September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
War-date Union officer's Document Signed "Jas. A. Mulligan" by a secretary, 1pp. quarto, Head Quarters, Irish Brigade, Camp Commiskay, New Creek, Virginia, October 5, 1862, with good content "with your permission I will sue the check to offer a gold medal to be known at the "Parkesburgh Prize" for the best shot in the Irish Brigade..." Fine condition. James Mulligan (1830-1864) 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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