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• CCYN : David Power Conyngham Papers: Manuscripts


• CCYN 1/01-02 Series : Life of David Power Conyngham
• CCYN 1/01 : David Power Conyngham - biographical information and related correspondence 1914,1932
• CCYN 1/01 Document : Irish Book Lovers' Biographical Sketch of Conyngham 1914
• CCYN 1/01 Correspondent : James J. Walsh (M.D.) 1932/0310
• CCYN 1/01 Correspondent : Alex J. Wall, Librarian, New York Historical Society 1932/0129
• CCYN 1/01 Correspondent : Rectory of Our Lady of Lourdes, New York 1932/0309
• CCYN 1/01 Correspondent : J. Dominick Hackett, American Irish Historical Society 1932/0205
• CCYN 1/01 Correspondent : Ellen Ryan Jolly 1932/0213
• CCYN 1/01 Correspondent : Michael J. O'Brien, American Irish Historical Society 1932/0225
• CCYN 1/01 Correspondent : [?] to McAvoy 1932/0214
• CCYN 1/02 Folder : Tipperary Historical Journal Article by Michael Fitzgerald 1988


• CCYN 1/03-08 Series : Soldiers of the Cross
• CCYN 1/03-07 : Soldiers of the Cross: Manuscript (handwritten)
• CCYN 1/03 : Soldiers of the Cross: Introduction
• CCYN 1/04-05 : Soldiers of the Cross: Part I
• CCYN 1/06-07 : Soldiers of the Cross: Part II
• CCYN 1/08 : Soldiers of the Cross: Transcription (typewritten)
• CCYN 1/08.00 : Introduction
  The Chaplains of the Federal and Confederate Armies. Testimony to their work and services by leading officers of both armies.
• CCYN 1/08.01-18 : Union Chaplains
• CCYN 1/08.01 : CHAPTER I: REV. J.F. TRECY, Chaplain 4th U.S. Cavalry
  His early life -- Adventures among the Indians -- The Garryowen Settlement -- The Knights of the Golden Circle -- Down in Dixie -- His first adventures with Federals and Confederates.
• CCYN 1/08.02 : CHAPTER II: REV. J.F. TRECY, Chaplain 4th U.S. Cavalry
  Father Trecy's arrival at General Rosecrans headquarters -- His reception and mission -- General Stanly's conversion -- Father Ireland -- Attending to the ying and wounded -- Stone River -- Mass on the battle field -- The wounded Confederate.
• CCYN 1/08.03 : CHAPTER III: REV. J.F. TRECY, Chaplain 4th U.S. Cavalry
  Father Trecy commissioned as Chaplain in the regulars -- The pious penitent -- Enjoying Morgans breakfast -- a large family -- The battle of Cheekamauga -- His services under Sherman and Thomas -- His resignation -- He returns to his old Mission at Huntsville.
• CCYN 1/08.04 : CHAPTER IV: REV. JOSEPH C. CARRIER, C.S.C., Chaplain 6th Missouri Cavalry
  The order of the Holy Cross -- What it has done -- Sketch of Father Carrier's early life -- He joins Grant's army in front of Vicksburg -- His reception by Generals Grant, Sherman and Ewing -- His visits to the camps and hospitals.
• CCYN 1/08.05 : CHAPTER V: REV. JOSEPH C. CARRIER, C.S.C., Chaplain 6th Missouri Cavalry
  Few Catholics and a number of infidels in hospital -- Pious soldiers saving their temporary church from destruction -- On board the Red Rover -- His reception and services there -- Celebrating Mass under fire.
• CCYN 1/08.06 : CHAPTER VI: REV. JOSEPH C. CARRIER, C.S.C., Chaplain 6th Missouri Cavalry
  Father Carrier visits a Sick priest -- His labors and Services among the soldiers -- Moralizing over a dead soldier -- the explosion of a mine -- A negro's surprise -- A Surgeon brought to his senses -- a fair convert.
• CCYN 1/08.07 : CHAPTER VII: REV. JOSEPH C. CARRIER, C.S.C., Chaplain 6th Missouri Cavalry
  Father Carrier's diary -- Welcome intelligence -- Surrender of Vicksburg -- His letter to Father Provincial -- Father Carrier and his "birdies" -- A fatiguing march -- The conclusion.
• CCYN 1/08.08 : CHAPTER VIII: REV. R.C. CHRISTY, Chaplain of the 78th Penns. Bal.
  The Chaplains entitled to their share of the glory of victory -- Father Galletzen -- Father Christy's early life and Missionary labors as a priest -- Selected Chaplain of the 78th -- Penn. -- His services to the sick and wounded in and around Louisville -- His voyage in the dugout -- Sufferings at Stone River -- The influence of the Chaplains on Protestant officers and soldiers -- A feeling conversion -- Complimentary notices -- An involuntary bath -- He returns with the regiment and is mustered out of Service.
• CCYN 1/08.09 : CHAPTER IX: REV. THOMAS SCULLY, Chaplain 9th Mass. Vet. Bal.
  A pen picture of Catholic persecution in Massachusetts -- Grand attitude of the Catholic Church and people of Massachusetts -- Colonel Cass and the 9th Mass. -- Father Scully volunteers to be their chaplain -- Father Scully's birth, education and ordination -- At Arlington Heights -- Governor Andrews' visit -- The Chapel tent.
• CCYN 1/08.10 : CHAPTER X: REV. THOMAS SCULLY, Chaplain 9th Mass. Vet. Bal.
  Vespers and Confession in camp -- Burial of Sergent Regan -- Praying under difficulties -- Hearing the confessions of the men under fire -- Services on the Peninsula -- His address to the home Guard -- His capture and escape -- A night in the swamps. A prisoner again -- A brutal officer -- Taken to Richmond -- His release and return to army life -- Amusing incidents -- His failing health -- He leaves the army and returns to Boston.
• CCYN 1/08.11 : CHAPTER XI: REV. PETER TISSOT, S.J., Chaplain 37th N.Y. Vol.
  The application to Archbishop Hughes for a Chaplain to the 37th -- Father Tissot appointed -- His zeal and the service and obedience to orders -- His narrow escape at Fair Oaks -- His capture -- His duties in camp and services in the field -- Raising a New flag -- Father Tissot prayer and address -- His exertions to raise money to send to Indiana. -- How the soldiers loved and reverenced him.
• CCYN 1/08.12 : CHAPTER XII: REV. THOMAS WILLETT, S.J., Chaplain 69th N.Y. Vol.
  His reception by the officers and men -- How he cheered the men on board the transport -- Mass at Alexandria, Va. -- Solemnity of the scene -- His raids against gambling, cursing and drinking -- Sending the soldier's money home -- Father Willet in the field -- Preparing the men before battle -- His services under Foster -- A high compliment -- He returns to the 69th. -- His zeal and services -- Leaves the army at the close of the war.
• CCYN 1/08.13 : CHAPTER XIII: REV. C.L. EGAN, O.P.
  His mission to the army -- Prepares men under sentence of death -- He is appointed Chaplain -- His School of logic -- The visits to the Fifth Corps and exhortations to the men to attend to their duty -- Father Egan at the Wilderness -- The North suffered dreadful loss -- The soldier priest at his post -- Mustered out with the regiment.
• CCYN 1/08.14 : CHAPTER XIV: REV. PAUL E. GILLEN
  He joins the army at the commencement of the war -- His services in and around Washington -- His services in the field -- His attention to the sick and wounded -- Mass in camp -- The 42nd Tammany -- Corcoran Legion -- Dr. Dwyer's sketches of Fathers Gillen, Dillon, and Mooney -- Chaplains life in camp -- Heroic endurance and forbearance.
• CCYN 1/08.15 : CHAPTER XV: REV. INNOCENT A. BERGRATH
  Born in Prussia -- His parents emigrate to America -- His early career -- His desire to go as a chaplain opposed by his bishop -- His mission among the Federal and Confederate Soldiers -- He is cut off from communication with his bishop -- The celebration of Mass in the little church of S.S. Peter and Paul in Chattanooga the morning of the battle -- His services given to Federals and Confederates alike.
• CCYN 1/08.16 : CHAPTER XVI: REV. PETER P. COONEY, C.S.C., Chaplain 35th Indiana
  His birth and early education -- His connection with Notre Dame, Indiana -- The order of the Holy Cross -- He joins the 35th Indiana as Chaplain -- His popularity with the troops -- He saves a man from being shot -- His mission of mercy -- Carrying funds for the soldiers under difficulties -- A perilous trip to Nashville -- Irish wit and humor -- The March -- Its trials dangers and hardships -- Gallant charge of the 35th Indiana -- His conduct in the camp, the hospital and the field.
• CCYN 1/08.17 : CHAPTER XVII: REV. JOHN BRADY, Chaplain 15th Michigan Vol.
  At the request of a deputation from the regiment he becomes their chaplain -- His services in the field night and day -- A war of words -- His services in Vicksburg and Chattanooga -- After the battle of Nashville his regiment proceeds to North Carolina -- His regiment disbanded at the close of the war -- Father Brady's death from disease contracted in the service.
• CCYN 1/08.18 : CHAPTER XVIII: REV. WILLIAM CORBY, C.S.C.
  His connections with the Irish Brigade -- A rustic chapel in the field -- The service -- How faithfully the men attended to their spiritual duties -- The priests as the soldiers' banker and amanuensis -- Father Corby at the battle of Fredericksburg -- The wounded Chaplain -- The officers indignation at finding Father Corby in the front of battle -- His failing health -- He resigns and returns to his University in Indiana.
• CCYN 1/08.19-25 : Confederate Chaplains
• CCYN 1/08.19 : CHAPTER XIX: REV. HENRY GACHE, S.J., 10th Louisiana
  His services in and around Richmond -- He attends the Federal prisoners -- At the desire of Bishop Odin he joins the army as chaplain of the 10th Louisiana -- He visits the camps on the peninsula -- His forbearance and kindness subdue his enemies -- A grateful penitent -- Father Gache's account of scenes around Richmond -- Interesting incidents end anecdotes -- A soldier anxious to be baptized in the latter's religion -- His account of the treatment of the Federal prisoners in Richmond and Lynchburg.
• CCYN 1/08.20 : CHAPTER XX: REV. CHARLES P. HENZE
  His mission in Vicksburg -- The account of the siege and of the suffering end hardships accompanying it -- The horrors at Vicksburg surpassing those at Sebastapol -- A shell among the worshipners at Mass -- Heart-rending scenes in the field and hospitals. Sad picture of want and suffering.
• CCYN 1/08.21 : CHAPTER XXI: REV. JAMES SHEERAN, Chaplain 14th Louisiana Vol.
  This regiment joins Ewell's Corps -- His reception -- First appearances in Virginia battles -- Stonewall Jackson -- A night scene on a battlefield -- Jackson's marches -- Sufferings and hardhsips of army life -- Father Hubert -- At Manassas -- The Second battle of Bulls Run -- Scenes and incidents in Frederick City -- How the Fathers of the Society of Jesus and the Sisters acted -- The battle of Antietam and its horrors.
• CCYN 1/08.22 : CHAPTER XXII: REV. JAMES SHEERAN, Chaplain 14th Louisiana Vol.
  Father Sheeran falls back with Lee's army -- His visit to Richniond -- His return to the army -- Gambling in the army -- A surprise -- His services in Winchester -- Enroute to Fredericksburg -- Caught in a snow storm -- The battle of Fredericksburg -- Scenes and sufferings both on the field and hospital -- A generous donation -- A day of fasting and prayer -- Easter days in camp -- The piety of the poor soldiers -- The slaughtering of the Irish Brigade.
• CCYN 1/08.23 : CHAPTER XXIII: REV. JAMES SHEERAN, Chaplain 14th Louisiana Vol.
  Father Sheeran's account of Stonewall Jackson's death -- The battle of Chancellorsville -- Jackson's Council adopted -- The attack on Hooker's right -- Jackson wounded -- The terrible sufferings -- His last orders on the field -- "You must hold your ground, General Pensler." -- Jackson's last words -- "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
• CCYN 1/08.24 : CHAPTER XXIV: REV. JAMES SHEERAN, Chaplain 14th Louisiana Vol.
  Father Sheeran celebrates Mass in camp -- March of the army -- He takes charge of the hospitals around Winchester -- Father Smoulders -- The march to Gettysburg -- The battle -- The retreat -- its hardships -- Father Sheeran goes to Mobile -- He besets Braggs army in Tennessee in order to attend to the Catholic soldiers there -- His visit to Savannah and Charleston -- A terrible scene -- Shells on all sides -- He returns to the Army of Virginia.
• CCYN 1/08.25 : CHAPTER XXV: REV. JAMES SHEERAN, Chaplain 14th Louisiana Vol.
  Father Sheeran's missionary labors continued -- An important convert -- An officious officer -- The horrors of a battle field -- A visit to the grave of Stonewall Jackson -- The march to Washington -- General Mulligan's death -- Father Sheeran and Sheridan -- His arrest and imprisonment -- His release -- He leaves the army and returns to Richmond and witnesses its surrender.
• CCYN 1/08.26-34 : Sisters
• CCYN 1/08.26 : CHAPTER XXVI: THE SISTERS IN THE ARMY
  How their services were at first received -- All prejudice now disappeared -- True Charity knows neither creed, station or persons -- The Charity that teaches us to love our neighbor as ourselves -- What the sisters hare done and how gratefully their services haue been appreciated.
• CCYN 1/08.27 : CHAPTER XXVII: THE SISTERS OF MERCY, CHARLESTON
  Their attendance on the Federal prisoners -- Their best donors -- Their influence on the soldiers -- Anecdotes and incidents in hospital -- Reconciled to death -- The Sisters provided with a general pass -- Letters from Federal officers and soldiers -- Their generous testimony their services and kindness -- Protestants and Catholics alike bear testimony in their behalf -- Their Christian Charity and incessant labors.
• CCYN 1/08.28 : CHAPTER XXVIII: THE SISTERS OF MOUNT ST. VINCENT, CINCINNATI
  The Soldiers at Camp Denison -- Sister Sophia and her assistants -- With the army of the Cumberlands -- Their services in Virginia -- Their devotion and attention to the Indiana soldiers -- The Sisters fired upon -- Their return to Cincinnati -- They attend the wounded after Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing -- Memorable testimonials of service -- The Sisters not subject to general orders issued to nurses, etc.
• CCYN 1/08.29 : CHAPTER XXIX: MOUNT ST. VINCENT, St Joseph's Military Hospital, Central Park Ground
  Resolution of Common Council -- The services of Mother Jerome and the Sisters of Charity accepted -- Our sick and wounded soldiers -- E.M. Staton on the Sisters' services -- The Chaplains of Mount St. Vincent -- Dr. McGlyun's attention -- Death and imposing obsequies of Sister M. Prudentia Bradley -- The benefactors of the establishment -- Thanksgiving Day at the hospital -- Feeling letters to the Sisters -- The fruits of the good Sisters' labor -- Mount St. Vincent of today.
• CCYN 1/08.30 : CHAPTER XXX: THE SISTERS OF MERCY, St. Louis
  Their convent and school -- the hospitals crowded with sick and wounded during the war -- Prisoner and refugees -- One priest baptized over five hundred prisoners -- Liberality of the citizens -- Instructing the soldiers in the principles of religion -- Soldiers asking to be baptized in the Sisters' religion -- Those that supplied the soldiers with books -- Physicians anxious to secure the services of the Sisters -- The soldiers gratitude to the Sisters -- Their humility and obedience -- An interesting patient.
• CCYN 1/08.31 : CHAPTER XXXI: THE SISTERS OF MERCY, NEW YORK
  The Sisters of the Houston Street Convent in the hospitals -- Their services in New Berne -- Sufferings of the patients before the arrival of the Sisters -- Strong religious prejudices against them at first -- The Sisters after landing -- Strange surmises as to who and what they were -- Soon changed -- Touching instances of love and confidence -- The grief of the patients and Negroes at the departure of the Sisters.
• CCYN 1/08.32 : CHAPTER XXXII: THE SISTERS OF MERCY, CONTINUED
  A Unitarian Minister's tribute to the Sisters -- The life of Christ exemplified -- Writing letters for the soldiers -- What a dying man wanted -- Injustice and religion at variance -- Anecdote of the battle of Gettysburg -- How Paddy buried the Chaplain -- Soldier's faith -- How Mackey lost his leg -- The story of the dead soldier -- A father's gratitude A wife's thanks -- The grief of a loved one for her betrothed.
• CCYN 1/08.33 : CHAPTER XXXIII: THE SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS
  Their response to the call of suffering humanity -- Their devotion, their services and their sacrifices -- Governor Morton of Indiana gratefully accepts the offer of the Sisters' services -- The Sisters under charge of Mother Mary Angela in charge of the hospitals at Paducah -- Their zeal not abated by their hardships and sufferings -- Scenes and sufferings in the hospitals -- The Sisters' trials and triumphs -- How they overcame prejudices by meekness, charity, and good works -- Touching incidents -- Mother Angela at Mound City.
• CCYN 1/08.34 : CHAPTER XXXIV: SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS, CONTINUED
  Removing from the hospital -- Gratitude to the sisters -- Incidents and scenes -- Fort Charles and the Mound City affair -- The Men in hospital going to kill Colonel Fay -- The Sister's interference -- Colonel Fay vindicated -- Captain Kilty perfectly exonerates Colonel Fay from any blame relative to firing on the men blown up with the Mound City -- Close of the hospital labors of the Sisters of the Holy Cross.


• MCYN : David Power Conyngham Papers: Microfilm
• MCYN 1.007 Document : Irish Book Lovers' Biographical Sketch of Conyngham 1914
• MCYN 1.007+ Folder : Letters to Father McAvoy regarding Conyngham Papers 1932
• MCYN 1.009+ Title : Soldiers of the Cross - Introduction (manuscript) 1870s
• MCYN 1.013+ Title : Soldiers of the Cross (manuscript) 1870s