Background
Bachman, Jonathan Waverly was born on October 9, 1837 in Roseland, Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Jonathan and Frances (Rhea) Bachman.
Bachman, Jonathan Waverly was born on October 9, 1837 in Roseland, Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Jonathan and Frances (Rhea) Bachman.
Emory and Henry College, Virginia. Union Theological Seminary. (Doctor of Divinity, Central University, Kentucky, 1880.
Washington and Lee University, Virginia, 1911).
Private C.S.A., May, 1861. Became captain and commanded 60th Regiment Tennessee Volumes at Vicksburg. during siege, 1863. After being exchanged, commanded regiment until ordained Presbyterian ministry, October, 1864, then became chaplain same regiment until close of war.
Pastor First Church, Chattanooga, 1873-September 30, 1923.
Delegate American Conference on International Arbitration, Washington, 1896. Moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1910.
Chaplain general, U.C.V., since 1913.
Mason.
Married Eva Dnlaney, October 20, 1863.