Father Abram J. Ryan

FATHER ABRAM J. RYAN

(1838-1886)

Confederate chaplain, poet of the Confederacy, author of the requiem of the Lost Cause, “The Conquered Banner,” written at Knoxville soon after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865, and pastor of the Immaculate Conception Parish, 1865–1867.