Vestol's grit

Single-page article from the Nashville Banner titled "Vestol's Grit, the Tennessee Quaker Who Refused to Fight in the Late War," regarding the Quaker Tilgham R. Vestol's refusal to take arms after his conscription into the Confederate Army: "He was told that if he persisted in his course he would be subjected to severe punishment, and finally would be shot for disobedience of orders. He replied that they had the power to kill him, but neither the Federal nor Confederate army possessed the power to force him to abandon his principles, or prove false to his religion."

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