Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: March 11, 1863

Had a note yesterday from Gen. Jackson, promising to do all he could to get a letter I sent him for Sister Julia, across the lines. His note had hardly anything else in it than earnest breathings after heavenly peace and rest. He surely is a most devoted Christian. All his letters to Mr. P., and he writes right often, are full of religious experiences and utterances, and pleadings for prayer for himself and his country. He is quite absorbed now in trying to provide chaplains for his army.

SOURCE: Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, p. 160-1

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