Prayer at the Dedication of the National Cemetery Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
O God our Father, for the sake of Thy Son our Savior, inspire us with Thy Spirit and sanctify us to the right fulfillment of the duties of this occasion.
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Peter Preble
Faith • Grief • History • Hope
Tag Civil War Chaplains
The Fuller Bible
"If any regret were mine, it would be that I am not able to remain with my regiment longer, but this is, doubtless, in God's providence."
Civil War Chaplain Medal of Honor Recipients
I pay tribute to the four chaplains who were recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor for their service during the United States Civil War.
Horatio Stockton Howell
Tucked on a side street in Gettysburg Pennsylvania is a small monument to Horatio Stockton Howell, Chaplain with the 90th Pennsylvania Regiment that was killed on the steps of College Lutheran Church. The Church had been established as a Union…
Chaplain George Hughes Hepworth
“Good-by for a year.”1 These were the words spoken by the Harvard-educated Unitarian minister in Boston as he prepared to leave for service with the with the 47 Massachusetts Infantry Regiment in the United States Civil War. His French mother…
Rev. Joseph Henry Thayer, Chaplain 40th Massachusetts
The Reverend Joseph Henry Thayer was born November 7, 1828 in Braintree Massachusetts to Joseph Thayer and Evelina Stetson Thayer. He studied at the Boston Latin School and graduated from Harvard in 1850. He went on to study theology at…
Arthur Buckminster Fuller, Preacher, Chaplain, and Patriot
When I began my study of the chaplaincy during the time of the American Civil War, the first person I came across was the Reverend Arthur Buckminster Fuller. He graduated from Harvard College in 1842 and then Harvard Divinity in…
The Absolution at Gettysburg
One Hundred and Fifty years ago, two great armies were marching toward the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. The inhabitants of this small town numbered only 8,000 souls and they were going to be in the middle of the one…