5 March 1820 A.D. Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Robert Dabney was born—Aide-de-Camp to LTGEN Stonewall Jackson & Presbyterian Theologian, Union Seminary, Richmond, VA
5 March 1820 A.D. Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Robert Dabney was born—Aide-de-Camp to LTGEN Stonewall Jackson & Presbyterian Theologian, Union Seminary, Richmond, VA. Robert Lewis Dabney (March 5, 1820 – January 3, 1898) was an American Christian theologian , a Southern Presbyterian pastor, and Confederate Army chaplain . He was also chief of staff and biographer to Stonewall Jackson . His biography of Jackson remains in print today. Dabney and James Henley Thornwell were two of Southern Presbyterianism's most influential scholars. They were both Calvinist , Old School Presbyterians , and social conservatives. Some conservative Presbyterians, particularly within the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church , still value their theological writings, although both these churches have repudiated Dabney's and Thornwell's beliefs on race and support of Antebellum slavery . [1] [2] Contents · ...