Christ in the Camp - Religion in Lee's Army | 
 enlarge | Author: J William Jones
Publisher: Diggory Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 1846855438
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9781846855436
ASIN: 1846855438
Publication Date: December 12, 2006
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In the midst of the titanic struggle of the American War Between the States, a spiritual war for the souls of men was waged with equal vigor. From 1861 to 1865, many thousands of soldiers professed Christ as their Savior and Lord, and many more were renewed in their commitment to serve God in camp and battlefield. Herein are recorded stories of the heroism of chaplains who stood in the line of battle to minister to the fallen and to work at the bedside of fatally ill comrades. Some of the army pastors were themselves counted among the slain. It tells of worship services in camps attended by ten, a hundred, or a thousand men gathered to hear the Word of God expounded. Here, too, we read of the Christian generals who supported the many facets of Gospel work: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, and others. Hardback. 624 pgs. By J. William Jones.
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 What a read! June 24, 2008
Takes you back to a time when God was clearly placed first in the lives of most Americans. Refreshing, insighful and inspiring throughout.
Highly recommended!
A Great Read on Revival in the Army of Northern Virginia March 27, 2008
Ironically, I bought this book at the Fredericksburg VA battlefield visitor's center - the area of the one of the Army of Northern Virginia's greatest revivals. I bought this book back in the 1990's and just recently started to read and finish this book.
The book is written by one of the former chaplains in the Army of Northern Virginia and is a record of the revivals the army experienced during the Civil War. Mentioned throughout the book are several examples of entries by various chaplains and preachers of soldiers (officers and enlisted) coming forward to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.
Other areas covered by the book include:
1. Example of Christian officers in the Army of Northern Virginia - Lee, Jackson, Gordon, Ewell, etc.
2. Profiles of several chaplains who served in the army.
3. Places of revival - Fredericksburg, Winchester, etc.
4. Revivals that took place in various brigades - Lane, Daniel, Cobb, Hoke, Law, Barksdale, Dole, Armistead, and several others.
A great book to read if you are interested in the religious life of the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.
Highly recommended!
Christ in the Camp book August 18, 2005
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great book. I have been looking for a book like this for some time but didn't know it existed. Very informative.
Christ in the Camp July 9, 2005
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a great work and should be read. While the Northern Army was not having the Great Revivals the Southern Army was.
Dr. Arthur L. Mellon Ph.D.
Light in the darkness September 9, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book came to be recommended by a pastor whose great-grandfather had been in the Union Army during the Civil War. I found the work very interesting, on several scores. One..it was fascinating to read the way in which people wrote in the days of the war. It may be unfair but seemingly safe to assume that most people in those days were illiterate and unable to write/read.. yet the accounts presented in this book spell out a different picture..of a time when men had skills to paint meaningful word pictures..a skill that is quickly fading away in our day. It was also interesting to note that the men in gray were praying to the same God as were the men in the blue. This irony was also evident in Michael Shaara's award winning book, The Killer Angels of 1974..a work about Gettysburg. If nothing else, this work of Dr. Jones presents yet another piece of important information in regard to the battle between the states and deserves to be reviewed by any serious student of American history. The work is not about the war so much as it is about the men behind the cannons, behind the rifles, seeking God in difficult moments, and of pastors and others who were there in those dark days, shedding light into a dismal situation. Though the book is written from the Southern perspective, we may wish to assume much of the same kind of evangelistic efforts were being conducted north of the Mason-Dixon Line. This is an old book but simply because it is old doesn't mean it isn't valuable. There are treasures here to be appreciated.
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