. Campaigns and battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the war between the states, with incidental sketches of the part performed by other Tennessee troops in the same war. 1861-1865 . fe. Whenhe entered the army, those Christian graces which hecherished with so much prayerful care in his previouslife never yielded to the temptations of army life. Hecherished those graces ^vith more watchful care. Itwas the motto of his daily life in the army that relig-ion is the same in the army as at home, and requireseven more at the hands of its votaries. Captain Parks was buried on t
. Campaigns and battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the war between the states, with incidental sketches of the part performed by other Tennessee troops in the same war. 1861-1865 . fe. Whenhe entered the army, those Christian graces which hecherished with so much prayerful care in his previouslife never yielded to the temptations of army life. Hecherished those graces ^vith more watchful care. Itwas the motto of his daily life in the army that relig-ion is the same in the army as at home, and requireseven more at the hands of its votaries. Captain Parks was buried on the battle-field of Chick-amauga, near the spot ^vhere he fell. After the closeof the \var his remains were removed by his fatherfrom the battle-field to the church-yard at Hebron,w^here they now rest, and the spot is marked by a mar-ble which records the time andplace of his death. 272 Sketches of Officers. COLONEL JOEL A. BATTLE. Joel A. Battle was born in Davidson county, Ten-nessee, September 19, iSii. His father was orig-inallv from North Carolina, andhis mother, Lucinda Mayo Battle, being the owner oflarge estates in that county, he, by inheritance, becamethe possessor of much landed COLONEL JOEL A. BATTLE. Ke was left an orphan at an early age. His educa-tion was limited, there being no good schools near was much beloved by his elders, his reverence forthe ao-ed beinof remarkable even in his childhood. Colonel Battle. 273 In his nineteenth year he was married to Miss SarahSearcy, of Rutherford county, Tennessee. Two yearsafter this marriage his wife died, leaving an only son. Shortly after his wifes death he raised a companynear his home and enlisted in the Florida War. After his return home from the war he met MissAdeline Sanders Mosely, a lady remarkable alike forher native refinement and her firm Christian charac-ter. Six years after his first marriage he was united toMiss Mosely, at her home near the Hermitage. As a quiet farmer, he lived wnth his gr
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