For Duty and Destiny
The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Lloyd A. Hunter | ISBN: | 9780871953698 |
| Publisher: | Indiana Historical Society Press | Publication: | October 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Indiana Historical Society Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lloyd A. Hunter |
| ISBN: | 9780871953698 |
| Publisher: | Indiana Historical Society Press |
| Publication: | October 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Indiana Historical Society Press |
| Language: | English |
William Taylor Stott was a native Hoosier and an 1861 graduate of Franklin College, who later became the president who took the college from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts institution in Indiana. The story of Franklin College is the story of W. T. Stott, yet his influence was not confined to the school’s parameters. Stott was an inspirational and intellectual force in the Indiana Baptist community, and a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general. He also fought in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising from private to captain by 1863. Stott’s diary reveals a soldier who was also a scholar.
William Taylor Stott was a native Hoosier and an 1861 graduate of Franklin College, who later became the president who took the college from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts institution in Indiana. The story of Franklin College is the story of W. T. Stott, yet his influence was not confined to the school’s parameters. Stott was an inspirational and intellectual force in the Indiana Baptist community, and a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general. He also fought in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising from private to captain by 1863. Stott’s diary reveals a soldier who was also a scholar.
