United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Chaplains
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin St. James Fry diary
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232477437]
Identifier: MSS SC 816
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of the handwritten diary of Reverend Benjamin Fry, a prominent Methodist minister, written between September 28, 1861, and August 4, 1863, while serving as a military chaplain to the 22nd Regiment of the Ohio Voluntary Infantry during the Civil War. At the end of the diary, Fry includes two pages of dates and corresponding scripture references, which seem to be topics for sermons he (and sometimes others) gave in three different camps during the war. Materials dated 1861 to...
Dates:
1861-1863
Phineas Densmore Gurley letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309723]
Identifier: MSS SC 1145
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and signed letter written in Washington DC, dated Oct. 31, 1862, and addressed to Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), President of the United States. Gurley states that the Reverend Alexander W. Sproull is of good character and is very devoted to his work. He recommends Sproull for the position of "Hospital Chaplaincy."
Dates:
1862 October 31