Patrick O'Rorke

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Patrick O'Rorke was an Irish-born Union Army officer and colonel of the 140th New York Infantry who was killed in action during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
Patrick Henry O'Rorke 1
Patrick O'Rorke canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military personnel ⓘ
Union Army officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
associatedPlace Little Round Top ⓘ
battle Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
birthCountry Ireland ⓘ
birthDate 1837-03-25 ⓘ
birthPlace County Cavan ⓘ
linked to: Cavan
brigade 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
classRank first in his class ⓘ
commemoratedBy O'Rorke Bridge in Rochester, New York ⓘ
commissionedInto Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1863-07-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
division V Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
education United States Military Academy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
familyName O'Rorke ⓘ
linked to: O’Rorke
fullName Patrick Henry O'Rorke ⓘ
linked to: Patrick O'Rorke
givenName Patrick ⓘ
graduationYear 1861 ⓘ
honor brevet promotion to brigadier general posthumously ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
marriagePlace Rochester, New York ⓘ
memorial monument on Little Round Top, Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank brevet brigadier general ⓘ
colonel ⓘ
notableAction rapid redeployment of his regiment to reinforce the Union left flank at Gettysburg ⓘ
notableFor leading the 140th New York Infantry in the defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, New York ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
residence Rochester, New York ⓘ
servedUnder Army of the Potomac ⓘ
serviceEnd 1863 ⓘ
serviceStart 1861 ⓘ
spouse Clara Bishop O'Rorke ⓘ
linked to: Clara Bishop
unitCommanded 140th New York Infantry Regiment ⓘ
yearOfMarriage 1862 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Little Round Top → commandedBy → Patrick O'Rorke ⓘ
Patrick O'Rorke → fullName → Patrick Henry O'Rorke ⓘ
linked to: Patrick O'Rorke