Father William Corby was a 29-year-old priest (ordained in 1860) who graduated from Notre Dame and served as the chaplain of the famous Irish Brigade that fought Civil War (1861-65) battles from ...
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What are Fighting Irish? Notre Dame football's nickname, mascot, history, explainedAs noted by Notre Dame, the university "has a valid claim to the nickname because the brigade’s beloved chaplain was Rev. William Corby, C.S.C., who later became the third president of Notre Dame." ...
On July 2nd, 1863, Notre Dame was 20 years old, and on a Gettysburg battlefield known as The Wheatfield, Army Chaplin William Corby, a Notre Dame professor and future President of the University ...
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