Orville James Nave (April 30, 1841 – June 24, 1917) was an American Methodist theologian and chaplain in the United States Army.
[1] On August 14, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the 111th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment for service in the Civil War.
[4] Some in the military also charged that his advocacy for greater focus on morality in the armed forces defamed the troops by implying that they were immoral.
[1] During the Spanish–American War, Nave and his wife set up a kitchen to provide for the special dietary needs of sick soldiers at an encampment in Tennessee.
[6] On June 24, 1917, Nave died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a street car outside his home in Los Angeles, California.