The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-10-04
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The following sketches Of Colonel
tames A, Mhlliran, the brave defender
Of Lexington, Mo, We learn from a Feh.
liehan o. this city who has been intimate
y acqtiUihted with him for the past Eve
OF six years.
Col James A. Mulligun was born IN the
city Of udcu, New York, in the year 1872,
and u consequently in his thiriy'sctond
year Both Of His parents were natives
Of ireland.
His mother, after the death Of HE father,
which took place when he was a child, re-
moved to Chicago. where she rcsiisdwith
her con fot the past twcnty-three Year,.
She mbFried RESPECTABLE irihh American
In Chicago, named Michael Ian W, who
has steadily watched, with a fathcT's so-
lioitudc, the expahdng mind Of the brave
/ young soldier. lie was educated al q
Catholic College Of North Chiragu, under
the superintendchee Of The Rev. Mr..
RinscllaT, now Of New Work eltv, No 4
strict membcr Of tho Catholic Church.
In 1852, 1889, .hd is54 he read law In
the office Of the Hon. Isaac N. Arnold
congressman from the Chicago District,
For a short time he edited the Western
Tablet a scinlrpigibhs weekly Newspaper
in Chicago. In 1909, he was admitted au
attorney az law In Chicago. Al thi,
time he held the position Of Second Lieu,
tenant in the Chicago Shield Guards
lOae Of the companies attached to tie Irisl
brigades now IN MISSOURI, and which hai
done 80 well at Lexington.
In the winter Of 1857 Senator Fitch, .
Indiana, rendered him a clerkship In IN,
, Department Of the interior, He accept
, Cd the position and speEt the winter a
Washington, During his rCrid,nee II
Washington he eorrcsponded with N,
Utica Telegraph over the Nom De Plum,
Of" Satan" After HE return from Wash
, ington he was elected Captain Of IN,
Shields Guards. On the news hrriyini
OF the bOmbardm.nt Of Fort sumter, n
threw his soul into the National cause
, The Irish American companies held
] meeting, Of whom he was Chairman.
7 Shortly anerward he went To Washing
, ton with letter, written By the lat
: Senator Douglas on hib deuth.bed, 10 IN
President, rendering a regiment TO b.
called the "lrish Brigade" lie was elec
ted Colonel, and immediately went 4
3 work with will. The course Of IN
brigade" up to the battle at Lexington
10 we'll known; Il has nobly, braVsly an
hohornbly done its duty.
/. Col Mulligsn 10 worthy Of all praise
A purer, better man does not live in ia
] State Of Illinois. Since hc was able
0 tell the difference between ale and waite
a glass Of spurious or malt liquor has no
nnRgCd hia Hpa He Ia a rifrid Ietnneyan ne
: man, although he IL jOCund and Who'll,
souled TO fault. He ia six feet thre
inches in hight, with a wiry, elastic fran
j "a large, lustrous hazel eye--an opeI
4 frank Celtic face, stamped with courag,
pluck aud independence, surmounte
with bushy proiusiOn Of hair, tincturc
with gray. ..I .. .
? Honorable in all relations, respected b
all, he has won bis way by untlring IL
f dusty, and unqHestioRed courage, o
tho 96th day Of October, 1880, he wa
married to Miss Marian Nugcnt, by III
. Roman Catholic Bishop Of Chicago.
A fine scholar, good speaker, bri
: liant writer, promising lawyer, wbs
. when tho banner Of the Union WIS insu
ted. Now he is, (and long may he cot
tinue so,) one Of the brave defenders
the Union. In one of his last letter
G received by the gentleman above alludC
4 20, he says "If / die, if fall in the d,
!. fenso Of our laws and Constitution, L
my example be followed by ull-by ever
. man who loves the fame and renOwn
the fathOrs who made us great and hol
ored people.