Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1910 — CORBY STATUE DEDICATED [ARTICLE]

CORBY STATUE DEDICATED

Memorial on Gettysburg Battlefield Where Priest Won Fame. In the presence of many survivors and friends of the Irish brigade, which participated in jthe battle of Gettysburg, the memorial statue to their chaplain, Re*. Father William Corby, was unveiled and dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. The memorial statue, a bronze figure of the priest in the act of-pronounc Ing absolution to the (entire brigade, stands on the very rock on which the priest stood when, a few moments before one of the most crucial charges of the fight was to be made, he performed the religious rite which has gone down in.the history of the battle of Gettysburg as one of the most impressive incidents of the battle.