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Do you recognize this limb? Dedicated in 1910, this statue was the first of it's kind. Many masses have seen this hand raised in absolution. Who does this statue depict, where is it located, and what is special about what it is placed on?
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That is Father William Corby's statue on Hancock Avenue, Cemetery Ridge (Gettysburg National Military Park). The rock it is placed on is believed to be the exact rock that he stood on to offer general absolution to the Irish Brigade prior to their action in the Wheatfield.

Father William Corby

The monument to Reverend Father William Corby, C.S.C. is south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue near the George Weickert Farm. (39.80345° N, 77.23438° W; Google map; Tour map: Hancock Avenue Part 1) Father William Corby was chaplain to the 88th New York Infantry of the famous Irish Brigade.

The bronze statue stands just under eight feet tall and was created by Samuel Murray. It shows Father Corby as he blessed and gave final absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade who were about to attack into the Wheatfield. It is believed the statue stands on the very boulder that Father Corby used on that day. The monument was dedicated on October 29, 1910.
 
The statue depicts Chaplain William Corby of the 88th New York standing on the rock from which he blessed and gave a final absolution as the Irish Brigade prepared to attack into the Wheatfield at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. The absolution was not only intended for the Irish Brigade but in the words of Chaplain Corby, "[the] general absolution was intended for all in quantum possum not only for our brigade, but for all, North or South, who were susceptible of it and who were about to appear before their Judge.”
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The Father William Corby statue : The monument to Reverend Father William Corby is south of the city of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue near the George Weickert Farm. This is the location where Father Corby blessed the Irish Brigade before their conflict in The Wheatfield.
 
What: It shows Father Corby as he blessed and gave final absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade who were about to attack into the Wheatfield.

Where. Gettysburg NMP. The monument to Reverend Father William Corby, C.S.C. is south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue near the George Weickert Farm. (39.80345° N, 77.23438° W)

What is special: It is believed the statue stands on the very boulder that Father Corby used to give final absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade who were about to attack into the Wheatfield.


From the monument bass:
To the memory of
Rev. Father William Corby, C.S.C.
Chaplain 88th Regiment New York Infantry
2nd Brigade 1st Division 2nd Corps,
The Irish Brigade
July 2nd 1863.
 
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AMANDLA! It's our very own Madiba on Naval Hill in Boemfontein; I was standing there just last Saturday for the weekly Park-Run. There in back are the remains of the British block house complex from the Anglo-Boer War, which we are learning to call "The South African War" because it involved a lot more than Anglos and Boers.

No, wait - I see it's not an open hand after all..... hmm, and not Civil War either (though it was a close-run thing!).

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Father William Corby
The monument to Reverend Father William Corby, C.S.C. is south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue. Corby was chaplain to the 88th New York Infantry of the famous Irish Brigade.

The bronze statue stands just under eight feet tall and was created by Samuel Murray. It shows Father Corby as he blessed and gave final absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade who were about to attack into the Wheatfield. It is believed the statue stands on the very boulder that Father Corby used on that day. The monument was dedicated on October 29, 1910.
http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/monuments-to-individuals/father-william-corby/
http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/monuments-to-individuals/father-william-corby/
Amandla! Ngawethu!
 
The limb is the right hand of a statue of Father Corby at Gettysburg as he blessed and gave final absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade who were about to attack into the Wheatfield. It is believed the statue stands on the very boulder that Father Corby used on that day. The monument was dedicated on October 29, 1910.
 
The raised arm is part of the statue of Father William Corby, it stands on the battlefield at Gettysburg, on Hancock Avenue, near the George Weickert Farm, and it is believed to stand at the very boulder that Father Corby used to give final absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade, who were to fight (and die) in the wheatfield.

The monument was dedicated Oct. 29th, 1910.

http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/monuments-to-individuals/father-william-corby/

https://wizzley.com/father-william-...tion-for-all-during-the-battle-of-gettysburg/
 
This is dedicated to Father William Corby, a Union Army Chaplain attached to the famed "Irish Brigade." The statue stands erected south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue near the George Weickert Farm. What makes this special, is that it is said that it's placed on the very boulder William used that day.

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Edit - You are correct that the hand pictured in the question belonged to the statue of Father Corby at Gettysburg, so you will get credit for a correct response.

However, I believe the picture included in this post is of the statue of Father Corby that stands on the campus of Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana.

Hoosier
 
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Father William Corby
The monument to Reverend Father William Corby, C.S.C. is south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue near the George Weickert Farm. Father William Corby was chaplain to the 88th New York Infantry of the famous Irish Brigade.
It shows Father Corby as he blessed and gave final absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade who were about to attack into the Wheatfield. It is believed the statue stands on the very boulder that Father Corby used on that day.
 
The General Oliver O. Howard 'Floating Arm' statue. Designed by sculptor Dexter Limbus and dedicated to all soldiers who lost a right arm in the war. Hovering 30 feet about the the ground in Downtown Square Civil War Memorial Park. Local folklore says amputees who stand under it for 24 hours are relieved of phantom pain.
(Sorry, I came up empty with an answer.)
 
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Father William Corby, Union Army chaplain attached to the Irish Brigade. A statue by Samuel Murray – Father Corby, with right hand raised in the gesture of blessing – stands upon the same boulder on which the priest stood while blessing the troops. It was the first statue of a non-general erected on the Gettysburg Battlefield, and was dedicated in 1910

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Edit - You are correct that this is the statue of Father Corby at Gettysburg, so you will get credit for a correct response.

Whether this should be considered the first statue of a non-general erected on the Gettysburg Battlefield is a debatable point. The monument to the 13th Vermont Infantry, on top of which stands a statue of Lt. Stephen Brown (who was subsequently promoted to captain, but never to general), was dedicated in 1899. My guess is that the statue of Father Corby qualifies as the first statue of a non-general erected as an individual, rather than a regimental monument.

Hoosier
 
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