Following the Civil War and after several years as president of the University of Alabama, Garland took a position at the University of Mississippi. It was here that Holland McTyeire, a Methodist bishop and Garland's former student, sought out Garland and enlisted him in the campaign to build a Methodist university in Nashville. With Garland onboard, the bishop now needed the money -- for that, he turned to Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. | Following the Civil War and after several years as president of the University of Alabama, Garland took a position at the University of Mississippi. It was here that Holland McTyeire, a Methodist bishop and Garland's former student, sought out Garland and enlisted him in the campaign to build a Methodist university in Nashville. With Garland onboard, the bishop now needed the money -- for that, he turned to Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. |