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"The Forgotten Irish" - " 'Paddy' Owen's Regulars"
Dedication: This site is dedicated to all the soldiers, mainly from Co. Derry but also from the adjoining counties of Tyrone, Antrim and Donegal. There were also men from many other Irish counties and others England, Scotland, Wales and Germany plus a number of unnamed nationalities who fought and in many cases gave their lives fighting with the 69th Penn. Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army in the American Civil War 1861-65. These men were commanded by Colonel Dennis O'Kane from Learmount, Upper Cumber parish in Co. Derry who led, and fought alongside them until he himself was killed at Gettysburg. www.69thpa.co.uk/index.html
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