Irish Brigade (Union Army)

Irish Brigade
Active	September 1861–July 1865
Country	United States
Branch	U.S. Army (Volunteer Infantry)
Type	Infantry
Size	Five regiments 63rd New York Infantry 69th New York Infantry 88th New York Infantry 29th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (formally) 28th Massachusetts Infantry regiment 116th Pennsylvania Infantry
Nickname(s)	Irish Brigade
Motto(s)	Riamh nár dhruid ó spairn lann "Who never retreated from the clash of spears"
Colors	Green
March	Garyowen
Engagements	American Civil War Peninsula Campaign Battle of Fair Oaks Seven Days Battles Battle of Gaines' Mill Battle of Savage's Station Battle of Malvern Hill Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Bristoe Station Mine Run Campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse Battle of North Anna Battle of Totopotomoy Creek Battle of Cold Harbor Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road First Battle of Deep Bottom Reams Station Boydton Plank Road Hatchers Run Dabney's Mills Watkins House (Petersburg, VA) White Oak Bridge Sutherland Station Sailors Creek Battle of Appomattox Court House
Commanders
Notable commanders	Brig. Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher

The Irish Brigade was an infantry brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, who served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. The designation of the first regiment in the brigade, the 69th New York Infantry, or the "Fighting 69th," continued in later wars. The Irish Brigade was known in part for its famous war cry, the "Faugh a Ballaugh" which is an anglicization of the Irish phrase, fág an bealach, meaning "clear the way" and used in various Irish-majority military units founded due to the Irish diaspora. According to Fox's Regimental Losses, of all Union army brigades, only the 1st Vermont Brigade and Iron Brigade suffered more combat dead than the Irish Brigade during America's Civil War.