Cameron Farquhar McRae[a] (June 1812 – August 1, 1872) was an Episcopalian minister who served as the rector of different parishes in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Maryland.
[2][1] In 1827, he attended the United States Military Academy, but left due to ill health after 12 months.
At the start of the American Civil War, he resigned his position and moved back to North Carolina.
[8][5] During the Civil War, McRae was a chaplain in the 15th North Carolina Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army.
[8][9] At the General Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, McRae was one of the Georgia delegates.
[8] In his History of the University of North Carolina, Kemp P. Battle called McRae "a prominent Episcopal minister" in several states.