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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:composition
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primarily Irish immigrants
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:disbanded
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1864
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gptkbp:formed
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1861
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Irish Brigade
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gptkbp:legacy
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commemorated in monuments and literature
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:Riamh_Nar_Dhruid_O_Spairn_Lann_(Who_Never_Retreated_from_the_Clash_of_Spears)
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Fighting_69th
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Robert_Nugent
gptkb:Thomas_Francis_Meagher
gptkb:Michael_Corcoran
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gptkbp:notableFor
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high casualty rates
valor in battle
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gptkbp:regiment
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gptkb:116th_Pennsylvania_Infantry
gptkb:28th_Massachusetts_Infantry
gptkb:63rd_New_York_Infantry
gptkb:69th_New_York_Infantry
gptkb:88th_New_York_Infantry
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gptkbp:symbol
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green regimental flags
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Thomas_Francis_Meagher
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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