Saturday, August 1\u2014Division moves toward Orange Court House. I go with Bro. Stradley into Gordonville with sick. Moon-light night on the road. Pray with Dr. Adams and his drivers. Get to Regiment one mile beyond Orange Court House before sunrise.<\/p>\n
August 2\u2014Bro. Power preaches in a. m. and I in p. m.<\/p>\n
August 4\u2014Moved camp.<\/p>\n
August 6\u2014Preach in a. m. Prayer meeting at night.<\/p>\n
August 8\u2014Bro. Lacy preaches in Iverson’s old Brigade. Prayer meeting in my Regiment at night.<\/p>\n
Sunday, August 9\u2014Bro. Power preaches in a. m. and I preach in p. m., and meet my church members.<\/p>\n
August 10\u2014Sore throat and chest.<\/p>\n
August 11\u2014Meet Chaplains.<\/p>\n
August 12\u2014Go to Richmond.<\/p>\n
August 13\u2014Very busy. Buy good many things for Regiment. Write to Mary.<\/p>\n
August 14\u2014Return to Regiment. Carry fifty Testaments and Psalms, thirteen Bibles, one hundred hymns, &c., to my Regiment and much to others.<\/p>\n
August 16\u2014Bro. Power preaches in a. m., and I in p. m.<\/p>\n
August 17\u2014In camp. Busy every day. Prayer meeting almost every night.<\/p>\n
August 18\u2014Meet Chaplains. Rev. Dr. Broadus preaches. Pleasant meeting. Marry C. L. Pettit to A. H. Layton at Henry Atkins’.<\/p>\n
August 19\u2014Preach in Dole’s Brigade.<\/p>\n
August 20\u2014Write to Advocate.<\/p>\n
August 21\u2014Fast day. Prayer meeting at sunrise. Preach at 7. Hear Bro. Lacy at Gen. Ewell’s at 11. Preach to 2nd Regiment at 4 p. m. Assist in communion in the 14th at night. I baptize two men. Perhaps one hundred and fifty take Lord’s Supper.<\/p>\n
August 22\u2014Dine at Bro. Newman’s. He and his old Christian wife came to preaching in camp. Her voice, with a thousand male voices, reminded us of the voices of mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters we once heard and now longed to hear again.<\/p>\n
Sunday, 23\u2014I preached at 8:30. Bro. Marshall at 11, at 4 p. m.<\/p>\n
August 24\u2014Built arbor for meeting.<\/p>\n
August 25\u2014Meet Chaplains at Baptist Church and at court house. Dr. Bocock preaches excellent sermon. Rain.<\/p>\n
August 26\u2014Bro. Lacy preaches in 14th Regiment on “Prodigal Son.” Rain.<\/p>\n
August 27\u2014 Ride to 2nd Virginia Regiment with Bros. Hopkins and Anderson on question of correspondence with Chaplains elsewhere.<\/p>\n
August 28\u2014Prayer at sunrise. Preach for Bro. Marshall at 8 a. m. Bro. Moore of 12th Alabama Regiment preaches for Bro. Power at 10 a. m.<\/p>\n
August 29, 30 and 31. Prayer at sunrise each day and preaching every night. Bro. Howard with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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