James A. Mulligan
Military Person
1829 – 1864
Who was James A. Mulligan?
James A. Mulligan 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 Colonel Mulligan of 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 in Missouri, and later distinguished himself in other engagements in the Eastern theater prior to his death in battle.
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- Born
- 1829
Utica - Also known as
- James Mulligan
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Utica
- Died
- Jul 26, 1864
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on July 23, 2013
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