69th Regiment, New York Infantry

Brief History
The 69th Regiment, New York Infantry was organized at New York and mustered in November 18, 1861. It was assigned at various times to various places and commands. The regiment mustered out June 30, 1865.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 69th Regiment Infantry "1st Regiment Irish Brigade", (accessed 9 August 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 69th Infantry Regiment (New York), (accessed 9 August 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Campany A - principally recruited at New York City

Campany B - principally recruited at New York City

Campany C - principally recruited at New York City

Campany D - principally recruited at (Chicago), Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois

Campany E - principally recruited at New York City

Campany F - principally recruited at New York City and (Brooklyn), Kings County

Campany G - principally recruited at New York City

Campany H - principally recruited at New York City

Campany I - principally recruited at New York City

Campany K - principally recruited at (Buffalo), Erie County, and New York City

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘New York in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * New York in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for New York, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Bilby, Joseph G.The Irish Brigade in the Civil War : the 69th New York and other Irish regiments of the Army of the Potomac. (Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : Combined Pub., c1997, 1998)


 * Conyngham, D. P. (David Power,. The Irish Brigade and its campaigns : with some account of the Corcoran Legion and sketches of the principal officers. (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978) and (Gaithersburg, Maryland : Butternut Press, [198-?])


 * Corcoran, Michael. The captivity of General Corcoran : the only authentic and reliable narrative of the trials and sufferings endured, during his twelve month's imprisonment in Richmond and other Southern cities. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)


 * Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908), as cited at Civil War Soldiers; Sailors System (database on-line).


 * Hayes, William J.The Civil War service death and family heritage of Dennis Doyle. (New York, New York : W.J. Hayes, 1971)


 * Hawks, Steve,The Civil War in the East. Database.


 * Mahon, John. New York's Fighting Sixty-Ninth : a regimental history of service in the Civil War's Irish Brigade and the Great War's Rainbow Division. (Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland &amp; Co., c2004)


 * McLaughlin, James H.; Haggerty, James. James Haggerty of Tír Conaill, Irish patriot - American hero : on the occasion of the unveiling of a memorial, First Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, New York, May 30, 1992. (New York, New York : [County Donegal Association of New York?], 1992)


 * Meagher, Thomas Francis.The last days of the 69th in Virginia : a narrative in three parts. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)


 * New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. "Unit History Project : New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center citing Frederick Phisterer, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. (Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912).


 * Phisterer, Frederick. New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865. Albany, New York : J.B. Lyon, 1912. Google Books, other libraries with this book,


 * Root, William Francis Stanton.The 69th Regiment in peace and war : historical, biographical, statistical. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)


 * The Union Army : a History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65, Records of the Regiments in the Union Army, Cyclopedia of Battles, Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers, Reprint of original published: Madison, WI.: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. Other libraries with this book,


 * United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 69th (1861-1865). Official souvenir book and history : Sixty-Nineth Regiment N.G.N.Y. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992)