Physician and clergyman (1824-1898) who became the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and the first vice-chancellor of the University of the South. During the Civil War, he became known as the 'Chaplain of the Confederacy' for his service in the Rock City Guards and 1st Tennessee Infantry Regiment; he also compiled the 'Confederate Soldiers' Pocket Manual of Devotions,' printed in Charleston in 1863. Uncommon 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait by J. Gurney & Son of New York, signed on the mount in ink, "Yrs ever, C. T. Quintard." In fine condition.
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