ELLIOTT, Sam Davis 1956–

PERSONAL:

Born July 31, 1956, in Chattanooga, TN; son of Charles Eugene (a teacher and merchant) and Ruth (a teacher) Elliott; married Karen Honkanen, March 2, 1985; children: Mary Claire, Sarah Anne. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of the South, B.A., 1978; University of Tennessee, J.D., 1981. Religion: Presbyterian.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Signal Mountain, TN. Office—Gearhiser, Peters, Lockaby, Cavett & Elliott, 320 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37402. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Law clerk at federal courts in Chattanooga, TN, 1981-82; Gearhiser, Peters, Lockaby, Cavett & Elliott (and predecessor firms), Chattanooga, attorney, 1982—.

MEMBER:

National Association for the Craniofacially Handicapped (member of board of directors, 1988-94), American Bar Association, Civil War Preservation Trust, Tennessee Bar Association (member of board of governors, 2004—), Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association (member of board of directors, 2006—), Tennessee Historical Commission, Chattanooga Bar Association (president, 2001), Friends of the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park (member of board of directors, 1999—; president, 2003-04).

WRITINGS:

Soldier of Tennessee: General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 1999.

(Editor) Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 2003.

SIDELIGHTS:

Sam Davis Elliott once told CA: "I have always had an interest in the Civil War and felt that I wanted to write on the subject one day. I am a practicing attorney and walked past my subject's statue on the courthouse lawn for a number of years. It occurred to me one day that I had not seen a recent biography of General Stewart, and I began the research process that eventually resulted in my book.

"My writing process focused on getting the story told in as concise and accurate a manner as possible in the first draft. Once the first draft was completed, I rewrote sections as my research revealed new angles, new stories, and new sources of information."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Anglican and Episcopal History, June, 2005, Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr., review of Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard, p. 268.

Civil War Book Review, summer, 1999, Terrence J. Winschel, review of Soldier of Tennessee: General Alexander P. Stewart and the Civil War in the West, p. 38.

Civil War History, December, 1999, Richard M. McMurry, review of Soldier of Tennessee, p. 362.

Journal of Church and State, spring, 2005, Lisa J. Pruitt, review of Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee, p. 404.

Journal of Southern History, February, 2000, Larry J. Daniel, review of Soldier of Tennessee, p. 186.

Military History of the West, spring, 2000, Lawrence F. Kohl, review of Soldier of Tennessee, p. 71.

North and South, August, 1999, Steven E. Woodworth, review of Soldier of Tennessee, p. 91.

Tennessee Historical Quarterly, spring, 2004, Traci Nichols, review of Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee, p. 58.

online

H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online,http://www.h-net.com/ (March, 2005), James J. Denham, review of Soldier of Tennessee; (May, 2005), Derek W. Frisby, review of Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee.