Series 30 - John Bannon letters

49pp

The South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina provided Kerby A. Miller with copies of the John Bannon letters from which he created his own transcripts. The original handwritten transcripts are held in the John B. Bannon papers, 1861-1927, South Caroliniana Library [OCLC identifier 42450798] and can be viewed at https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/civilwar/search/searchterm/bannon.

[These letters contains outdated attitudes or language that does not reflect the current views or positions of the University of Galway Library. Reader discretion is advised.]
Transcribed excerpts and reproductions of five letters written by Reverend John Bannon, Irish-American priest and Confederate agent to Ireland during the American Civil War, to Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate States of America Secretary of State discussing Irish-American affairs and attitudes regarding the American Civil War.