Chapter XIX: Revs. R. N. T. Holliday and Green Woods

_Rev. R. N. T. Holliday_—Statement of his Persecutions Furnished by Dr.
Richmond, a Federal Officer—Could not War upon the Institutions of
Heaven—Mr. Holliday aloof from Politics—Misconstrued—General Wm. P.
Hall and his Militia Proclamation—General Hall and Mr.
Holliday—General Bassett—Rev. Wm. Toole, Provost-Marshal, and Mr.
Holliday—A Renegade—Platte City Burned by Jennison and Mr. H.
Ordered to be Shot on Sight—He Escapes—Is Arrested in Clinton
County—Again Ordered to be Shot—Escapes to Illinois—Returns in
1865—Goes to Shelbyville and is Indicted, for Preaching Without
Taking the Oath—Crimes of the War—Common Law Maxim
Reversed—Prominent Ministers of the M. E. Church, South, Assumed to
be Guilty of Treason—Murder of _Rev. Green Woods_—Birth, Early
Ministry and General Character—Gives up his District—Retires to his
Farm in Dent County—Affecting Account of his Murder given by his
Daughter—Extract from a Letter Written by his Wife—Details Published
in the St. Louis _Advocate_ of June 13, 1866—Reflections.