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[Identification of item], in the Henry C. Lay Papers, #418, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Full text of sermons, 1861-1865

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• Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Arkansas--Religious life and customs.
• Clergy, Writings of.
• Confederate States of America. Army--Chaplains.
• Episcopal Church--Sermons.
• Episcopal Church--Southern States--History--19th century.
• Europe--Description and travel.
• Huntsville (Ala.)--History--19th century.
• Lay, Henry C. (Henry Champlin), 1823-1885.
• Maryland--Religious life and customs.
• Sermons.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.
• Virginia--Religious life and customs.

• George William Lay papers (#417), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Henry Champlin Lay (1823-1885) was an Episcopal clergyman and bishop. Lay was an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; a missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. Lay preached to the Army of Tennessee at times during the Civil War.

The collection includes family and church-related correspondence, including sermons, scrapbooks, writings, and diaries of H. C. Lay while an Episcopal priest in Virginia, 1846-1847; in Huntsville, Ala., 1847-1859; missionary bishop of Arkansas during the Civil War; and missionary bishop of the Diocese of Easton, Md., 1869-1885. The collection includes a journal of Episcopal acts for most of the years 1863-1885. Also included are European travel diaries, 1866-1867 and 1878-1879.