1840 FOREIGN MISSIONARY CHRONICLE. Owned Presbyterian Civil War Union Spy & Saboteur

Own a piece of Presbyterian history deeply associated with the Civil War. The present missionary annual is excellent in its own right, and the provenance is a snapshot reminding us of the fascinating variety of roles played clergy during the War between the States.  Boldy signed on the ffep, Wm Blount Carter. That would be William Blount Carter [1820-1902]. He was an American Presbyterian minister who intentionally positioned himself in Tennessee to engage in spy-craft and, ultimately, sabotage against the Confederate and Pro-Slavery cause. Born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, his entire family were Southern Unionists, his brothers becoming officers in the Union Army during the War. He left Tennessee to study theology at Princeton. He pastored at Rogersville, TN until ill-health forced him to return to Elizabethton. An avid abolitionist, he voted for Fairmont in 1856 and Lincoln in 1860.At the outbreak of the Civil War, he returned to preaching and offered himself as Chaplain to local chur