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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.
The armory also hosted the 69th Regiment's elections [91] and annual reviews of the regiment. [92] The armory was variously known as the 165th Infantry Armory [93] and the Lexington Avenue Armory over the years. [94] The armory's drill hall hosted a wide variety of events, becoming what The New York Times called "Manhattan's multipurpose site ...
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 ...
Chaplain Duffy conducts a funeral service over the grave of First Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, brought down by the Germans on July 14, 1918.. Already well known in theological circles, Duffy gained wider fame for his involvement as a military chaplain during World War I, when the 69th New York ("The Fighting 69th") was federalized again and redesignated the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment.
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.
180th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Failed to complete organization. Recruits were transferred to the 179th New York Volunteer Infantry on February 21, 1865, as Company G. 181st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Failed to complete organization. 182nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: 183rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Units trained at the fort before heading to combat included the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry "Duryee's Zouaves", the First California Regiment (later 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment) under Senator and Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker, [9] and the 69th and 88th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiments (the 1st and 2nd Regiments of Meagher's ...