Despite the fact that the 69th New York State Militia was never a unit within the Irish Brigade, many of the soldiers that enlisted with the 69th NYSM, after 1st Bull Run (Manassas) re-enlisted with units of the Irish Brigade. Many of them becoming NCO’s and officers. It feels right to commemorate the soldiers of the 69th NYSM here, along with the Irish Brigade.
Colonel Michael Corcoran
Colonel James Bagley
Captain Thomas Meagher and Colonel James Bagley
Captain Thomas Francis Meagher
Father Thomas Mooney
Lt Charles G Halpine
James McKay Rorty
69th NYSM at mass
69th NYSM at Fort Corcoran
Soldiers of the 69th NYSM
69th NYSM Co K, including Thomas Francis Meagher
Unidentified officers of the 69th NYSM
Unidentified officers of the 69th NYSM
69th NYSM officers outside Washington 1861, before the battle of 1st Bull Run, including Corcoran & Meagher
Corocoran & Bull Run soldiers in Castle Pinckney in Charleston Harbor, 1861