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Front: Rev. J.W. Jones, D.D.

September 25, 1836 – March 17, 1909

PASTOR ~ Little River Baptist Church – Louisa County, Virginia

CHAPLAIN ~ Army of Northern Virginia

SECRETARY ~ Southern Historical Society, 1875 – 1887

AUTHOR ~ “Christ in the Camp”

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In his book, “Christ in the Camp” Rev. John William Jones states, “Any history of that army which omits an account of the wonderful influence of religion upon it – which fails to tell how the courage, discipline and morale of the whole as influenced by the humble piety and evangelical zeal of many of its officers and men – would be incomplete and unsatisfactory. . . Scarcely a company moved without some public religious service, and it was considered a most important part of each man’s equipment that he should carry in his knapsack a copy of God’s word.” “In 1865 I was solicited by many of my fellow chaplains and by General Lee himself, to prepare this chapter of our history.”