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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.
Formed from the 20th New York State Militia Regiment. 81st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment "2nd Oswego Regiment" or "Mohawk Rangers" 82nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment "State Guards", "2nd New York Light Infantry" Formed from the 2nd Regiment New York State Militia. 83rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Formed from the 9th New ...
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 ...
The Excelsior Brigade was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Mainly composed of infantry regiments raised in the state of New York primarily by former U.S. Representative Daniel Sickles, the brigade served in several of the Army of the Potomac's most important battles in the Eastern Theater, including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
When the Civil War broke out, he raised Company K, Irish Zouaves, for the 69th New York State Militia Regiment, which fought at First Bull Run under Colonel Michael Corcoran. Subsequently Meagher raised the Irish Brigade and commanded it from February 3, 1862 to May 14, 1863 til later commanded a military district in Tennessee.
The 182nd New York Infantry was organized at New York City, New York in November 1862 and mustered in under the command of Colonel Mathew Murphy. Man of the men who enlisted were serving in the 69th New York State Militia. The regiment was attached to Newport News, Virginia, Department of Virginia, to December 1862.
The 79th New York Infantry Regiment was a military regiment organized on 20 June 1859, in the state of New York.Prior to the American Civil War it was one of the three regiments which formed the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the New York State Militia.