Exile in Erin: a Confederate Chaplain's Story; the Life of Father John B. Bannon.Exile in Erin: A Confederate Chaplain's Story; The Life of Father John B. Bannon. By William Barnaby Faherty, SJ. (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, c. 2002. Pp. xvi, 237. Paper, $19.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1-883982-47-2; cloth, $29.95, ISBN 1-883982-46-4.) William Barnaby Faherty has revisited the life and career of the Confederacy's most famous Catholic chaplain, Father John B. Bannon. This book provides the first book-length biographical treatment of Bannon's early life in Ireland, his ministry in St. Louis, Missouri, and to southern troops, his work for the Confederate government, and his subsequent preaching in his homeland as a Jesuit priest. Previously, Faherty wrote a short book on Bannon's Jesuit ministry in Ireland, from the 1860s until Bannon's death in 1913. In 1992 the University of Alabama Press The University of Alabama Press is a university press that is part of the University of Alabama. External link
source - a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story" on Bannon's family, life in St. Louis, and later years in Dublin. A seasoned storyteller and historian, Faherty uses these sources to share Bannon's fascinating life story. Bannon moved from Ireland to St. Louis and helped oversee the construction of the St. John the Apostle John the Apostle (Greek Ιωάννης, see names of John) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Christian tradition identifies him with the authors of several New Testament works, including the Gospel of John. and Evangelist Church. In 1861 Bannon gave up the comforts of his Romanesque edifice to minister to the spiritual needs of a rag-tag group of St. Louis militiamen who had joined the First Missouri Confederate Infantry. They saw action at Pea Ridge Pea Ridge, chain of hills, NW Ark., where the Civil War battle of Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern) was fought Mar. 6–8, 1862. Earl Van Dorn, leading a large Confederate command, which included Sterling Price's retreating Missouri forces and Ben McCulloch's army, , Corinth, and Vicksburg. Two years later, Confederate president Jefferson Davis asked Bannon to return to his native Ireland and convert the Irish to the southern cause. Bannon had little success. Following the war, Radical Republican lawmakers in Missouri blocked Bannon's efforts to return to St. Louis. He remained in Ireland, joined the Jesuits, and became the Gaelic island's most prominent preacher in the 1880s. Published by the Missouri Historical Society Press, Exile in Erin will have limited appeal outside of local readership in the St. Louis area. Although it covers much of the same ground as Tucker's book, this does not diminish Faherty's abilities as a researcher and writer. Samford University Not to be confused with Stanford University. Samford University is a private, coeducational, Baptist-affiliated university located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. As of 2006, Samford ranks number four in the South among master's degree institutions in this year's U. S. JONATHAN BASS |
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