Wow, no comments? OK, here's my input. The Fighting 69th was a company of all-Irish soldiers whose first claim to fame was their refusal, at Colonel Corcoran's orders, to serve as the Prince of Wales's honor guard on one of his visits to the colonies and Canada. By doing this, they became a symbol to Irish immigrants that they need no longer serve England like dogs. Their leader, Corcoran, and the company itself, became even more famous when they bravely fought for the United States just days after spurning England.
Wow, no comments? OK, here's my input. The Fighting 69th was a company of all-Irish soldiers whose first claim to fame was their refusal, at Colonel Corcoran's orders, to serve as the Prince of Wales's honor guard on one of his visits to the colonies and Canada. By doing this, they became a symbol to Irish immigrants that they need no longer serve England like dogs. Their leader, Corcoran, and the company itself, became even more famous when they bravely fought for the United States just days after spurning England.