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Person Detail: Fr Abram Joseph Ryan
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| Full Name: Fr Abram Joseph Ryan | ||
| Biography: (c.1838-1886) Poet. Father Abram Joseph Ryan was a Southerner to the core in spite of his Irish heritage and Northern upbringing, Father Ryan enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 1, 1862, and served as a chaplain , carrying the wounded to safety and performing last rites on the battlefield. His first piece of poetry was inspired by the death of a younger brother in action, and he quickly became known as the "Poet-Priest of the Confederacy." |
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| 1856 |
Niagara County Fr. Ryan studied for the priesthood at Niagara University in Lewiston, New York. |
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| 1838 |
(Unknown) County Abram Joseph Ryan was born in Norfolk, Virginia, around 1838. |
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| 1886 |
(Unknown) County Fr. Abram Joseph Ryan died in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1886. Saint Boniface Church, 531 East Liberty Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, has a plaque on the front commemorating the site where Father Ryan died. |
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| 1879 |
(Unknown) County Father Ryan's Poems (Pub: Mobile, Alabama: J. L. Rapier & Co. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry including the poems, "Gather The Sacred Dust," "The Conquered Banner," "The Lost Cause," and "The Sword of Robert E. Lee." |
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| 1880 |
(Unknown) County Poems: Patriotic, Religious, Miscellaneous (Pub: Baltimore, Maryland: J. B. Piet. ISBN: ) Collection of poetry. |
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| 1886 |
(Unknown) County Father Abram Ryan was interred in the Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. |
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(Unknown) County A Crown For Our Queen |
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