Title: The preacher's tale
Description: "In the fall of 1861, fifty-one-year-old Rev. Francis Springer enlisted in the Union army. The following spring, Reverend Springer, a friend of and one-time neighbor to Abraham Lincoln, rode away with the 10th Illinois Cavalry. A witness to the Battle of Prairie Grove (December 1862), Springer was later named post chaplain at Fort Smith, where, in addition to preaching and ministering to the troops, he was placed in charge of refugees - widows, orphans, and contrabands.

During this period, Springer also wrote articles and columns in the Fort Smith New Era under the pseudonym "Thrifton."" "The Preacher's Tale includes several never-before-published photographs, and appendixes that contain accounts of six military executions that Springer participated in as a Union Army chaplain, the last letters home of two rebel soldiers condemned and executed at Fort Smith, as well as a eulogy written for Abraham Lincoln."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Arkansas Civil War, 1861-1865, Chaplains, Diaries, History, Military Chaplains, Military life, Missouri Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, Social aspects, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army, Military chaplains, United states, army, history, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, Arkansas, history, Missouri, history
Places: Arkansas, Missouri, United States
People: Francis Springer (1810-1892)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865