Union Chaplains

Rev William Corby, 88th New York Volunteer Infantry
Chaplain George H. Hepworth, 47th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Chaplain Alonzo Quint, 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, USA
Chaplain Peter Cooney, Roman Catholic, 35th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Chaplain Clay Trumbull, 10th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, USA
Chaplain Joseph H. Twitchell, 71st New York Volunteers, USA Twitchell became Mark Twain’s pastor after the war

Confederate Chaplains

 

 

Atticus Haygood, 15th Georgia, later President of Emory College and a Methodist Bishop
Chaplain Robert Franklin Bunting Chaplain Robert Franklin Bunting, 8th Texas Cavalry, CSA, also known as Terry’s Texas Rangers
Chaplain J. William Jones Chaplain J. William Jones, 13th Virginia, in Confederate uniform
CDr. Robert Dabney Dr. Robert Dabney, General Stonewall Jackson's Chaplain
Chaplain Thomas Caskey Chaplain Thomas Caskey, 16th Mississippi Cavalry

The Impact of Chaplain Ministry during the Civil War:

  • 150,000 Confederate soldiers rededicated or were baptized during the war.
  • Eighty percent of college students in the South after the war found their religious faith while in the Confederate Army.
  • Thirteen former Confederate chaplains consecrated as bishops by 1892.
  • Twelve former Confederate chaplains became presidents of major colleges.
  • By 1890 church membership and the value of church property were double that of 1860. New growth included 10,000 new Baptist churches in Texas.
  • Former Union Army chaplains also helped with the rebuilding of the South.
  • Bishop Atticus Haygood emphasized the rise of “The New South.” But the Southern Churches conserved traditions. No major Protestant denomination except for the Protestant Episcopal Church reunited in the 19th century.