Hi Joe,

You need to add “Confederate” to your question. I don’t have a finial number, still searching. Since many churches are used by both the North & South as hospitals I separated field and hospital chaplains.

A research paper “The Work and Impact of Chaplain During the American Civil War”,

the Civil War Chaplains Museum, in Virginia

Presbyterian Heritage Center “Religion & Chaplains during the Civil War”,

General Order 15 and 16 May 4, 1861 U. S. War Department, regarding Christian Chaplains. 14 known Negro Chaplains : fold3

Confederate States of America, War Department, September (19?) 1862, proclamation regarding Chaplains, Confederate Congress bill 102, April 27, 1861. Fold 3 & Presbyterian Heritage Center.

A Primary Source by R. G. Williams, Jr., interview with the grandson of the chaplain.

“Johnny Reb was not only white: he was also black” Dr. Leonard Haynes, Southern University

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss108/bagend-Flags/chaplain/Nelson-Winbush.jpg

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss108/bagend-Flags/chaplain/Nelson.jpg

Happy Trails!
Tom Martin
www.Confederate-flags.org
www.Piedmontflag.com