CHAPTER X: REV. THOMAS SCULLY, Chaplain 9th Mass. Vet. Bal.

Vespers and Confession in camp -- Burial of Sergent Regan -- Praying under difficulties -- Hearing the confessions of the men under fire -- Services on the Peninsula -- His address to the home Guard -- His capture and escape -- A night in the swamps. A prisoner again -- A brutal officer -- Taken to Richmond -- His release and return to army life -- Amusing incidents -- His failing health -- He leaves the army and returns to Boston.