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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.
Duffy served as chaplain for the 69th Infantry Regiment (known as the "Fighting 69th"), a unit of the New York Army National Guard largely drawn from the city's Irish-American population. [2] He served in the Spanish–American War (1898), but it is his service on the Western Front in France during World War I (1917–1918) for which he is best ...
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 ...
Irish-Americans living in the Union states often formed their own regiments, notably the 69th New York State Volunteers and 90th Illinois Infantry Regiment. The 69th New York Volunteers flew a green flag with a golden harp on it, symbolizing Ireland. The green flag was carried in addition to the normal regimental and national colours, making ...
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.
Description: 69th New York State Volunteer Infantry, Ist Regiment, Irish Brigade The Sixty-Ninth New York State Volunteer Regiment, Company A, first served the United States in the American Revolution and the War of 1812, while the remainder of the Regiment has its origins in early 1851, when the Irish citizens of New York City formed a militia regiment known locally as the Second Regiment of ...
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