Description:
Soldiers of the Cross captures the stories of Catholic chaplains and nuns who risked their lives during the Civil War to save lives and prove their loyalty to a country that mistrusted them.
Brief description:
David Power Conyngham (1825-1883) was an Irish journalist, novelist, and staff officer in the Union army during the Civil War.
Review Quotes:
"Conyngham's work, its subject, its language, and its tone, reveal much about what the editors call 'the state of the church and its uneasy place in American society at the time.' . . . There is much new here, and by comprehensively bringing together information about both priests and nuns, it suggests the direction and provides some of the facts for a full history of Catholics in the Civil War." --Lawrence Kohl, editor of David Power Conyngham's The Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns