Chaplain pics wanted

[Rmhisteach]

I have read a little on Civil War Chaplains. They mentioned that some CS Chaplains were armed and some were not . What I want to know is do any of you or have any of you seen a picture of a Chaplain armed with a firearm or a blade ???? If so please post .

[Rmhisteach]

Re: Chaplain pics wanted

wow! this guys was armed & dangerous ---

Medal of Honor recipient Lt. James Hill, the "Fighting Chaplain" was decorated for bravery at Champion's Hill.

Rev. James Hill of Cascade, Iowa, organized a company of volunteers in 1862. This company of 97 men were sworn in as Company "I" of the 21st Iowa Infantry. During the battle of Champion's Hill in May of 1863 that Lt. Hill unexpectedly came upon three Confederate pickets and, by quick thinking, deceived the sentries that he was heading up a body of men concealed behind him by motioning them to come forward and compelling the pickets to drop their weapons. He thus avoided capture and, instead, captured the rebel sentries and escorted them back to headquarters. He was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. After Vicksburg, Lt. Hill was unanimously elected Chaplain of the 21st Iowa by the men of his Company.

[Shockoe Hill Cats]

Re: Chaplain pics wanted

Try these two texts for possible images:

Chaplain Davis and Hood's Texas Brigade: Being an Expanded Edition of the Reverend Nicholas A. Davis's the Campaign from Texas to Maryland, With the Battle of Fredericksburg (Richmond, 1863). Nicholas A. Davis, Donald E. Everett (Editor). LSU Press, 1962.

Memoirs of Chaplain Life: Three Years in the Irish Brigage with the Army of the Potomac (Irish in the Civil War). William Corby, Lawrence Frederick Kohl (editor). Fordham Univ Press, 1992.