. Southern heroes;. to Thee, O Lord, and to Thee alone for help !Thou art our shepherd and shield, our comfort andstay! AVilliam Hockett was first conscripted 9th month27th, 1862, and taken to Greensboro, the county-seatof his county. He was furloughed home until thefirst of the next month, when he presented himself tothe authorities, according to promise. A secondtime he was allowed to return home, and then he wentasain to Greensboro, and from there was sent to Ea-leisli. Through the influence of Colonel Coble hewas furloujrhed home from here until called for. As we have seen, he was concerne
. Southern heroes;. to Thee, O Lord, and to Thee alone for help !Thou art our shepherd and shield, our comfort andstay! AVilliam Hockett was first conscripted 9th month27th, 1862, and taken to Greensboro, the county-seatof his county. He was furloughed home until thefirst of the next month, when he presented himself tothe authorities, according to promise. A secondtime he was allowed to return home, and then he wentasain to Greensboro, and from there was sent to Ea-leisli. Through the influence of Colonel Coble hewas furloujrhed home from here until called for. As we have seen, he was concerned for the welfareof his country. He was trusting in God, and althoughhe was as yet permitted to remain at home, he wasaware of his liability to be arrested upon any times he had answered the summons of themilitary authorities to appear at Greensboro and Ra-leigh, but was allowed to return home, probably onaccount of his being hard of hearing. He has re-corded in his journal that some time before the time. WILLIAM B. HOCKETT SOUTHERN HEROES. 233 came for him to go to the army I was shown a visionthat I would be carried off to the war and have tosuffer many things. The thought of leaving my wifewith a bahe in her arms and family unprovided fordistressed me very much, and I plead that the waymight be made for me to stay with them. But headds: I was clearly shown that it was the will of theLord that I should leave all, and that he would be ahusband to my wife and a father to my children, andthat they should lack nothing in my absence ; that ifI was obedient to manifest duty, I should return withthe reward of peace and find all well. This mademe cry : Not my will, but Thine, O Lord, be done !My dear partner strengthened me, saying: Be faith-ful, William, for I would rather hear of thy dyinga martyr for Christs sake than that thou shoidd sinagainst him by staying with me. So on the eighthday of sixth month, 1863, we bade each other fare-well. Before he was taken away a ne
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