <i>"felt satisfied."</i> <i>"All is right, I put my trust in the Redeemer."</i> The next Sunday, Forrest joined his wife's church and was a dedicated Christian for the rest of his life.</div>Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-48377882090113737282011-11-02T20:11:00.000-07:002011-11-02T20:11:19.839-07:00"Old Prayer Book"-A Christian In Blue<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“The generals (Like U.S. Grant and William T. Sherman) who led the North to victory mainly involved themselves with military matters and evinced little interest in cultivating any spiritual sensitivity during the War.” So writes Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. in his work, A Shield and Hiding Place: The Religious Life of the Civil War Armies. There is at least one exception among the leaders of the Union. Maine native Oliver Otis Howard was so devout that he was know across the North as “The Christian General” and “Old Prayer Book”.</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In 1857, Howard was a full-time soldier who was deployed to Florida for the Seminole Wars. After reading the diary of famed Christian soldier Hedley Vicars of Great Britain, it was there that he experienced a conversion to evangelical Christianity and considered resigning from the army to become a minister. His religious proclivities would later earn him the nickname "The Christian General." On the outbreak of the American Civil War, Howard, an opponent of slavery, resigned his regular army commission and became colonel of the Third Maine Volunteers in the Union Army. Much like Jackson, Howard made spiritual strengthening a daily part of his troop's regiments. As a brigadier commander he insisted on all his regiments holding divine services on the Sabbath. If the regiment had no chaplain, Howard himself would conduct the regiments service. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As the war progressed, a movement referred to as "The Great Revival" took place in the South. Beginning in the fall of 1863, this event was in full progress throughout the Army of Northern Virginia. Before the revival was interrupted by Grant's attack in May 1864, approximately seven thousand soldiers-10 percent of Lee's force-were reportedly converted. Dr.Shattuck, again in his book, "A Shield and Hiding Place: The Religious Life of the Civil War Armies," reports that "The best estimates of conversions in the Union forces place the figure between 100,000 and 200,000 men-about 5-10 percent of all individuals engaged in the conflict. In the smaller Confederate armies, at least 100,000 were converted. Since these numbers include only "conversions" and do not represent the number of soldiers actually swept up in the revivals-a yet more substantial figure-the impact of revivals during the Civil War surely was tremendous."</span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Few men of any rank participated in more of the War’s significant battles. He fought at First Manassas, The Seven Days Battles (Two Confederate bullets cost him his right arm at Fair Oaks), Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, in just the first two years. </span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">According to some accounts, in the early stages of the war, revivals like the one Howard led were not the rule but the exception. Religion did not seem to have left home with the soldiers. The magazine "Christianity Today" recalled the trials and tribulations with living a Godly life while on campaign. It stated: "Day-to-day army life was so boring that men were often tempted to "make some foolishness," as one soldier typified it. Profanity, gambling, drunkenness, sexual licentiousness, and petty thievery confronted those who wanted to practice their faith. Christians complained that no Sabbath was observed; despite the efforts of a few generals like George McClellan and Oliver O. Howard, ordinary routines went on as if Sunday meant nothing at all. General Robert McAllister, an officer who was working closely with the United States Christian Commission, complained that a "tide of irreligion" had rolled over his army "like a mighty wave."<span id="goog_98164197"></span><span id="goog_98164198"></span></span><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As was quite common, many surviving commanders became “celebrities” in the public eye, and they often signed autographs. Howard routinely signed his, “The Lord Is My Shepherd”</span></b>Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-69754794448918321842011-10-29T14:33:00.000-07:002011-10-29T14:34:51.040-07:00Our Visit To Woodlawn National Cemetery:Elmira, New York<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On October 20, 2011</span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> my family and I visited the Woodlawn National Cemetery as well as the former site of the Elmira Civil War Prison Camp in Elmira, New York. 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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="en-us">Keep checking here for more photos of the cemetery an the Elmira Prison Camp as well. </span></span></b>Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-90324504415037764422011-10-15T20:42:00.000-07:002011-10-15T20:43:53.385-07:00The Battle of Antietam - Wednesday, September 17, 1862 Colonel John Brown Gordon "...shot down by a fifth ball"<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><br />
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<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Confederate Colonel John Brown Gordon commanded the 6th Alabama in the center of General Lee's lines. Positioned in the northern end of the sunken lane, the quiet on their section of the field was ominously juxtaposed with the maelstrom shortly to follow. Colonel Gordon described what occurred as the army commander reviewed their lines. "General Lee had decided that the Union commander's next heavy blow would fall upon our centre, and those of us who held that important position were notified of this conclusion. We were cautioned to be prepared for a determined assault and urged to hold that centre at any sacrifice, as a break at that point would endanger his entire army. My troops held the most advanced position on this part of the field, and there was no supporting line behind us. It was evident, therefore, that my small force was to receive the first impact of the expected charge and to be subjected to the deadliest fire. To comfort General Lee and General Hill, and especially to make, if possible, my men still more resolute of purpose, I called aloud to these officers as they rode away: "These men are going to stay here, General, till the sun goes down or victory is won." </span></div><div style="color: black;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div><div style="color: black;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Writing many years later, Gordon would add sadly, "Alas! many of the brave fellows are there now."Gordon would watch on in awe as the lines of Union soldiers crested the hill in their front. "The brave Union commander, superbly mounted, placed himself in front, while his band in rear cheered them with martial music. It was a thrilling spectacle...Their gleaming bayonets flashed like burnished silver in the sunlight. With the precision of step and perfect alignment of a holiday parade, this magnificent array moved to the charge, every step keeping time to the tap of the deep-sounding drum. As we stood looking upon that brilliant pageant, I thought, if I did not say, "What a pity to spoil with bullets such a scene of martial beauty!" But there was nothing else to do. </span></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
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<div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">An immense wave of Federal foes swept towards the single line of Confederates. Gordon continued, "To oppose man against man and strength against strength was impossible; for there were four lines of blue to my one of gray. My first impulse was to open fire upon the compact mass as soon as it came within reach of my rifles, and to pour into its front an incessant hail-storm of bullets during its entire advances across the broad, open plain; but after a moment's reflection that plan was also discarded. It was rejected because, during the few minutes required for the column to reach my line, I could not hope to kill and disable a sufficient number of the enemy to reduce his strength to an equality with mine. The only remaining plan was one which I had never tried but in the efficacy of which I had the utmost faith. It was to hold my fire until the advancing Federals were almost upon my lines, and then turn loose a sheet of flame and lead into their faces. I did not believe that any troops on earth, with empty guns in their hands, could withstand so sudden a shock and withering a fire. The programme was fixed in my own mind, all horses were sent to the rear, and my men were at once directed to lie down upon the grass and clover. They were quickly made to understand, through my aides and line officers, that the Federals were coming upon them with unloaded guns; that not a shot would be fired at them, and that not one of our rifles was to be discharged until my voice should be heard from the centre commanding "Fire!"...in close order, with the commander still riding in front, this column of Union infantry moved majestically in the charge. In a few minutes they were within easy range of our rifles, and some of my impatient men asked permission to fire. "Not yet," I replied. "Wait for the order." Soon they were so close that we might have seen the eagles on their buttons; but my brave and eager boys still waited for the order. Now the front rank was within a few rods of where I stood. It would not do to wait another second, and with all my lung power I shouted "Fire!" </span></div><div style="color: black;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The storm of fire swelled with fury. As deadly missiles filled the air, Gordon described a heart wrenching scene, one among so many as man after man succumbed to the Union onslaught. "The fire from these hostile American lines at close quarters now became furious and deadly. The list of the slain was lengthened with each passing moment. I was not at the front when, near nightfall, the awful carnage ceased; but one of my officers long afterward assured me that he could have walked on the dead bodies of my men from one end of the line to the other. This, perhaps, was not literally true; but the statement did not greatly exaggerate the shocking slaughter. Before, I was wholly disabled and carried to the rear, I walked along my line and found an old man and his son lying side by side. The son was dead, the father mortally wounded. The gray-haired hero called me and said: "Here we are. My boy is dead, and I shall go soon; but it is all right." Of such were the early volunteers." As the waves of men in blue poured over the ridge to their front, Colonel Gordon described the mayhem and how this battle shattered his miraculous string of battles in which he emerged unharmed. </span></div><div style="color: black;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"The first volley from the Union lines in my front sent a ball through the brain of the chivalric Colonel Tew, of North Carolina, to whom I was talking, and another ball through the calf of my right leg. On the right and the left my men were falling under the death-dealing crossfire like trees in a hurricane. The persistent Federals, who had lost so heavily from repeated repulses, seemed now determined to kill enough Confederates to make the debits and credits of the battle's balance sheet more nearly even. Both sides stood in the open at short range and without the semblance of breastworks, and the firing was doing a deadly work. Higher up in the same leg I was again shot; but still no bone was broken. I was able to walk along the line and give encouragement to my resolute riflemen, who were firing with the coolness and steadiness of peace soldiers in target practice. When later in the day the third ball pierced my left arm, tearing asunder the tendons and mangling the flesh, they caught sight of the blood running down my fingers, and these devoted and big-hearted men, while still loading their guns, pleaded with me to leave them and go to the rear, pledging me that they would stay there and fight to the last. I could not consent to leave them in such a crisis. The surgeons were all busy at the field-hospitals in the rear, and there was no way, therefore, of stanching the blood, but I had a vigorous constitution, and this was doing me good service. A fourth ball ripped through my shoulder, leaving its base and a wad of clothing in its track. I could still stand and walk, although the shocks and loss of blood had left but little of my normal strength. I remembered the pledge to the commander that we would stay there till the battle ended or night came. I looked at the sun. It moved very slowly; in fact, it seemed to stand still. </span></div><div style="color: black;"><br style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought I saw some wavering in my line, near the extreme right, and Private Vickers, of Alabama, volunteered to carry any orders I might wish to send. I directed him to go quickly and remind the men of the pledge to General Lee, and to say to them that I was still on the field and intended to stay there. He bounded away like an Olympic racer; but he had gone less than fifty yards when he fell, instantly killed by a ball through his head. I then attempted to go myself, although I was bloody and faint, and my legs did not bear me steadily. I had gone but a short distance when I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out, barely missing the jugular vein. I fell forward and lay unconscious with my face in my cap; and it would seem that I might have been smothered by the blood running into my cap from this last wound but for the act of some Yankee, who, as if to save my life, had at a previous hour during the battle, shot a hole through the cap, which let the blood out." </span></div><div style="color: black;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Major General John B. Gordon, CSA</span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">discussing the Battle of Antietam </span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">{Colonel J. B. Gordon at the time of the Battle}</span></div><br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" />Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-58852369737158280862011-09-16T17:57:00.000-07:002011-09-16T18:01:55.618-07:00Tomorrow May Be Too Late: Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<b style="color: black;">The bloodiest day in American history was the seventeenth of September, 1862. The Battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam, was unequalled in it’s toll on human life. Some 26,000 men on both sides were either killed or wounded that September day. <br />
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It is important for these soldiers to know how to die. The chaplains sought to prepare their flocks for eternity. This was their task from God. It is just as important for us, their sons and daughters, to know the same thing. A person certainly unprepared for death is not prepared for eternity. One who possesses eternal life by free grace is ready to face eternity. Why did R.E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall “ Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, John Pelham and myriad of others die so peacefully and victoriously? Perhaps the Alabamian who died as a result of the battle of Sharpsburg will give us a clue.<br />
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Three or four days had elapsed after that bloodiest day. The following event transpired on the Confederate side after the wind of battle had been spent. Rev. S.W. Thomas and another man, both delegates of the United States Christian Commission, were dispatched to look for wounded men in areas where skirmishing had taken place outside the primary confines of the battle-field. Providentially one of the ministers developed a great thirst and in order to quench it they went to a deserted farm to look for some water. </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwwy0h0YRKzpBxmX85eSsixocVP-1M5pRGoig_7Xt1BnaPwwhIRTEA-kc__1yVi_lpW-ZhSfhiifRI9olt76NtTLven-J09KMPHxL144dHDjmJGhs9eApsfzlSJgr3gwiy8L_F6YOzeo/s1600/00256r.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwwy0h0YRKzpBxmX85eSsixocVP-1M5pRGoig_7Xt1BnaPwwhIRTEA-kc__1yVi_lpW-ZhSfhiifRI9olt76NtTLven-J09KMPHxL144dHDjmJGhs9eApsfzlSJgr3gwiy8L_F6YOzeo/s400/00256r.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
<br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">While they were satisfying their thirsts they discovered, in the barnyard, what appeared to be bundles of rags. They investigated the piles of rags. As they drew close they realized they had discovered two dead soldiers. In an adjacent area they found thirteen badly wounded men. They sent immediately for ambulances. These men had been wounded days before and speedy treatment was of the essence.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> The scene was so ghastly that it burned itself into their minds like acid etching a metal plate. It was discovered that almost all of the men were Confederates. The wounded men could not move so they removed the dead from amoung them. An Alabama soldier whose leg had been blown off was moaning despairingly; “Water! Water! Water!” Assistance was immediately given, But the loss of blood had been extensive and he appeared to have only a short time to live.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> A captain who was riding by was attracted by an ambulance near the barn. As he rode near Rev. Parvin, of the Christian Commission, was kneeling in the barnyard, and he was praying with dying Confederate soldier. The captain reigned in his horse, uncovered his head, and listened. He heard the soldier answering a question; and the answer he gave was, “Yes, yes, my trust is in the Lord Jesus.”</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-B5iWk1Ad8jExHldLCb_EMA0pDCEY56UwNhuyty_osoRLdHq7MnO8NpzoBJmNAdObRShSTEeib_w5RiZOUosMukFAeZ5VgAAIsGz1AKD0AfQDNaOG5SlHz9mDskuO0cTgmdr_eoIzSc/s1600/309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-B5iWk1Ad8jExHldLCb_EMA0pDCEY56UwNhuyty_osoRLdHq7MnO8NpzoBJmNAdObRShSTEeib_w5RiZOUosMukFAeZ5VgAAIsGz1AKD0AfQDNaOG5SlHz9mDskuO0cTgmdr_eoIzSc/s400/309.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
<br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Those words were moaned out in great pain and weakness. The scene was one of wretched filth and pained looks. However, out of that scene ascended words of the Christian victory. The final words of the dying Confederate soldier, who was in such a horrible physical state were, “MY TRUST IS IN THE LORD JESUS. I’M AS HAPPY AS A PRINCE.” His words evidenced a resident peace of heart and soul.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> The captain was captured by the dying Confederate that day. He was not captured as a prisoner of war, he was captured by the awesome scene of the dying of one out the Lord’s sheep who hailed from Alabama. The captain forthwith volunteered all the help needed to assure prompt care of the other wounded compatriots of the dying Confederate.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Later the captain confided to Rev. Parvin that he had been more touched by what he had observed in that barnyard, than by all the sermons he had heard in all his lifetime.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> The last words of this Christian soldier in that filthy barnyard should be a testament to us. “My trust is in the Lord Jesus. I’m as happy as a prince.” That is truly an example of victorious dying. One can die victoriously only if he is prepared for death spiritually through Christ the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Thomas Watson reflected over three hundred years ago, “He may look on death with joy who can look on forgiveness with faith.”</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br style="color: black;" /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> A man may joyfully look on death when trough faith he is cast upon Christ Jesus for salvation. Shakespeare once wrote; “Cowards die many time before their death - The valiant never taste of death but once.”</span></b></span></div>Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4136124911692419424.post-5529817753133779022011-09-04T11:45:00.000-07:002011-09-04T16:43:08.505-07:00Tomorrow May Be Too Late<i><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Isaiah 55:6: :Seek ye the Lord while we may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near.”</span></b></i><br />
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<div style="color: black; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Confederate chaplains, armed with a mandate, prepared the Confederate soldiers for battle. They were reminded of the brevity of life and the uncertainty of the future as a hazard of war. The chaplains would follow up the discussion of the Lord’s mandate by continuing the quotation of sacred Scriptures with Hebrews 9:28, “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”<br />
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A part of the soldier’s preparation for fighting was a preparation for dying as Divine Providence dictated.<br />
God must be faced ultimately and every man who would face Him, acceptably, must have the sin-bearer, who is Christ the Lord. The gallant soldiers would then go into battle to face their mortal enemies. In the following post you will see how one Southern soldier faced the final enemy called death.</b></span></div>Scott J. Payne (The Rebel Chaplain)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184400763938607754noreply@blogger.com0