Date Original
undated
Description
This collection contains a transcript of an article entitled "Hero, Poet, and Priet. How Father Ryan Cameto Write 'The Conquered Banner,'" originally published in the Catholic Journal of the New South.
Biographical/Historical Note
Father Abram J. Ryan was known as the poet-priest of the South. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia, August 15, 1839, and ordained as a priest prior to the Civil War. He served as a chaplain in the Confederate Army for the war's entirety. His first and most famous poem "The Conquered Banner" was a hymn of defeat written after the South's loss, which endeared him to the people of the South. After the war, he moved to New Orleans and took up the ministry there, becoming the editor for "The Star Weekly," a Catholic publication. He later founded "The Banner of the South" in Augusta, Georgia, before he retired to Mobile, Alabama. He died at Louisville, Kentucky, April 22, 1886.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Louisiana; Georgia; Kentucky; Virginia
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.004.013
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Father Ryan article, SMC.004.013
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Father Ryan article, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
