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Rev. William Corby, CSC (1833-1897) was a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Perhaps best known for his giving general absolution to the Irish Brigade on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Fr. Corby also served twice as President of the University of Notre Dame. The school's Corby Hall is named after him.
Widely remembered among military chaplains and celebrated by Irish-American fraternal organizations, his statue with right hand raised in the gesture of blessing was the first statue on the Gettysburg battlefield of a non-general.
Fr. Corby was born on October 2, 1833, in Detroit to Daniel, an Irish native, and Elizabeth, a Canadian citizen. He died in 1897.
In popular media
Corby's granting of general absolution to the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg is reenacted in the film Gettysburg.
External links
Other Resources
The Sword of the Lord. Edited by Doris L. Bergen. University of Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame, IN. 2004. ISBN: 0-268-01275-9
Corby, Rev. William, CSC. Memoirs of Chaplain Life: Three Years with the Irish Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. Edited by Lawrence F. Kohl. Fordham University Press: New York. 1992. ISBN: 0-8232-1251-3
| Preceded by Patrick Dillon |
President of the University
of Notre Dame 1866–1872 |
Succeeded by Auguste Lemmonier |
| Preceded by Patrick J. Colovin |
President of the University
of Notre Dame 1877–1881 |
Succeeded by Thomas Walsh |
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