Life of W. J. Joyce

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Excerpt from Life of W. J. Joyce: The History of a Long, Laborious and Happy Life of Fifty-Seven Years in the Ministry in Texas, From the Sabine to the Rio Grande, No Sermons, Three Short Essays, Many Amusing but Instructive Incidents and AnecdotesI was station preacher in Palestine, Texas, when volunteers were called for to defend the rights of the South against the aggressions of the North, and I volunteered. I could not afford to hide behind my profession, when the country called for defenders.A company was made up by Capt. Pete Hardeman from four counties: Nacogdoches, Houston, Cherokee, and Anderson. Nearly all of them were very young men. We organized with Pete Hardiman as captain, John Aycock, first lieutenant, and Marsh Glenn, second lieutenant.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.