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Full Title	March of the Sixty-ninth.
Date Added	1 November 2018
Format	Ephemera
Language	English
Publish Date	1858-10-31
Publisher	Staten Island [New York] : s. n.
Topic	New York (State). > National Guard. > Infantry Regiment, 69th. United States. > Army. > New York Infantry Regiment, 69th (1861-1865). Popular music > To 1901. Irish Americans > History > Sources.
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