Fighting 69th Irish Brigade Gettysburg Battleground

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by Bob and Nadine Johnston

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Fighting 69th Irish Brigade Gettysburg Battleground

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Bob and Nadine Johnston

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The regiment was virtually destroyed in its uphill attack on the well-prepared Confederate positions on Marye's Heights during the Battle of Fredericksburg, suffering more casualties than they had at Antietam.
Afterwards, the audacity of the attack was saluted with a rousing cheer by the Confederate defenders. The day after the battle, the 69th was issued its famed "2nd Colors", one set of which were later given to the Oireachtas by John F. Kennedy on the centennial of the battle.
After Chancellorsville, only 300 men remained in the regiment. General Meagher resigned as commander of the Irish Brigade, stating that "the brigade ceased to exist." The 69th's commander, Patrick Kelly was named as the new commander of the brigade.
At Gettysburg, the brigade distinguished itself in the Wheatfield under the command of Col. Kelly as the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division (Brigadier General John C. Caldwell) of the II Corps.
The regiment, vastly outnumbered, held the Wheatfield until it was overwhelmed. (Major General Winfield S. Hancock). The brigade has a monument on the Loop on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
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The Gettysburg Battlefield was the worst this country has ever seen four (4) out of ten (10) were killed in just this one Battle. It waged on July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot at Knoxlyn Ridge on the west of the borough, to East Cavalry Field on the east. A military engagement prior to the battle was conducted at the Gettysburg Railroad trestle over Rock Creek, which was burned on June 27
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December 21st, 2012