I. Early years -- II. St. Louis : church and community -- III. Early years in St. Louis -- IV. The nation walks to the brink -- V. Father Bannon goes south -- VI. Curtis moves into Arkansas -- VII. The greatest battle of the Trans-Mississippi -- VIII. Reminiscing about Pea Ridge -- IX. Changing fronts -- X. Iuka and Second Corinth -- XI. Vicksburg : citadel above the river -- XII. How great a chaplain? -- XIII. Confederate agent -- XIV. Whither the call? -- XV. Reorientation in Erin -- XVI. Into the heart of the Irish Church -- XVII. By train or by Bian -- XVIII. A pulpit orator of the first rank -- XIX. The only possible candidate -- XX. A time of jubilees -- XXI. Furl the banner.