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`` Good-by -- God bless ye , '' said Aunt Debby , taking Rachel to her heart in a passionate embrace , and kissing her repeatedly . `` God bless ye agin . No one ever hed more need o ' His blessin ' then we'uns will fur the next few hours . Ef He does bless us an ' our work we 'll all be safe an ' sound in Gineral Rosencrans ' tent afore noon . But ef His will 's different we 'll be by thet time whar the Rebels cease from troublin ' , and the weary are at rest . I 'm sure thet ef I thot the Rebels war gwine ter whip our men I 'd never want ter see the sun rise ter-morrer . Good-by ; we 're all in the hands o ' Him who seeth even the sparrer 's fall . ''