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C. T. (Charles Todd) Quintard
1824–1898
A physician-turned-clergyman, he moved from medicine into ministry and became a leading Episcopal voice in Tennessee during and after the Civil War. He is also remembered as an early builder of the University of the South at Sewanee.
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Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee Being His Story of the War (1861-1865)
by C. T. (Charles Todd) Quintard
About the author
Born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1824, Charles Todd Quintard trained as a doctor before settling in Tennessee. While teaching at Memphis Medical College, he studied for the Episcopal ministry, was ordained in the 1850s, and built a career that joined practical service, education, and church leadership.
During the Civil War, Quintard served as both chaplain and surgeon for Confederate forces. After the war, he became the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee and played a major role in rebuilding church life in the state.
He is especially associated with the University of the South, where he helped revive the project after the war and served as its first vice-chancellor. Quintard died in 1898, leaving behind a life remembered for medicine, ministry, and institution-building.