Rev. Nolley Leads the Charge
The Rev. George Washington Nolley, who died recently at Ashland, Virginia, had been fifty years in active service in the Methodist ministry. He led a charge of the Confederate troops at Brook Creek, near Richmond, Va. The story is told that just before the battle a voice was heard crying out, "Where is my boy? I am looking for my boy." When the owner of the voice appeared in sight it was the Rev. Mr. Nolley. The troops called out, "Go back, old gentleman! go back; you will get hurt." The answer was, "I can go wherever my boy has to go, and the Lord is here." When the order, "Forward!" was given, and the men made one more charge, Mr. Nolley is reported to have rushed ahead with a big stick in one hand and his hat in the other, crying, "Come on, boys, come on!"