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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 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...