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through the village telling the story of what they had done, and of course, the news soon spread.
“In the meantime some passerby had seen the body of the dead soldier and had notified Col. Settle, and he and his wife had gone immediately to the scene and after wrapping the body in a blanket, had quickly buried it.
“A little later a detachment of Federal soldiers was passing through the village, and hearing through some sympathizer, perhaps, of the killing of one of their men, swore vengeance upon the ‘rebels/ even Jhough their man was a deserter. Soon they came upon two of Mosby’s men and captured them. One of these soldiers was a young Baptist preacher, whose name was Willis. The Yanks declared they would loll one of the men in retaliation of the death of their comrade, and compelled the men to draw straws and thus decide who was to dig. The companion of young Willis drew the fatal straw, and he immediately became greatly distressed, declaring that he was not ready to die and that he had five young children dependent upon him.
“Then the young Christian warrior, Willis, stepped forward and surrendered his life, snaring he was ready to die and had no one dependent upon him—a marvelous instance of a great love, for ‘greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for a friend.’
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