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Figure 4. "Father John McElroy, S.J." McElroy and his fellow Jesuit Anthony Rey ministered to thousands of Catholics in Gen. Zachary Taylor's army in northern Mexico, providing comfort, consolation, and the sacraments. He became embroiled in controversy after confusion erupted over whether he had converted the dying son of a Presbyterian minister. McElroy lived to return home, but Rey died at the hands of guerrillas. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Figure 4.

"Father John McElroy, S.J." McElroy and his fellow Jesuit Anthony Rey ministered to thousands of Catholics in Gen. Zachary Taylor's army in northern Mexico, providing comfort, consolation, and the sacraments. He became embroiled in controversy after confusion erupted over whether he had converted the dying son of a Presbyterian minister. McElroy lived to return home, but Rey died at the hands of guerrillas. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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