CHAPLAIN WILLIAM CORBY MEMORIAL
CHAPLAIN WILLIAM CORBY, A CATHOLIC PRIEST, GAVE GENERAL ABSOLUTION TO SOLDIERS OF THE IRISH BRIGADE ON JULY 2, 1863, THE SECOND DAY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. MINUTES LATER THE IRISH BRIGADE WENT INTO ACTION AT LITTLE ROUND TOP AND THE WHEATFIELD. THE BRIGADE LOST 27 KILLED, 109 WOUNDED, AND 62 MISSING. FATHER CORBY WAS PRESIDENT OF NOTRE DAME TWICE: 1866-72 AND 1877-82. THIS STATUE IS A DUPLICATE OF A STATUE OF HIM AT GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD.
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- 1911
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME-CORBY HALL-CORBY DRIVE
- 46556
- KATHY WALKER
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