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An American and Irish flag mark the grave of Pvt. Bernard Trainor a Soldiers in the 69th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War following a flag placing ceremony at at the Soldiers Lot in Albany Rural Cemetery on March 10, 2019. Trainor was wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 and sent to a hospital in Albany. He died in 1868. Veterans of the New York National Guard's 1st Battalion 69th Infantry who live in the Albany, N.Y.- area marked the graves of Irish-American Civil War Soldiers at Albany Rural Cemetery and St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery to acknowledge the link between their service and the 69th Infantry, which was historically an Irish-American unit and part of the Irisih Brigde during the war. ( U.S. Army National Guard photo by Eric Durr)
| Date Taken: | 03.10.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 03.11.2019 12:50 |
| Photo ID: | 5167917 |
| VIRIN: | 190310-O-EK423-1564 |
| Resolution: | 2592x3872 |
| Size: | 5.01 MB |
| Location: | MENANDS, ALABAMA, US |
| Web Views: | 40 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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NY National Guard Soldiers, vets honor Civil War Irish Soldiers
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