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The Fighting Parson
The Fighting Parson may refer to: People *James Caldwell (clergyman), James Caldwell, American Presbyterian minister and supporter of the American Revolution *John M. Chivington, American Methodist pastor who served as colonel in the United States Volunteers during the Colorado War and the New Mexico Campaigns of the American Civil War *Fountain E. Pitts, American Methodist pastor, Confederate chaplain and colonel in the American Civil War *Joseph Roby, American Congregationalist minister and supporter of the American Revolution *Pleasant Tackitt, American politician, pioneer Methodist minister, stockman, teacher, farmer, Indian fighter and Confederate Officer *Frederick Wedge, American boxer and clergyman Films *''The Fighting Parson (1930 film), The Fighting Parson'', a 1930 film starring Harry Langdon *''The Fighting Parson (1933 film), The Fighting Parson'', a 1933 film starring Hoot Gibson Theater *''The Fighting Parson'', a play by Marty Gervais based on the life of J O L Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Caldwell (clergyman)
James Caldwell (April 1734 – November 24, 1781) was a Presbyterian minister who played a prominent part in the American Revolution. Biography Caldwell was born in Cub Creek in Charlotte County, Province of Virginia, the seventh son of John and Margaret Caldwell, who were Scots-Irish settlers, and traced their ancestry to Huguenots who fled France to Scotland in the 16th century, established Caldwell Castle and later defended the Ulster Plantation and Derry. James Caldwell graduated from the College of New Jersey (later called Princeton University) in 1759 and, although he inherited in Cub Creek, chose to become pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He was an active partisan on the side of the Patriots, and was known as the "Fighting Parson". His church and his house were burned by Loyalists in 1780. While Caldwell was stationed with the army in Morristown, his wife Hannah was killed by British gunfire under disputed circumstances during the Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |