Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-28
Two Fighting Parsons.


r. Anderson, Il met that fighting par,
son, Chaplain Lozier of the Thirty-sev
enth Indiana, under very exciting cir
cumstaIces at Stone River. In the
mix-up Dec. 81, 1862, in the point of
cedars from which the First Kentucky
made charge, my brother was severe
~ wounded and I was assisting him to
a place where the wound could be
dressed We had proceeded only a few
steps when we came across young fell
low with shattered shoulder sitting
on a rock. He asked me for a drink,
and as my canteen strap was short,
stopped over to let him drink from the
canteen.
Just as the wounded man had fin
ished drinking a Rebel broke through
the thicket of cedars into the clear
space where we were and raising his
gun quickly fired point blank at me,
The bullet went through my canteen
and struck the man whom l had just
given a drink squarely in the forehead.
Just at that instant into the clear space
came Captain Lozier supporting a
wounded man of his regiment whose
gun he was carrying. I heard Lozier
say, "You booger, you" saw him let go
Of his wounded man, throw the musket
| quickly to his shoulder and fire.
THAT settled the case OF the Rebel,
and reserving my fire 1 turned again to
the man twice wounded. The bullet
had penetrated the skin on his temple
and ploWed around to point under his
ear, where there was quite lump. He
insisted that the new wound didn't
hurt him, and took the whole affair
very coolly. I wish 1 knew his name
and what became of him. II he is alive
to-day I would burn my shirt to make
a light to see as brave a man as he
was on that terrible day, forty-one
years ago. And Chaplain Lozier, I hope
he is alive, and still a good shot"
"Not far from that same point" said
the captain, another fighting parson.
Colonel Granville Moody of the Sew
enty-fourth Ohio made a very startling
remark-that is to say startling re,
a
on his horse had a better view Of the
advancing Rebels than his men, and
! raising his hands he said very earnest
ly, May God have mercy on those men,
Two minutes later the Rebels opened a
furious fire and there was great ex.
element and confusion.
"In the midst of the commotion the
Rev. Granville Moody of the Methodist
Episcopal Church raised in his stirrups
and shouted, Give them hell, boys !:
give them hellv Two or three years
after that l was attending a Sunday
school convention in Ohio, when one OF
the speakers said jocularly, There are
rumors to the effect that the Rev. Gran
vile Moody, while in command Of his
regiment at the battle Of Stone River
used profane language. / see that
Brother Moody is present. | would like
to have him deny the story.
''Up rose the more than six feet OF
the stalwart fighting parson, as fine q
looking man as ever rode horse or
faced religious convention. There
in those days men who lad returned
from the field We're very popular
Moody made his way to the speakers
platform and smiled down at the tu
mutt. Then he said, Brethren, the
boys say that said "Giye them hell
I don't, think the boys would lie about
their colonel. But / don't remember
that l said those words. My own the
DRY is that l began to. say Give them
Hail Columbia" and that in the furry
l stopped at the word hail. The boys
say that my theory will not hold water
that I pronounced the word hell in the
good old Methodist way and that !
meant it. l hope you will excuse me if
I seem reluctant to say that my boys
lied. l can't say that And with q
whoop of eXultation the Sunday school
workers gathered about the fighting
parson. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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