John B. McFerrin A Biography

Nashville, TN: House of the M. E. Church, South. Very Good+. 1888. 4th Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The spine of the book cover has some light fading. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the rev erse of the front endpaper. "During the American Civil War of 1861 to 1865, McFerrin served as a Methodist chaplain in the Confederate States Army, converting soldiers to the Methodist Church. Specifically, he served in the Second Corps of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under General Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891). Indeed, he was a proponent of the slavery of African-Americans in the United States. However, his religious service during the war was not without controversy. In a letter to Governor Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) on April 22, 1862, Presbyterian lawyer Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814-1885) blamed him for encouraging secessionist activities in Nashville, as opposed to more moderate Methodists like Reverend Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1824–1889) , Reverend John B. Somers (1801-1876) , Reverend James L. Houston (1806-1888) and Alexander Little Page Green (1806-1874). He was also accused of trying to kidnap freed slaves, in an attempt to retrieve his lost slaves. He eventually surrendered, as the Confederate cause was lost. His estate was ruined by 1865. " (from Wikipedia) .