Father Corby was assigned to fill the void left by Father Mooney. When the Irish Brigade formed in New York in 1861, they numbered 2500 men. At Gettysburg they were down to 530. Of the men Father ...

The bloodiest single battle of the American Civil War. One man who witnessed the carnage of Gettysburg and survived was Father William Corby the chaplain of the 88th New York Infantry, part of the ...

The Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame’s president, celebrated the ninth annual “Father Corby Mass” in front of about 200 people on the Gettysburg battlefield on June 22. Organized by the Notre ...

Father Corby was also present and made a touching ... The Irish Brigade were but a fraction of the Catholics who fought at Gettysburg. Sadly reduced in the many battles of the long campaigns ...

This memorial depicts Father Corby giving general absolution and blessing before the battle at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. Corby later went on to become the president of the University of Notre ...

By the time of the Battle of Gettysburg the Irish Brigade, which began with about 3000 men, was down to 530. Of the men Father Corby absolved that day, 27 died, 109 were wounded, and 62 were missing.

I picked up a copy of the Gettysburg Times ... d have more trouble if you put ten thousand CPAs all in one place. Father Corby would go on to become President of Notre Dame.

Corby: "The monument to Father William Corby is identical to ... George Custer led two daring charges near Gettysburg, one at the East Cavalry Field and one at Hunterstown." 90th Pennsylvania ...

That’s the loving nickname given to the statue of Father William Corby on ... on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Before the fighting began, Corby gave general absolution to the ...

The symbolism of the mass to honor the sacrifice of Christ mixed with honor given to the fallen soldiers at Gettysburg, to the sacrifice and dedication of Father William Corby, and to the two ...