18 min
Why is the largest road in Anniston, Alabama, named after a Confederate Army chaplain? Annie’s Town
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When the founding families of Anniston, Alabama, laid out the city's street grid, they named its largest road after C.T. Quintard, an Episcopal priest who served as a Confederate Army chaplain during the Civil War. But why? Quintard had no true connection to Alabama or Calhoun County -- other than, of course, his close relationship with a very important person in Anniston's past.
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When the founding families of Anniston, Alabama, laid out the city's street grid, they named its largest road after C.T. Quintard, an Episcopal priest who served as a Confederate Army chaplain during the Civil War. But why? Quintard had no true connection to Alabama or Calhoun County -- other than, of course, his close relationship with a very important person in Anniston's past.
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18 min