Thomas Hooke McCallie wrote a memoir in 1902 reporting for the
benefit of his children what he knew of his family's immigration to
the New World, of his education at Union Theological Seminary in
New York City, of his courtship and marriage-and in more detail the
trials and tribulations that befell him, his family and his church
during the tumultuous years of the Civil War. THM, as the editor
calls him throughout the book, opposed secession by his home state
of Tennessee and refused to support the Confederacy either as a
soldier or as a minister. And, with equal vigor he opposed the
Federal government's resolve to preserve the Union by force of
arms. His determination not to support either side of the conflict
was the perfect formula for being harassed by both sides. Much of
the memoir turns on the troubled existence resulting for THM, his
family and his church because of his fixed view of right and wrong
at this catastrophic moment in our nation's history.
In spite of the detailed reporting of pain and privation
suffered during the war, the editor feels the real theme of the
story is the way THM and his wife face every new crisis with
prayer-prayer and faith that their prayers would be heard. Early in
the war THM preached to Confederates soldiers who found their way
to his church and later in the war, after the Union Army occupied
Chattanooga, to Union soldiers, never changing the message because
of the color of the uniform. The message? That every man, whether
dressed in blue or gray, must know the saving Grace of Jesus
Christ.
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