After the revolutions of 1848, in which several army chaplains had taken active parts, the monarch, with his letters-patent of April 26, 1860, established 12 posts for Protestant army chaplains at the central garrisons of the military administration. This move was ...
The History of the Southern Baptist Chaplaincy provides an overview and history of chaplaincy. It includes information about military, hospital, and institutional chaplains and describes the role of chaplains during the major wars from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam.Fitzgerald, Lawrence P...