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, area marked the graves of Irish-American Civil War Soldiers at Albany Rural Cemetery and St. Agnes Catholic Cemetery to acknowledge the li

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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, 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. ( Army National Guard

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