[History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson]@TWC D-Link bookHistory Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. CHAPTER XXVI 21/27
Her husband continued his self-denying labors four years longer, until, seeing no prospect of her recovery, he believed his duty required him to follow her.
It was then a time of civil war in his native land, and his public spirit led him to accept an invitation from a regiment of cavalry to be their chaplain.
A detachment, with which he was connected, was surprised early in the morning of August 3, 1861, and he fell, shot in the head before he was fairly out of his tent.[1] [1] See _Missionary Herald_, 1862, p.
321. In courage, enterprise, tact, and efficacy, Mr.Dunmore stood in the front rank of missionaries.
"He did not write much of what he did," says Mr.Walker, his successor at Diarbekir.
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