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The 69th Pa Irish Volunteers mustered into service in August 1861 and trained in Chestnut Hill Philadelphia at the estate of their first Colonel, Joshua Owen. The 69th departed for Washington DC and were immediately put to work in the construction of one of the forts that ringed the city - Fort Ethan Allen. They were involved in a few skirmishes in Northern Virginia. Next, they were sent to Camp Observation along the Potomac River near Poolesville Maryland where after the Battle of Balls Bluff, they went into Winter Quarters. In the Spring of 1862, they were sent to Harpers Ferry Virginia and participated in the advances on Winchester, Va. The first history bus trip of the 69th Pa visited all of these locations and followed the movements of the "irish volunteers".. |
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