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C.T. Quintard signed Book of Prayer, Confederate

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Signed Book of Common Prayer by Confederate Chaplain, Charles Todd Quintard. Inscribed inside cover, "Miss (or Mrs?) Wilson with regards of her friend C. T. Quintard". Additional inscription, "Hold fast the form of sound words. 2 Timothy I.13 23rd June 1864." Prayer written by Quintard inside cover, "O Almighty God, who hast built Thy Church upon a foundation of the Apostles + Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head cornerstone; grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." "Miss Wilson" probably refers to Fanny Wilson. C. T. Quintard was a trained surgeon who later became an ordained Episcopal Chaplain to the 1st Tennessee Regiment of the Confederate Army. He accompanied General Braxton Bragg at Chattanooga and General Hood at the Battle of Franklin. Quintard was elected as the Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee in September, 1865. He had an integral role in re-establishing Sewanee after the Civil War and served as the school's first Vice-Chancellor. Glen Leven estate.

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