The Missouri in the Civil War Message Board

From Revelations to Second Chronicles

Saved by a Bible

"Mrs. A. P. Woolery is in possession of a pocket Bible which was carried by her former husband, Philip H. Rudasill, and was the means of saving his life at the battle of Wilson's Creek, in September (sic), 1861. During the fight a minnie ball struck the Bible, which was in Mr. Rudasill's left breast pocket, cutting it from Revelations to Second Chronicles, where the bullet stopped. Mr. Rudasill was knocked to the ground by the force of the bullet, but was not otherwise hurt. He was saved by the Bible, and had more faith in it after than ever before."

Butler Weekly Times, Butler, Missouri, October 25, 1894.