Officers of the Regiment
Ahern, David H. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Allen, Richard J., CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Alexander, John M. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Ames, Oliver 2LT, served with the 165th during World War I. Killed crossing the River Ourque with Donovan.
Anderson, Alexander, LTC commanded the 2d Battalion 165th during World War I
Archer, James, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Arenholz, William J. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Baker, Chas. D, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Barker, John W., COL commanded the 165th Infantry during World War I
Beach, Clayton W. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Becker, Beverly H, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Belding, George M. LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War.
Benson, William CPT served with Company E during the Civil War.
Behrends, Jerome B, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Billings, Forest E, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Birmingham, Andrew 1LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Died of wounds received at Fredricksburg.
Bocard, Fred J. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Bonner, Robert 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Boone, Philip T. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Bootz, Henry A., MAJ, served with the 165th during World War I
Bracken, Benjamin 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Bracken, Robert LTC commanded Company A 2d Bn during the 1970s.
Brady, Rev. Bernard A. served as chaplain from1895-98.
Breen, Rev. Matthew P. served as chaplain from 1877- 89.Breheny, James CPT served as HHC Commander of the 2d Bn in the 1970s.
Brennan, Kevin served as Commo Officer of the 2d Bn in the 1970s.
Brennan, Luke 2LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War.
Brennan, Michael J. 2LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Wounded at Fredericksburg.
Breslin, John CPT served as Commander of Company F at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Brocard, Frank 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Brosnan, John J. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Bunnell, A. L. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Burke, John H. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Burns, Coleman, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Burns, Edwin J. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Burns, James S. D. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Burns, Zenas T. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Buck, Oscar L, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Buckley, Patrick 1LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Killed at Fredericksburg.
Burke, David 2LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Wounded at Fredericksburg.
Butler, Edward K. LT served as an officer in Company K at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Butler, William LT, served as an officer in Company I at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Byrne, Rev. John P. served as a chaplain during World War II.
Cahill, Lawrence LT served as an officer in Company B at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Callahan, Andrew J. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Callahan, Patrick E. LT served with the 69th in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a platoon leader in Company B from 2004-2005.
Cannon, Rev. Sylvester R. served as a chaplain during World War II 1944-5.
Canton, Thomas M. LT served as an officer in Company I at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Carleton, Howard C. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Carney, Patrick 2LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Wounded nine times at Fredericksburg.
Carpentier, Rev. George L. served as a chaplain during World War I overseas with the Regiment.
Carr, Philip 1LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Wounded at Malvern Hill.
Carten, James E. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Carter, Franklin W. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Cassidy, Henry K, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Cavanagh, James MAJ served as Commander of Company C at the Battle of Bull Run. Served as a member of the Regimental Staff in the 1st Regiment of the Irish Brigade (69th NYNG).
Cavanaugh, William P, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Clarke, Thomas CPT served as Commander of D Company at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Clifford, John J, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Collier, James 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Collins, James 2LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Wounded at Fredericksburg.
Collins, Thomas MAJ served as Logistics Officer in the 2d Bn in the 1970s.
Conlon, Peter 2LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War.
Connolly, Edmond LT born March, 1825, in Ireland; emigrated to U.S. in 1839; entered the company of Lancers attached to the Fourth Brigade, First Division of New York Militia, as a private; was afterwards promoted to lieutenant, which position he held when the Civil War broke out. The lancers were ordered to report to General, then Colonel Corcoran, of the Sixty-ninth N. Y. M., when said regiment volunteered its services to the government in April, 1861. Lieutenant Connolly was assigned to Company A, afterwards to Company K; partook in the battle of Bull Run, at which engagement he was taken prisoner, and so remained until April, 1862.
Connelly, Edmond J, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Connolly, Rev. J. served as chaplain from 1941-42.
Conners, John F, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Conroy, Gardiner COL took command of the 165th on August 20, 1940.Commanded the Regiment during World War II. He was killed on Makin on November 20, 1943. Despite receiving warnings to take cover, Colonel Conroy walked out into the clearing and proceeded to direct infantrymen to move forward. As he turned to motion some tanks into position, he was killed by a rifle shot between the eyes.
Conway, John 1LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War. Killed at Anteitam.
Conyhgham, D.P CPT served with the Regiment in the Civil War. Wrote the Irish Brigade which discusses the 69th and other Irish Brigade units during the Civil War in 1867.
Cooke, William C, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Coonan, John LT served as an officer in Company I at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Cooper, Jackson S, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Corby, Rev. William served with the Irish Brigade from the beginning of the Civil War, acted as chaplain of the Sixty-Ninth during the absence of Father Willett. During the battle of Gettysburg, as the Brigade was being drawn up to meet Pickets charge, Father Corby jumped on a large rock, explained the procedure necessary for a general absolution and, as the men knelt around him, gave the first general absolution ever given on an American battlefield. His statue with hand raised stands on that stone today, erected as a memorial of his zeal. A duplicate of the statue also stands on the campus of Notre Dane University, the great school of the Holy Cross Fathers, of which Father Corby was a member. The students, noting the attitude of the statue with eyes up-turned and hand raised, call it the statue of Fair Catch Corby because, to our football minded young men, the Fathers position resembles the stance of a player signaling for a fair catch.
Father Corby was born in 1833, in Detroit, and at the age of nineteen entered Notre Dame University. A year later he joined the congregation of the Holy Cross. In 1861 he left Notre Dame, and volunteered as Chaplain in the Northern Army. He was at once assigned to the Eighty-eight, New York Regiment of the Irish Brigade, then at Camp California near Alexandria, Virginia. For the next three years Father Corby remained with the brigade and was one of the eight priests who ministered to the men while on the field or in the hospital. During that time he was a source of consolation to hundreds of soldiers. He held the rank of Captain of cavalry while in the service. After the War, he served as President of Notre Dame University and was largely instrumental in the rebuilding of the University after the fire of 1879. He was elected Provincial General of the Order of the Holy Cross in the United States, later being chosen first Assistant General for the Order in all parts of the world. At the time of his death in 1897, he was Commander of the only Grand Army Post composed entirely of the members of a religious order.
Corcoran, Michael - enlisted in Company I of the 69th Regiment, New York State Militia and rose through the ranks to become Colonel of the Regiment. In October 1860, Edward Prince of Wales made a state visit to the United States. Militia units in New York were ordered to honor the Prince of Whales by passing their regiments in review. Colonel Corcoran refused to order the 69th to participate in this effort. Corcoran was arrested and charged with disobeying orders. A courts marshal was to be convened but the charges were dropped when the Civil War broke out in 1861. President Lincoln asked each State to provide militia units for a three-month service to put down the rebellion. Corcoran and the 69th Regiment volunteered. On July 21st, 1861, he led the 69th New York State Militia on the battle field at Manassas, Virginia (the Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War). Corcoran was wounded and captured. Upon his release in 1862, he began recruiting a Second Irish Brigade known as Corcorans Legion. He commanded Corcorans Legion (which also had a 69th Regiment in it) until December 1863. He died after a fall from his horse while traveling back to camp after having had dinner with General Thomas F. Meagher in Fairfax, Virginia. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.
Crandall, Harold M. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Crane, William D. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Crawford, Henry E., 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Crimmins, Clarence 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Cunningham, Arthur W. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Dalton, Richard LT served as an officer in Company D at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Daly, Edwin A. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Daly, Ewing P. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Daly, Rev. William J. was chaplain for many years in peace and war. He accompanied the Sixty-Ninth to the Spanish-American War in 1898, and received in the name of the Regiment the Chapel Tent presented by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. This tent was the envy of every regiment in the service, painted in red, white and blue, decorated with Celtic Crosses, inscribed in large letters, Our Chapel Tent, 69th New York Volunteers, it stood In the middle of the camp proclaiming that the regiment depended not only on their arms but on their God. It is greatly to the credit of the Chaplain that the local parish priest in Florida where the Regiment was stationed wrote to the Archbishop of New York complimenting the men for their good conduct and for their generosity to his parish, and praising Father Daly for his fine work.
Damico, Joseph G. 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Davis, Henry W. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
DeAguerro, Miguel E. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
DeLacour, R. B, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Devine, Thomas J. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Dillon, Rev. James M. another Holy Cross priest, like Father Corby, served with the Sixty-Third Regiment of Meaghers Irish Brigade and later with the Sixty-Ninth Regiment of Corcorans Irish Legion, 1861-63.
Dineen, Rev. Joseph P. was chaplain of the Sixty-Ninth Regiment, New York Guard from 1918-1921 while the war-time Regiment was overseas. His brother RT. Rev. Aloysius C. Dineen would later perform the same duties with the Sixty-Ninth New York Guard Regiment from 1942 until 1945 during the long years of World War II.
Dolan, Daniel, CPT served as Adjutant during the Civil War.
Donovan, William J. was a native of Buffalo, New York native and earned a law degree at Columbia. He joined the 165th Infantry Regiment (Fighting 69th) and earned a Medal of Honor as a battalion commander in World War I. Wild Bill Donovan commanded the 1st Battalion, 165th Infantry and later commanded the entire 165th Infantry Regiment of the 42d Infantry Division (Rainbow Division). As part of the 42nd Divisions movement through the Marne, the 165th Regiment was to cross the Ourcq River and take Hill 152. Available information indicated that the German infantry was in retreat, leaving only artillery on the heights. The Regiment was ordered to go in silently, using only the bayonet and receiving no artillery preparation. Regimental reconnaissance during the night, however, had discovered dozens of machine guns nests awaiting them. Despite this new information, division orders remained unchanged, as the Regiment was only a small part of a sweeping general advance by the First Corps. Regimental officers were distressed but obedient. His actions and leadership under duress ultimately resulted in the Medal of Honor. He became a full Colonel and led the 165th Infantry through its victory parade down Fifth Avenue in 1919. The knee injury tried to kill him again during World War II when an automobile accident jarred loose an old blood clot that traveled up to his lungs to create an embolism.
Doris, Roscoe 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Doyle, William T., MAJ., served with the 165th during World War I
Dowling, Patrick J.1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Dravo, Charles A., LTC served with the 165th during World War I
Dudley, Gerry B, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Duffy, Felix, CPT commanded Company G 69th NYSM. Served with the 69th NY Volunteers and was killed at Anteitam.
Duffy, Rev. Francis P. was Chaplain during the First World War. He succeeded Father James O. Lennon. A native of Canada, Father Duffy was for many years professor of Philosophy at St. Josephs Seminary at Dunwoodie, Yonkers, N.Y. Early in the fall of 1912, he became Pastor of the new parish of Our Saviour in the Bronx. He was appointed Chaplain of the Sixty-Ninth shortly after and accompanied the Regiment during its service at the Mexican Border. The heroic deeds of the Regiment are known to the general public chiefly through his book Father Duffys Story. Popular with the officers and men alike, his influence and judgment was felt in all ranks. In Camp Mills, he acted as peace-maker in the last battle of the Civil War when the Sixty-Ninth and the boys from the Fourth Alabama attempted to settle the dispute between the North and the South which began in 1861.
Father Duffy however is best remembered as the priest and friend who roamed the trenches hearing confessions, bringing communion, and giving last rites to the wounded. At Rouge Boquet, he stood by during the terrible night while the men under Major Donovan strove to dig out the soldiers buried by a German shell and read the burial service over the men whose bodies could not be recovered. It was his voice that first was heard reading Joyce Kilmers beautiful poem Rouge Bouquet written in memory of his comrades who had fallen, as Sergeant Patrick Stokes stood near sounding taps in tune with the last lines of each verse. It was his greatest joy to have Joyce Kilmer near him. His love for the soldier poet is reflected every time he mentions Joyce Kilmers name in his writings. Joyce Kilmer was killed during the Battle of the River Ouroq.
Even the enemy knew Father Duffys kindness as he ministered to captured German soldiers. During the occupation, Germans and Americans jammed the church when he said Mass and the former enemies sang together the beautiful hymn Holy God We Praise Thy Name. On his return home, he became the pastor of the Church of the Holy Cross on West 43rd Street. His early death saddened all the people of the city. In his memory Longacer Squares name was changed to Duffy Square. There today, his statue looks out on the busiest place in the world, a monument to Father Duffy and the men of the Sixty-Ninth. His spirit can be felt there as it stands guard over his city and especially over the men who have taken the places of his boys in the Sixty-Ninth.
Duffy, Patrick LT served as an officer in Company F at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Duffy, Terence 2LT served with the Regiment during the Civil War.
Egan, Rev. Joseph was Chaplain when the 165th was called into service in 1940. Like Father Mooney, the first Chaplain, he was the pastor of the Church of St. Brigid, and like Father Duffy he had been a Professor at Dunwoodie Seminary. He remained with the Regiment only about a year but during that time he proved himself a worthy successor to Father Willett of Civil War fame. He was ably assisted by Father John Rooney. The two chaplains were transferred within a short time of each other. Father Rooney, after being stationed in several places in the United States saw action in Europe, and Father Egan returned to New York to serve in the Office of the Military Ordinariate. After the war, he did not remain long in his Church at Tompkins Square. He was appointed Pastor of the Church of St. Francis of Rome in the Bronx and was honored by Pope Plus XII with the title of Domestic Prelate.
Ellett, Andrew L. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Elliott, Don2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Elmer, Basil Beebe, 2LT, Company A, 165th Inf. During World War I. A graduate of Cornell University, he took over the Intelligence Section in which Joyce Killer served and was killed.
Everett, Eugene F. 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Fechheimer, John H. 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Field, JuiKcnr U. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Finn, James G, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Finn, William 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Flynn, Daniel K. 2LT served with the 165th during World War I
Fogarty, William LT served as an officer in Company I at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Foley, James L, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Force, Russell 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Friedlander, William M. 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Furbershaw, Arthur W. 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Galagher, Rev. Bartholomew served as chaplain from 1865-69.
Galagher , Rev. Bernard served as chaplain from 1869-75.
Giles, William M. LT served as an officer in Company B at the 1st Battle of Bull Run.
Gillespie, Francis H, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Given, William B, CPT., served with the 165th during World War I
Goodell, Guy F. 1LT, served with the 165th during World War I
Goodwill, Schuyler
