Trained as a physician and ordained an Episcopal priest, Charles
Todd Quintard (1824--1898) was a remarkable man by the standard of
any generation. Born, raised, and educated in the North, he
migrated to the South to pursue a medical career but was inspired
by the bishop of Tennessee to serve the church. When Tennessee
seceded from the Union in May 1861, Quintard joined the Confederate
1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment as its chaplain and during the
maelstrom of the Civil War kept a diary of his experiences. He
later penned a memoir, which was published posthumously in
1905.
Sam Davis Elliott combines a previously unpublished portion of
the diary with Quintard's memoir in Doctor Quintard, Chaplain
C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee. Quintard offers an unusual
perspective and insightful observations gained from ministering to
soldiers and civilians as both a priest and a physician. With
thoughtful editing and annotating, Quintard's writings provide a
valuable window into the high command of the Army of Tennessee at
some of its more critical junctures and substantial detail of the
last eight months of the war in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama,
and Georgia.
Quintard was present during the early fighting in Virginia,
marched into Kentucky with Braxton Bragg, attended to the wounded
at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, witnessed two Confederate retreats
from Middle Tennessee, and watched the Federal armies overrun the
Deep South in the spring of 1865. He met such diverse personages as
Robert E. Lee and Federal Major General James H. Wilson; prayed
with Bragg, Leonidas Polk, and John Bell Hood; shared a bed once
with Nathan Bedford Forrest; and performed the sad duty of
conducting the funerals of Patrick Cleburne and others killed at
Franklin, Tennessee. Throughout his military service, he organized
hospitals and relief efforts, filled in as a parish priest, and
served as chaplain at large of the Army of Tennessee.
After the war, Quintard became the prime mover in the revival of
Leonidas Polk's dream of an Episcopal Church--sponsored University
of the South, and in 1865 he was consecrated bishop of Tennessee, a
position he held until his death. These interesting and lively
war-year remembrances of one of the Confederacy's most exceptional
characters shed new light on the little-known western theater's
military, civilian, and religious fronts.
General
Imprint: |
Louisiana State University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2003 |
First published: |
April 2003 |
Authors: |
Sam Davis Elliott
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
285 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8071-2846-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8071-2846-5 |
Barcode: |
9780807128466 |
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