69th Pennsylvania Irish Volunteer Infantry, Backer Zouaves Companies I & K, 1861-1862 - Artist Proof Southern Revolutionary War Institute

Southern Revolutionary War Institute

the banner was “promoted” to be the regimental banner for the 8th Tennessee Infantry

and disappearing “like dew before the morning sun

South Mountain

and then retreated in panic

69th Pennsylvania Irish Volunteer Infantry, Backer Zouaves Companies I & K, 1861-1862 - Artist Proof Southern Revolutionary War InstituteArtist Proof 50 Signed Numbered Overall: 15. 375" x 20" Image: 11. 375" x 14. 5" $100. 00 The 69th regiment was recruited mainly from men in the Philadelphia environs, and most of its recruits were Irishmen described as "robust and of fine physique." In fact more than 220 of its members' surnames began with "Mc" or nearly a fifth of the entire regiment. The regiment's first colonel, Joshua T. Owen, had commanded the 24th Pennsylvania as a three months