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MULLIGAN', JAMES A. 



NAVF, CONFEDERATE. 



ident in opposition to the regular Democratic 

 candidate. He remained true to his anti-slavery 

 predilections until his death, advocating the 

 restriction of slavery to its existing limits, and 

 deprecating any tendency of the Democratic 

 party toward the support of that institution. 

 Upon the breaking out of the rebellion of the 

 Southern States he gave his whole influence in 

 support of the Government and Administration. 

 Gov. Morton held various other offices of trust 

 and honor besides those enumerated, and died 

 universally respected and esteemed. 



MULLIGAN", COL. JAMES A., an officer of 

 U. S. volunteers, born at Utica, N. Y., June 25, 

 1830; died July 26, 1864, from wounds re- 

 ceived at the battle of "Winchester, Va. He was 

 of Irish descent, his parents having emigrated 

 to this country a few years previous to his 

 birth. In the autumn of 1836 his parents re- 

 moved to Chicago, and after a few years' resi- 

 dence placed him in the University of St. Ma- 

 ry's of the Lake. lie graduated in 1850, being 

 the first graduate from the university, and in 

 the same year commenced the study of the law. 

 In 1851 he accompanied John Lloyd Stephens, 

 the American author, on Ms expedition to the 

 Isthmus of Panama. After remaining at Pan- 

 ama about a year, the deceased returned to 

 Chicago, and in 1855 he was admitted to the 

 bar, and immediately commenced practice in 

 that city. During the winter of 1857 he was 

 appointed to a clerkship in the office of the In- 

 terior at Washington. When the war broke 

 out he obtained the requisite authority, and in 

 a few weeks raised a fine regiment of Irishmen, 



the 23d Illinois infantry, afterwards known as 

 " Mulligan's Brigade," was made colonel, and 

 in July, 1861, left for the front. During the 

 first month or two of service the regiment was 

 actively engaged in Virginia and Missouri until 

 September, when it was ordered to the defence 

 of Lexington. For nine days Col. Mulligan held 

 the town against heavy odds, praying for re- 

 enforcements ; but reinforcements came not; 

 Lexington fell into the hands of the rebels, and 

 Col. Mulligan and his command were also cap- 

 tured. He was exchanged on the 25th of Nov., 

 and returned to Chicago as the hero of Lexing- 

 ton. On his return he reorganized his regi- 

 ment. In January, 1862, he Avas ordered with 

 his regiment to proceed to New Creek, Va., 

 and hold that post. From that date till the 

 time of his reenlistment (in June, 1864), Col. 

 Mulligan participated in several hard-fought 

 battles. 



In the battle of Winchester during a charge on 

 the rebel lines he was mortally wounded ; a squad 

 of his men seeing him fall, attempted to carry 

 him off the field, but seeing that the colors of 

 his brigade were endangered, he turned to his 

 bearers and exclaimed, "Lay me down and 

 save the flag," repeating the order upon their 

 hesitation. They obeyed him, and ere their re- 

 turn, he was borne off by the enemy, and soon 

 after died in their hands. Col. Mulligan was 

 at one time offered a commission of brigadier- 

 general, but declined, preferring to remain with 

 his old regiment. He was a peculiarly gifted 

 writer, strictly temperate in all his habits, and 

 an earnest, devoted Catholic. 



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NAVY, CONFEDEKATE. Under this title 

 is embraced all the classes of armed vessels 

 fitted out at the expense of the Government at 

 Richmond. These consisted of rams for sea 

 service, others for harbor service, cruisers, and 

 gunboats. 



The rams built in England for sea service, 

 and which excited much anxiety near the close 

 of the previous year, under a conviction that 

 they were intended for the Confederates, were 

 detained and bought by the English Govern- 

 ment. None of this class of vessels were there- 

 fore built in English ports and suffered to en- 

 ter the service of the Richmond Government. 

 The efforts of the Confederates in England, 

 however, called forth the following protest and 

 remonstrance from the Government : 



HEK BRITISH MAJESTY'S LEGATION, I 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1, 1864. j 

 Mr. Jefferson Davis, &c., &c., Richmond, Va. 



SIR: I have been instructed by Earl Russell, her 

 Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign 

 Affairs, to convey to you the following extract of a 

 despatch which has been forwarded to me by his 

 Lordship. I have chosen the method which appeared 

 to me the only available one, under the present un- 

 happy circumstances in which the country is involved, 



and I trust that the absence of all recognized or con- 

 sular residents or other agents of her Majesty near 

 Eichmond, will be recognized as a sufficient reason 

 for its not being sent through usual channels. I need 

 scarcely say that the bearer of this despatch, whom 

 you have consented to allow to visit Richmond, has 

 been authorized by the Government of the United 

 States to pass into your lines on the flag-of-truce 

 boat for the purpose of delivering it, and will desire 

 your permission to return for Washington by the 

 same mode of conveyance. 



I have the honor to be, with high respect, your 

 obedient, humble servant, LYONS. 



[corr.] 



You will also convey to Mr. Davis, at Richmond, 

 through such channels as shall be available, and as 

 you may in your discretion deem proper, the formal 

 protest and remonstrance of her Majesty's Gov- 

 ernment against the efforts of the authorities of the 

 so-called Confederate States to build war vessels 

 within her Majesty's dominions to be employed 

 against the Government of the United States. Per- 

 haps your Lordship might best accomplish this ob- 

 ject by obtaining permission from the authorities of 

 both belligerents to send a special messenger to Rich- 

 mond with the necessary despatch, in which you will 

 transmit this paragraph, or the substance of it, to- 

 gether with all that follows, to the close of this com- 

 munication. 



Her Majesty's Government, in taking this course, 



