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Bloody Chaplain John Whitehead

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Battle of Stone's River,

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John Whitehead,

Medal of Honor,

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Tennessee Civil War history,

Union Army,

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First a Baptist Minister and then a chaplain in the Union army, Whitehead was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for carrying wounded soldiers under fire at the Battle of Stone’s River.

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