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Defend these

guns,” cried Sweeny. ” If the Rebels try to capture them,

destroy them.” He rode rapidly down the line, the reins

held in his teeth, his only arm grasping the drawn sword;

an erect, slight figure, with military bearing and com-

manding eyes. The Illinois men lay down a little to the

rear of the battery. The four rifled guns were doing splen-

did work. Company I had never seen a battery in close

action before. The gunners were serving the pieces, with

clock-like precision, loading, firing and sponging with speed

and accuracy. At the discharge of a piece, the gun car-

riage leapt from the ground, a jet of flame, tw r ice the

length of the gun, shot from its mouth, and the shell tore

wide gaps in the oncoming lines of gray.

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Suddenly, out of a copse, eighty rods to the right, came

a body of men in four files, on the run. They were dressed

in blue, sons of wealthy citizens in New Orleans, the

” Crescent Zouaves,” the pride of Pond’s Brigade. They

were so near that the Dundee men could hear the order of

their officers, as they executed the movement, ” on the

right, by file, into line.” Their eyes were on the prize of

the battery and they had not yet seen the Northern regi-

ment lying in the grass behind.

” Steady, men, steady !

The evening we lay at Fort

Henry will never be forgotten. A moment’s time, a minute’s space,

Removes me to yon heavenly place,

Or shuts me up in Hell.’

At the close, my grandmother lifted me up and asked

me to touch the white face and I was startled at its icy

coldness.”

We cannot analyze the character of Jerome Davis, with-

out full recognition of the qualities that his mother gave

him.

From his hard-working father he received the shrewd,

practical judgment, the resourcefulness under new and

trying conditions, the determination and iron will that had

marked the Davis family for generations and made it

typical of the stalwart, indomitable spirit of the American

pioneer. It was the mother, however, who kindled in her

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boy those spiritual qualities, which uniting with the stal-

wart nature of the father, created the soldier missionary of

later years. From his mother came that sensitiveness to

the suffering and rights of others, that unusual capacity for

sympathy and quick intuition, which made him all his life

a valued counsellor and friend. His mother gave him, too,

the capacity for religious faith, the appreciation of the

unseen realities of the spiritual world that glorified his life

as a missionary. It was his mother to whom he owed the

artistic side of his nature, the chivalry, ambition and broad

interest in men and affairs. And, finally, it was the moral

courage of the Woodbury line of military men, united to

the physical hardihood of the Davis stock, that fixed in him

those heroic fighting qualities which characterized him in

every relationship in which he stood.

CHAPTER II

THE FORGING OF THE BLADE

THE years following the mother’s death were heavy

years in the Davis home. The father’s third mar-

riage was not a success and the family was gradually

involved in debt. This period of unhappy home condi-

tions and family trouble supplied the influences that led to

Jerome’s conversion. He was not yet fourteen, but his

environment was rapidly maturing him. ” Until I was

thirteen I had no very serious religious impressions.

As far as danger is concerned, in an engagement I shall be

an Aide de Camp for the General, and mounted officers are

in more danger than men on foot.” His self-imposed re-

tirement from the staff social activities made it possible

for him to acquire that thorough familiarity with the

technicalities of his work which resulted in the marked

confidence placed in him by his general. He seems to have

merited the praise of a fellow officer, of this period,

” Lieutenant Davis was a splendid soldier. Company I would not reinlist until Lieutenant

Davis would promise that he would remain with them. The Fifty-second was now attached to the Sixteenth Army

Corps which formed the right wing of Sherman’s army and

participated in the tremendous strategical movements of

the Chattanooga and Atlanta campaigns. If you have any sort of questions concerning where and the best ways to utilize נערות ליווי בבאר שבע, you can contact us at our site. He

participated in the battles of Bunker Hill, Bennington and

Saratoga and fought for seven years in the Continental

Army.

He was so fond of Nature and the joys of life in the open,

of plowtime and harvest, of corn-husking and ” sugaring

off,” that the crowded events of seventy years did not dim

the memories of his childhood. I felt that I could honorably go only

by severing my connection with the college, נערות ליווי באשקלון and this would

probably defeat my plans for an education and for my

life work. The hundreds of soldiers of nearly every rank with whom he

came into personal contact presented the greatest possible

chance for making his life count for men. I fear they will all be lost.’ Then

came the funeral, and the choir in the high gallery sang

to the tune of ‘ Ganges,’ the hymn,

‘ Lo, on a narrow neck of land

1 Twixt two unbounded seas I stand,

Yet how insensible. About mid-

way, as they topped a long incline, they came face to face

with a squad of Confederate cavalry climbing the slope

toward them. The Second Brigade spent the winter of ’63-’64 in Pu-

laski, Tenn. After dinner he offered me a cigar, and

when I declined that, too, he said, with some warmth,

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1 Well, where do you expect to die when you go to!

Then, too, I sometimes yielded to my quick

temper, when everything would turn dark and I would fear

that I was not a Christian and after much discouragement

I would go to Christ again and find peace and pardon. At last with a force of will the strongest

that I had ever put forth, I compelled myself to kneel

down and ask God to forgive me and Christ to save me. We marched

the whole distance to Bear Creek, twenty miles, that night,

the last half only halting ten minutes. A comrade grasped

the staff, as he sank to the ground, weak with loss of blood. I shall promote

that man, Sir, shall promote that man! BELOIT COLLEGE 23

The college year drew toward Commencement, and

though, as yet, the war had made few gaps among the

students, the echo of arms was already in the air, a heavy

cloud of suspense hung over the college, and as the stu-

dents bade each other ” Good-bye,” none knew what

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