Sam Davis; a True Story of a Young Confederate Soldier by Howard Melancthon Hamill

Sam Davis; a True Story of a Young Confederate Soldier by Howard Melancthon Hamill

Howard Melancthon Hamill

1849-1915

Howard Melancthon Hamill was born in Lowndesboro, Alabama. He earned a bachelor's degree from East Alabama Male College at Auburn in 1868 and a master's degree from Illinois College in 1900. Hamill served in the Civil War from 1864 to 1865. He then held positions as city school superintendent in Illinois and Missouri and became president of the Missouri State Teachers Association in 1885. He was also ordained as a Methodist minister in 1885. Hamill was active as a fieldworker in the Methodist Sunday School movement and established the first State Sunday School normal department in 1889. From 1889 to 1896, Hamill served as superintendent of Sunday School program in Illinois, and from 1896 to 1902, he served as international Sunday School field secretary. In 1913, Hamill became chaplain-general of United Confederate Veterans. He passed away in 1915.

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Sam Davis; a True Story of a Young Confederate Soldier. Griffin, GA; Mills Printing Co, s.d.

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Hamill, Howard Melancthon, “Sam Davis; a True Story of a Young Confederate Soldier by Howard Melancthon Hamill,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed November 8, 2026, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/24783.