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.

Tradition holds that the 69th Regiment of New York is the most highly decorated regiment in the United States. The 69th Regiment traces its lineage to 21 Dec 1849. After the failed “Young Ireland” revolt in Ireland in 1848, the locus of Irish revolutionary/republican activity moved to …

The 69th, the 1st regiment of the Irish brigade, was the outgrowth of the 69th militia (q. v.) and contained members from New York city, Chicago, Il1., Brooklyn and Buffalo. It was mustered into the U. S. service at New York city Sept. 7 to Nov. 17, 1861, for three years, and left for Washington on Nov. 18.

The 69th Regiment, located in New York city and still in existence, was organized October 12, 1851. In 1858 it was reorganized as an artillery regiment, doing duty as infantry. The regiment has rendered the State service during the Quarantine riots in 1858, the Draft riots, 1863, and the Quarantine disturbances in 1892.

2023年6月6日 · NEW YORK-- Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment march past St. Patrick's Cathedral, accompanied by one of their Irish Wolfhound mascots, on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2025 as they lead the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade. The regiment has led the parade since 1851.

enlisted in Company I of the 69th Regiment, New York State Militia and rose through the ranks to became Colonel of the Regiment. In October 1860, Edward Prince of Wales made a state visit to the United States.

It was formed by the officers and men of the Sixty-ninth Regiment New York State Militia who were members of that regiment, and who served with it in the three months' campaign, and who, in a spirit of patriotism, desired to serve their country during the war.

The 69th Infantry Regiment is established by Army and National Guard Regulation NGR (AR) 600-82, which establish the 69th Regimental Headquarters as the repository of lineage, honors, traditions, and heraldry of the 69th Infantry Regiment.

2024年10月29日 · The 69th Regiment Armory, located in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood at 68 Lexington Avenue (between 25th and 26th Streets), is one of New York City’s most storied military and cultural landmarks. Built in 1906, it was the first armory in New York designed with a Beaux-Arts facade, distinct from the medieval-style structures common among ...

2024年5月2日 · The 69th New York Infantry Regiment lost 13 officers and 246 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 142 enlisted men to disease, a total of 401, the highest number of any New York Regiment and the 6th in total losses in the Union army during the Civil War.