New York's Fighting Sixty-Ninth

John Mahon, a retired veteran, lives in Florida.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Unit Insignia      Introduction      1. Beginning      2. Civil War, 1861      3. 1862      4. 1863      5. 1864      6. 1865      7. Contribution of the Irish Brigade and 69th NYV      8. World War I      9. America Enters the War      10. American Expeditionary Force      11. American Expeditionary Force Arrives in France      12. American Divisions Enter the Trenches      13. Ludendorff’s Offensives of 1918      14. Champagne Defensive      15. Aisne-Marne Offensive      16. St. Mihiel Offensive      17. Meuse-Argonne Offensive      18. Race for Sedan      19. Armistice      20. Homecoming, April 1919      21. Combat Effectiveness      Epilogue      Notes      Bibliography of Works Cited      Reference Bibliography      Index

“well-crafted writing style...Mahon vividly details the campaigns and camp life...thoughtful...highly recommended...straightforward approach”—The Civil War News; “well-written”—The Civil War Courier; “exceptional...invaluable...compelling”—Colorado Libraries; “this regimental history spans over nearly a century...originally formed by Irish immigrants in 1851”—Civil War Book Review.