Statements (37)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
military unit
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gptkbp:activeYears |
1861-1865
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gptkbp:battleHonors |
gptkb:Appomattox
gptkb:Fredericksburg gptkb:Gettysburg Petersburg Antietam Chancellorsville |
gptkbp:branch |
Infantry
|
gptkbp:celebrates |
69th_Regiment_Memorial_in_New_York_City
Irish_Brigade_Memorial_at_Gettysburg |
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
gptkbp:descendant |
69th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)
69th_Infantry_Regiment_(New_York) 69th_Regiment_of_Foot_(British_Army) 69th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Irish) 69th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Scots) |
gptkbp:disbanded |
1865
|
gptkbp:engagements |
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg Battle of Antietam Battle of Cold Harbor |
gptkbp:garrison |
gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
|
gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
contributed to Union victory
fought_in_major_Civil_War_battles part_of_the_Irish_Brigade symbol_of_Irish-American_patriotism |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Massachusetts 69th Regiment
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gptkbp:motto |
“The_Brave_and_the_Bold”
|
gptkbp:nickname |
“The_Irish_Brigade”
|
gptkbp:notableFeature |
Colonel_William_M._McCarty
|
gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Union_Army
|
gptkbp:recruitment |
Irish_immigrants
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gptkbp:size |
approximately 1,000 soldiers
|
gptkbp:state |
gptkb:Massachusetts
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gptkbp:uniform |
green sash
feathered_hat |