Michael Corcoran

          DEATH OF GEN. CORCORAN.
 He is Killed by a Fall from His Horse. 
        FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE, Tuesday, Dec. 22.
To the Associated Press:
 GEN. MICHAEL CORCORAN died at half-past
eight this evening, from injuries received from a fall
from his horse.
                                  THOS. M. REED,
Lieut.-Col. Com'g. 69th Reg., Corcoran Irish Legion.

 Brig.-Gen. CORCORAN, whose death is announced
above, was born in Ireland, and was about 45 years
of age. He has been a resident of this City for ten
or fifteen years past, and his history, especially since
the rebellion commenced, is well known to
most of our readers. He was among
the first to engage in the present struggle
for the maintenance of the nationality of his
adopted country, and went forth in response to the
first call of the President as Colonel of the Sixty-
ninth regiment New-York National Guard. His cap-
ture at the first battle of Bull Run, his
subsequent imprisonment in rebel dungeons, his
heroic and patriotic conduct during that
imprisonment in the face of rebel threats
to hang him in retaliation for the anticipated execu-
tion by our Government of rebel pirates, his sub-
sequent release and magnificent reception in New-
York and other cities during the Summer of '62, are
all familiar to the public. In consideration of his
eminent services and patriotism, he was commission-
ed Brigadier-General by the President while yet he
remained in the hands of the enemy. On his re-
turn to New-York he raised a brigade with which he
again took the field, and has since been stationed
most of the time in the vicinity of Suffolk, Va. The
announcement of his untimely and accidental death
will fall heavily upon his numerous friends in this
City, and will be felt as a serious loss by the Govern-
ment, which he has served with so much zeal and
fidelity.