Faith in the Fight

[David Lockmiller]

Full title "Faith in the Fight - Civil War Chaplains"

It was often the chaplains unpleasant duty to write to the parents of a soldier who died during the war, here is a copy of such a letter...

"It is my painful duty to announce to you the death of your son, Thomas Maddox, a sergeant of Second Kentucky Regiment.

He was killed in the battle of Hartsville, December 7, 1862. One ball entered his arm, another his breast, a third his mouth, which being partially opened did not in the least disfigure his face.

I think that the last line quoted above was unnecessary and not beneficial to the family. "He died of multiple gunshot wounds" would have been satisfactory and much kinder to the feelings of the family.