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Patrick Henry O'Rorke or O'Rourke (March 25, 1837 – July 2, 1863) was an Irish-American immigrant who became a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
25 de mar. de 2019 · Despite having to cram the final years’ worth of studies into six weeks, O’Rorke, the first Irish immigrant to graduate West Point, finished first in his class. As an aside, his better-known classmate George Armstrong Custer finished last. O’Rorke was appointed to the prestigious Corps of Engineers.
Patrick O’Rorke was dead before he hit the ground. As their colonel lay dead, the men of the 140 th New York surged ahead and met the enemy Texans head-on just as the Michiganders gave way, stabilizing the Union line on Little Round Top.
The 140th New York was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Patrick Henry O’Rorke, a native of Ireland who had moved to Rochester, New York as a child and had been first in his West Point class (West Point Class of 1861). O’Rorke was killed on July 2nd on Little Round Top.
In September of the same year, bored with the slow paced duties of an engineering officer, he accepted command of the 140th New York Volunteer Infantry. Patrick O'Rorke was 26 years old. At Gettysburg, O'Rorke sacrificed himself and his men to save the Union right on Little Round Top.
3 de jul. de 2019 · One of the Union regiments which arrived on the top of Little Round Top just in the nick of time was the 140th New York Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Patrick O’Rorke, a young West Point graduate. O’Rorke’s men climbed up the hill, and as they came over the top, a surging Confederate advance was reaching the top of the western slope.
19 de nov. de 2017 · In the course of my research and writing, I have dealt specifically with two men who gave their lives at Gettysburg. One, Colonel Patrick O’Rorke of the 140th New York Volunteer Infantry, is quite possibly one of the most well-known soldiers among the battle’s dead.
