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A Community of Tennessee Writers, Readers & Passersby

Charles Todd Quintard (1824-1898)

…and pathological anatomy at the Memphis Medical College and one of the editors of the Memphis Medical Reporter. While in Memphis, Quintard studied for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal

The Civil War, Up Close

A new edition of Sam Watkins’s classic memoir describes a Confederate foot soldier’s life

…on battle conditions. Morale improved in the company after General Joe Johnston replaced General Bragg, for example, and glory returned at Kennesaw Mountain, as Watkins describes the heroism—but also the…

Getting to Know A. Lincoln

Ronald C. White Jr. talks about the moral growth and modern relevance of the sixteenth president

…Lincoln left behind, says White, “reveal a man of intellectual curiosity who was testing a wide range of ideas, puzzling out problems, constructing philosophical syllogisms, and sometimes disclosing his personal

This One's For the Girls

Facing a double mastectomy at age 23

…of my birth, my paternal grandmother, Martha Gilmore, was truly “major beautiful.” She was the first female Baptist minister in Dallas, and her love knew no boundaries or obstacles. She…

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