The next man I saw shot

[JWheeler331]

"The next man I saw shot was Captain Lewis. He was hit with a spent ball, square in the forehead, but high up and with sufficient force for the ball to stick.

He picked it out and called my attention to it. I told him if the wound was painful, he had better retire. But, he replied, "No, not for that." Very soon he received a shot in the hand. The two was enough for him and he retired.

I afterwards told him that in our association, I had hoped to convert him to Campbellism (a religious doctrine), but since Yankee bullets could not penetrate his head, there was no use in trying Campbellite argument, and I should have to give up. He is a Methodist to this day."



- Colonel Sydney Drake Jackman, C.S.A., - Describing the fight at Lone Jack, Missouri, August 16th, 1862 - From his published memoirs, "Behind Enemy Lines" , Compiled & Edited by Richard L. Norton.


Photo: Col. Jackman

 

[wondering]

Wow. That guy was one tough son of a gun.

 

[TerryB]

Campbellite was what my grandparents called the Church of Christ.

 

[JWheeler331]

Campbellite was what my grandparents called the Church of Christ.

My grandmother attends a Church of Christ.

 

[TerryB]

My grandmother attends a Church of Christ.

And my brother and sister-in-law. We grew up Methodist and Presbyterian.

 

[Dave Wilma]

Anyone knows you don't shoot Confederate captains in the head.

 

[Free Agent]

Growing up we were Pedestrians.
We walked to church.

 

[Georgia Sixth]

Anyone knows you don't shoot Confederate captains in the head.

Yeah, it's a waste of bullets.

 

[Georgia Sixth]

Campbellite was what my grandparents called the Church of Christ.

Here in Texas, the Campbellites have a double name: Disciples of Christ (Christian Church).

 

[Red Harvest]

I nearly posted this same story a few days ago...

According to Kip Lindberg and Matt Matthews article on the battle, Campbellism was known by names such as: the Restoration Movement, Disciples of Christ, and the Christian Church.

Jackman was a hybrid of regular and guerrilla and didn't return to Missouri after the war. His account of Lone Jack is one of the primary ones available, but seems self-serving and is very critical of his fellow officers.