James A. Mulligan
| James A. Mulligan | |
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| Born |
June 30, 1830 Utica, New York |
| Died | July 26, 1864 (aged 34) near Winchester, Virginia |
| Place of burial | Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Illinois |
| Allegiance |
United States Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861 - 1864 |
| Rank |
 Colonel Brevet Brigadier General
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| Commands held |
23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Camp Douglas (Chicago) |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
James Adelbert Mulligan (June 30, 1830 – July 26, 1864) was colonel of the 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On February 20, 1865, the United States Senate confirmed the posthumous award to Mulligan the rank of brevet brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers to rank from July 23, 1864, the day before he was mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Kernstown, near Winchester, Virginia. He commanded the Federal forces at the First Battle of Lexington, and later distinguished himself in other engagements in the Eastern theater prior to his death in battle.
James Mulligan was born June 30, 1830 in Ithaca, New York. His parents had immigrated from Ireland, and his father died when he was a child. His mother remarried a Michael Lantry of Chicago, Illinois, and moved there with her son, who later attended the Catholic College of North Chicago. From 1852–54 Mulligan read law in the offices of Isaac N. Arnold, U.S. Representative from the city. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the "Chicago Shield Guards".
At the onset of the Civil War, Mulligan raised the 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1861, which was locally known as the "Irish Brigade" (not to be confused with a New York unit by the same name). This unit included the "Chicago Shield Guards". In September 1861, he led his troops toward Lexington, Missouri, as word had been received that this vital river town would be attacked by the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard under Major General Sterling Price.
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