The Virginia in the Civil War Message Board

Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal

   I found a wounded Federal sitting on the field - a broken thigh, a rifle ball through his arm and a bruised shoulder made him right helpless. His undressed wounds were sore. He asked me if I thought our surgeons would care for him. I assurred him they would. He said he had a wife and two little children in his northern home. His parents were pious and had raised him piously, but he had neglected his own soul. I said: "Brother, Jesus loves you. You came down here to kill my brothers, but I love you." He broke down and sobbed aloud: "You don't talk like one man that came here. He upbraided me." He told me our men had been very good to him during the three or four days he had been there. As one hurried by he would give him water and food, and raise him up to rest certain tired muscles. Another would stop to give him more food and water and lay him down.

Messages In This Thread

Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal
Re: Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal
Re: Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal
Re: Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal
Re: Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal
Re: Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal
Re: Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal
Re: Acts of kindness recorded in Waytt's Jornal