Fr. Corby outside Corby Hall
...on July 2nd, 1863, the future President of Notre Dame, Fr. William Corby, CSC, gave General Absolution to the Union's Irish Brigade on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. One of only three persons having a statue at the actual battlefield AND be a general, Fr. Corby has yet another statue commemorating his actions at Notre Dame. This campus statue of Fr. Corby is a copy of the one at Gettysburg. And there's your Notre Dame history lesson... a day early too!
