Life Span
to
Full name
Michael Corcoran
Place of Birth
County Sligo, Ireland
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Occupation
Military
Political Parties
Democratic
Military
Union Army
Date Event
In Richmond, Confederates select prisoners for trial in retaliation for Northern convictions of privateers
The United States reclassifies convicted Confederate privateers as prisoners of war
In Washington D.C., Union officer and Irish Nationalist leader Michael Corcoran dies in a fall
Union officer and Irish Nationalist leader Michael Corcoran is buried in New York City
Date Title
Judah Benjamin to Brig-General John H. Winder, Order to select Richmond prisoners for reprisal, November 9, 1861
How to Cite This Page: "Corcoran, Michael," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/11942.