69th PA Co. I&K Official
07-30-2016, 03:00 AM
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Company I & K "Baker Guard Zouaves"
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History of the 69th Pennsylvania
The 69th Pennsylvania was recruited from Philadelphia Irish militia companies of the 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. It was mustered into service on August 19, 1861, with Joshua T. Owen as its first colonel. Many of its members had served in the 24th Pennsylvania, a three-month volunteer regiment. The unit was first designated the 2nd California. It left for Washington, D.C. that September, before being assigned to the Army of the Potomac in October as part of Colonel Edwin Baker's California Brigade, later re-stylized as the Philadelphia Brigade.
Early in October, the regiment in pursuance of orders re-crossed the Potomac, and moved to Camp Observation, near Poolesville, Maryland. Here a systematic course of instruction was commenced under the immediate supervision of Colonel Owen, by which the command was soon brought to a high degree of efficiency and discipline. It was assigned to a brigade commanded by Colonel E. D. Baker, which constituted a part of the force under Major General Banks. Brigade and regimental drill were daily practiced under Colonel Baker, who succeeded in infusing into officers and men his own indomitable energy. A spirit of rivalry in attaining perfection in drill was created among the several regiments, which resulted in making the Philadelphia Brigade, by which designation it was ever known, conspicuous for good soldierly qualities.
Soon after the death of Colonel Baker, General W. W. Burns was assigned to the command of the brigade, and General Sedgwick superceded General Stone. Two companies of Zouaves, raising the number to twelve, had been attached to the regiment while in Virginia, which acted as flanking companies. They had been acting as independent commands, and were known as the Baker Guards.
The 69th served in the Peninsula Campaign, during which it was complemented by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker for making “the first successful bayonet charge of the war.”
From Chantilly, the regiment passed through Maryland to South Mountain, and after the discomfiture of the enemy, moved on in pursuit to the neighborhood of Keedysville. Resting here until the army had all come up, the division moved forward to the Antietam Creek, where during the 16th the artillery was engaged in shelling the enemy on the opposite bank, to which he replied. At six o'clock on the morning of the 17th the division forded the stream, and advanced to the support of the troops already hotly engaged, the First Brigade in advance, the Second following, the One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania on the right, and the Seventy-second on the left of the Sixty-ninth. The lines continued to move forward for nearly a mile, when the enemy made a determined stand, and the division was pushed forward to the front. The enemy was again driven a quarter of a mile further back; but at a rise of ground south of a narrow belt of woods, having received reinforcement, and being under cover of his entrenchments, he made another and successful stand.
The Second Brigade was now ordered to the front, but while passing a corn field and before reaching the wood, the troops on its left gave way, the enemy following and his artillery pouring in a destructive fire.
" We still kept on," says Adjutant M'Dermott, "until within a few paces of the advanced line. The fire from his batteries was here so destructive that we were ordered to lie down. This fire was kept up on us for nearly half an hour, when General Sumner, accompanied by a single aid, came up in our front, waving his hand for us to fall back. It being impossible to hear what he was trying to say, the men rose to their feet, and fixed bayonets, thinking that he wanted them to charge the batteries on our left front, and it was not until this brave old man got in front of our colors, when he took off his hat and waived it for us to get back, that his order was understood. But it was now too late, as the enemy was pouring down upon us from the rear, delivering a terrible fire of musketry. The fire was coming from our rear, left, and front, and we were obliged to retire to the right."
The regiment was now moved to the extreme right of the lines, where it was placed in support of batteries, and remained until nightfall. The loss in the Sixty-ninth was three officers and eighteen men killed, three officers and fifty-four men wounded, and one officer and nine men taken prisoners.
Battle Honors
Battle of Ball's Bluff - Falling Waters - Balls Crossroads - Yorktown - Fair Oaks - Peach Orchard - Savage Station -
White Oak Swamp - Glendale 1st-2nd Malvern Hill - 2nd Bullrun - Chantilly - South Mountain - Antietam - Fredericksburg - Chancellorsville - Thouroughfare Gap - Hay Market - Gettysburg - Rappahannock Station - Auburn - Bristoe Station - Kelly's Ford - Ruberson's Farm - Mine Run - Wilderness - Po River - 1st-2nd Spottsylvania - Milford - North Anna Tolopotdmy - Cold Harbor - Petersburg - Jerusalem Plank Road - Deep Bottom - Strawberry Plains - Reams Station - Boydton Plank Road - 1st-2nd Hatcher's Run - Dabney's Mill - Five Forks - Jettersville - Farmville - Sailors Creek - Surrender Of Lee
69th PA Zouave Uniform
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Who are we?
The 69th Pennsylvania Companies I & K has it roots in the Mount and Blade: Napoleonic Wars community as the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. For over 5 years, we have been portraying an Irish regiment on that scene. We are renewing our little gaming community by going into War of Rights under a new name, but still keeping our Irish identity, which we have come to cherish greatly.
We strive to be an active group and present ourselves in War of Rights with the same grit and mannerisms as we have done in Napoleonic Wars. Mature, disciplined, respectful to others being one of the main keywords. We are a group of people from all over the globe and all walks of life. As a group, we want to establish a fun and active gaming environment where you can always feel welcome while portraying the regiment as historically realistic as possible throughout the events and trainings we do.
Here are some links to the real men of I and K if you join you may choose your own name or take one of these as yours.
Company I
http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/69th/69thcoi.html
http://www.69thpa.co.uk/coi.pdf
Company K
http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/69th/69thcok.html
http://www.69thpa.co.uk/cok.pdf
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Contact Info
POTUS (http://steamcommunity.com/id/potus87)
Teamspeak (ny.jestservers.com:7049)
Useful Links
69th Pennsylvania Co I & K website: http://69thpennsylvania.enjin.com/home
69th PA Co I& K Steam Group (http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791440302887)
Practical Info
We are currently active in M&B NW ( Mount and Blade: Napoleonic Wars) We will make the full transition into WoR once the majority of the members have access to the game.
Signed
Potus and Hall
WIP
Company I & K "Baker Guard Zouaves"
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g421/potus1/secession/Union%20army%20ranks%20and%20insignia/bunting.gif
History of the 69th Pennsylvania
The 69th Pennsylvania was recruited from Philadelphia Irish militia companies of the 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. It was mustered into service on August 19, 1861, with Joshua T. Owen as its first colonel. Many of its members had served in the 24th Pennsylvania, a three-month volunteer regiment. The unit was first designated the 2nd California. It left for Washington, D.C. that September, before being assigned to the Army of the Potomac in October as part of Colonel Edwin Baker's California Brigade, later re-stylized as the Philadelphia Brigade.
Early in October, the regiment in pursuance of orders re-crossed the Potomac, and moved to Camp Observation, near Poolesville, Maryland. Here a systematic course of instruction was commenced under the immediate supervision of Colonel Owen, by which the command was soon brought to a high degree of efficiency and discipline. It was assigned to a brigade commanded by Colonel E. D. Baker, which constituted a part of the force under Major General Banks. Brigade and regimental drill were daily practiced under Colonel Baker, who succeeded in infusing into officers and men his own indomitable energy. A spirit of rivalry in attaining perfection in drill was created among the several regiments, which resulted in making the Philadelphia Brigade, by which designation it was ever known, conspicuous for good soldierly qualities.
Soon after the death of Colonel Baker, General W. W. Burns was assigned to the command of the brigade, and General Sedgwick superceded General Stone. Two companies of Zouaves, raising the number to twelve, had been attached to the regiment while in Virginia, which acted as flanking companies. They had been acting as independent commands, and were known as the Baker Guards.
The 69th served in the Peninsula Campaign, during which it was complemented by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker for making “the first successful bayonet charge of the war.”
From Chantilly, the regiment passed through Maryland to South Mountain, and after the discomfiture of the enemy, moved on in pursuit to the neighborhood of Keedysville. Resting here until the army had all come up, the division moved forward to the Antietam Creek, where during the 16th the artillery was engaged in shelling the enemy on the opposite bank, to which he replied. At six o'clock on the morning of the 17th the division forded the stream, and advanced to the support of the troops already hotly engaged, the First Brigade in advance, the Second following, the One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania on the right, and the Seventy-second on the left of the Sixty-ninth. The lines continued to move forward for nearly a mile, when the enemy made a determined stand, and the division was pushed forward to the front. The enemy was again driven a quarter of a mile further back; but at a rise of ground south of a narrow belt of woods, having received reinforcement, and being under cover of his entrenchments, he made another and successful stand.
The Second Brigade was now ordered to the front, but while passing a corn field and before reaching the wood, the troops on its left gave way, the enemy following and his artillery pouring in a destructive fire.
" We still kept on," says Adjutant M'Dermott, "until within a few paces of the advanced line. The fire from his batteries was here so destructive that we were ordered to lie down. This fire was kept up on us for nearly half an hour, when General Sumner, accompanied by a single aid, came up in our front, waving his hand for us to fall back. It being impossible to hear what he was trying to say, the men rose to their feet, and fixed bayonets, thinking that he wanted them to charge the batteries on our left front, and it was not until this brave old man got in front of our colors, when he took off his hat and waived it for us to get back, that his order was understood. But it was now too late, as the enemy was pouring down upon us from the rear, delivering a terrible fire of musketry. The fire was coming from our rear, left, and front, and we were obliged to retire to the right."
The regiment was now moved to the extreme right of the lines, where it was placed in support of batteries, and remained until nightfall. The loss in the Sixty-ninth was three officers and eighteen men killed, three officers and fifty-four men wounded, and one officer and nine men taken prisoners.
Battle Honors
Battle of Ball's Bluff - Falling Waters - Balls Crossroads - Yorktown - Fair Oaks - Peach Orchard - Savage Station -
White Oak Swamp - Glendale 1st-2nd Malvern Hill - 2nd Bullrun - Chantilly - South Mountain - Antietam - Fredericksburg - Chancellorsville - Thouroughfare Gap - Hay Market - Gettysburg - Rappahannock Station - Auburn - Bristoe Station - Kelly's Ford - Ruberson's Farm - Mine Run - Wilderness - Po River - 1st-2nd Spottsylvania - Milford - North Anna Tolopotdmy - Cold Harbor - Petersburg - Jerusalem Plank Road - Deep Bottom - Strawberry Plains - Reams Station - Boydton Plank Road - 1st-2nd Hatcher's Run - Dabney's Mill - Five Forks - Jettersville - Farmville - Sailors Creek - Surrender Of Lee
69th PA Zouave Uniform
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g421/potus1/secession/Union%20army%20ranks%20and%20insignia/bunting.gif
Who are we?
The 69th Pennsylvania Companies I & K has it roots in the Mount and Blade: Napoleonic Wars community as the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. For over 5 years, we have been portraying an Irish regiment on that scene. We are renewing our little gaming community by going into War of Rights under a new name, but still keeping our Irish identity, which we have come to cherish greatly.
We strive to be an active group and present ourselves in War of Rights with the same grit and mannerisms as we have done in Napoleonic Wars. Mature, disciplined, respectful to others being one of the main keywords. We are a group of people from all over the globe and all walks of life. As a group, we want to establish a fun and active gaming environment where you can always feel welcome while portraying the regiment as historically realistic as possible throughout the events and trainings we do.
Here are some links to the real men of I and K if you join you may choose your own name or take one of these as yours.
Company I
http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/69th/69thcoi.html
http://www.69thpa.co.uk/coi.pdf
Company K
http://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/69th/69thcok.html
http://www.69thpa.co.uk/cok.pdf
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g421/potus1/secession/Union%20army%20ranks%20and%20insignia/bunting.gif
Contact Info
POTUS (http://steamcommunity.com/id/potus87)
Teamspeak (ny.jestservers.com:7049)
Useful Links
69th Pennsylvania Co I & K website: http://69thpennsylvania.enjin.com/home
69th PA Co I& K Steam Group (http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791440302887)
Practical Info
We are currently active in M&B NW ( Mount and Blade: Napoleonic Wars) We will make the full transition into WoR once the majority of the members have access to the game.
Signed
Potus and Hall
WIP