James A. Mulligan papers, 1849-1900 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, telegrams, student notebook, letterpress copy book, account books, journal (1862-1863), order books, and other papers by, to, or about James A. Mulligan, a Civil War army officer, Chicago lawyer, and journalist. Topics include Irish Americans, Catholics, Democratic politics, Mulligan's fellow students from the University of St. Mary's on the Lake, friendship with Henry S. Fitch, Mulligan's Chicago Catholic newspaper, the Western Tablet, cholera in Chicago (in 1854 letters), lawyers (Mulligan studied with Isaac N. Arnold), administration of the Irish Brigade, which was Illinois Infantry 23rd Regiment, administration of Camp Douglas, social scene in Washington, D.C. (in 1862 journal), family matters, camp life at New Creek, West Virginia, and Mulligan's command of the 5th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps