Stories Of Faith And Courage From The Civil War (Battlefields & Blessings)

Stories Of Faith & Courage From The Civil War The period from 1861-1865 proved to be one of the greatest periods of trial and suffering in our nations history. A significant lapse of time had passed since America had engaged in the horrors of war. After the war of 1812, little memory remained of the fact that war could be hell. A veteran of the war with Mexico, General Stonewall Jackson wrote to his wife... Show More and said, "People who are anxious to bring on war don’t know what they are bargaining for; they don’t see all the horrors that must accompany such an event." When the prospect of a War Between the States became a reality, the average age of a young soldier was twenty-two. To an aspiring young man who was bored with life on the farm, the romanticism and exhilaration of battle was an allurement that soon tried the faith and physical stamina of all who crossed war’s threshold. The threat of losing life and limb from a hailstorm of bullets and shrapnel was compounded by the ever-present danger of dysentery, and all sorts of diseases with little means for treatment. In spite of these frustrating circumstances, many of the soldiers found great consolation and relief through prayer and reading the Bible. Battlefields and Blessings Stories of Courage and Faith from the Civil War is a devotional book that opens a rare treasure chest of intimate thoughts and feelings illustrated from the private letters and diaries of both men and women of faith during the Civil War period. The courage and faith examples of these soldiers of Christ will inspire both the mind and heart of every reader who desires to have a closer walk with God. Table of Contents: * January 9th--A True-Blue Christian, From the Diary of Rachel Cormany, wife of a Union Soldier * February 11th--The Faith That Nothing Can Shake, Rev. J. B. Ramsey’s observation of Stonewall Jackson’s complete trust in God. * March 6th--The Blessing of Failure, Robert E. Lee’s post-war lesson to one of his students * May 8th--The Influence of a Godly Mother, Nurse Hannah Ropes touching story from a Union hospital * June 17th--Peace Which Flows Like a River, The promotion of Major Thomas Jackson * July 3rd--The Escape of Henry ‘Box’ Brown, An ingenious slave escape to the North * August 31st--Be Ready to Move at a Moments Notice, Experiences of a Confederate Chaplain * September 3rd--The Children of the Battlefield, The search for a dead soldier’s three children * October 2nd--A Confederate Revival, The testimony of a Confederate Chaplain * November 11th--The Handwriting on the Wall, Spiritual insight from Union soldier John Quincy Adams Campbell * December 25th--Christmas Bells, A Christmas Carol Connection to the Civil War Show Less