CHAPLAIN WILLIAM CORBY MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME-CORBY HALL-CORBY DRIVE
City: NOTRE DAME
State: Indiana
Zip Code: 46556
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1911
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: KATHY WALKER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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.
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