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|branch= |serviceyears=1861–1863 |rank= 35px Colonel |commands= 140th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment |unit= |battles= |awards= |laterwork= |signature=PHORorkeSignature.gif |signature_size=172 }} Patrick Henry "Paddy" O'Rorke or O'Rourke〔Although most Civil War sources spell his surname O'Rorke, O'Rourke is a common alternative spelling in Ireland. Both O'Rorke and O'Rourke appear for the family in the Rochester City Directory () depending on the year and both spellings were used, for example, in General Tyler's report.〕 (March 25, 1837 – July 2, 1863) was an Irish-American immigrant who became a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. ==Early life== O'Rorke was born in County Cavan, Ireland on March 25, 1837. He was a year old when his parents emigrated to the United States. In 1842, his family moved to Rochester, New York, where he attended the public schools. In 1853, at age 16, he was awarded a scholarship to the University of Rochester; however, before attending college, his father died, and O'Rorke, to support his family, took a job as a marble cutter at the request of his mother.〔〔〔 In 1857, he was appointed a cadet in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating first in his class in June 1861. He was then commissioned to the Corps of Engineers as second lieutenant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick O'Rorke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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