{"id":327,"date":"2013-01-31T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.bowdoin.edu\/arch\/civil-war-blog\/?p=327"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:29:08","slug":"january-31-1863","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/2013\/01\/31\/january-31-1863\/","title":{"rendered":"January 31, 1863"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-328\" title=\"1-31\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/12\/1-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-328\" title=\"1-31\" src=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/12\/1-31-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/12\/1-31-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/12\/1-31-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/civil-war-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/12\/1-31-680x1024.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> [Louisiana] Had the monthly Regimental Inspection at 10 o\u2019clock\u2014inspection by the field officers of the Regt., and not \u201cby one of the General\u2019s staff,\u201d as we expected\u00a0 The men appeared better than on any other occasion of the kind.\u00a0 In the afternoon the tents 7 grounds were minutely inspected. After this I went down to see our sick men in the Hospital\u2014found them all apparently improving except Gorham Gould.\u00a0 He had evidently failed since I last saw him\u2014his mind has been wandering at times for a day or two, though he recognizes me &amp; talked quite rationally a part of the time.\u00a0 He told me what I had never suspected, that he thought he experienced religion when seventeen years old, but of late years he had gone far astray\u2014said he was ashamed of the bad language he had indulged in.\u00a0 He told me his mother &amp; sister are Christians, &amp; no doubt are praying for him.\u00a0 I told him I had long prayed for him, that if it was God\u2019s will he might be restored to health, and if not, that he might be prepared for death.\u00a0 I presented his case at the prayer meeting this evening, asking the brethren to remember him at the throne of grace.\u00a0 May the Savior manifest himself to him, and if he has ever been a child of God, may he be brought back to the fold from which he has wandered so far, and if he has never been born again may he be led by the Spirit to cast himself wholly on the mercy of God and find true joy and peace in believing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archivesspace.bowdoin.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/1540\">Diary of Isaac Winslow Case [Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Louisiana] Had the monthly Regimental Inspection at 10 o\u2019clock\u2014inspection by the field officers of the Regt., and not \u201cby one of the General\u2019s staff,\u201d as we expected\u00a0 The men appeared better than on any other occasion of the kind.\u00a0 In the afternoon the tents 7 grounds were minutely inspected. 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