Fountain E. Pitts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1808
Place of Birth: Georgetown, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 22-May-1874
Profession: military officer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Fountain E. Pitts
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- Pitts (July 4, 1808 – May 22, 1874) was an American Methodist minister and Confederate chaplain.
- He established Methodist missions in Brazil and Argentina in 1835–1836.
- During the American Civil War, he was a chaplain and colonel in the Confederate States Army, and he became known as the "Fighting Parson".
- After the war, he was the first pastor of the McKendree Church (later known as the West End United Methodist Church) in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
- He also grew poppies to make opium.
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