Doing research for my new novel Rebel Preacher boy I came across some interesting facts to share. Confederate Generals Receive Jesus Christ As Savior And Lord More and more as these brave soldiers suffered against the relentlessly overwhelming odds of the Union army they came to realize that their only sure hope was in God above. Among the battle-hardened veteran Confederate generals who repented of their sins and put their trust in Jesus Christ alone for their eternal salvation were Generals William J. Hardee, John Bell Hood, and Joseph E. Johnston. All three, at one time or another, served as the overall commander of the Army of Tennessee. Another Commanding General of the Army of Tennessee was General Braxton Bragg who was led to the Lord and baptized just months earlier by Confederate chaplain Dr. E. C. Quintard at Shelbyville, Tennessee. “A Mississippi soldier wrote in a letter home: ‘The religious spirit transcended rank. Lieutenant-General {Leonidas} Polk, an Episcopalian bishop in civil life, baptized Generals Johnston, Hardee, and Hood while at Dalton. Particularly touching was the baptism of Hood, who, unable to kneel because of his amputated leg, supported himself on a crutch and bowed his head…Nearly all of our first generals have joined the Church.’”4
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 01:41:23 +0000
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