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The 69th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army.It is from New York City, part of the New York Army National Guard.It is known as the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", [1] a name said to have been given by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.
Officers of the 69th New York Volunteer Regiment pose with a cannon at Fort Corcoran in 1861. Michael Corcoran at left. With the outbreak of war, the court martial was dropped and Corcoran was restored to his command because he had been instrumental in bringing other Irish immigrants to the Union cause.
There were three core regiments of the Irish Brigade, the 69th, 88th, and the 63rd. The 69th New York Volunteers, was largely made up of the pre-war 69th New York Militia, a unit which first gained notoriety prior to the Civil War, when Colonel Michael Corcoran refused an order to parade the regiment for the Prince of Wales during the latter's ...
Nugent was brevetted Brigadier General for distinguished leadership of the 69th Regiment on March 13, 1865. The veterans of the Irish Brigade were honorably discharged and mustered out three months later; Nugent remained in the regular US Army for the next twenty years and was a formidable "Indian fighter" during the Great Plains Wars with the 13th and 24th Infantry Regiments.
U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment may refer to: 69th New York Infantry Regiment, 1849-present, the "Fighting 69th" 69th Infantry Regiment (United States), 1918-19 and 1933-44
Portion of an 1865 map showing the location of Fort Corcoran. To the northeast is the Potomac River and Georgetown.The Aqueduct Bridge can also be distinguished.. Over 13,000 men marched into Northern Virginia on the 24th, bringing with them "a long train of wagons filled with wheelbarrows, shovels, &c." [7] These implements were put to work even as thousands of men marched further into Virginia.
69th Regiment, New York National Guard, marching past armory entrance. The 69th Regiment moved into the armory on October 13, 1906, escorted by the 7th New York Militia Regiment and the 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Regiment. [83] [84] That December, Duffy ordered that the 69th Regiment begin allowing tennis players to use the drill hall ...
Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It houses a museum, the Stephen B. Luce Library, and the Marine Transportation Department and Administrative offices of the State University of New York Maritime College. It is considered one of the finest examples of early 19th century ...