| Week ending March 29th 1884 | Exerpts from the American Irish Newspaper | ||||||||||
| Ball of the 69th Regiment | |||||||||||
| A notable feature of the celebration of the National Festival was the annual ball of the Sixty ninth Regiment which took | |||||||||||
| place in the regimental armory, at Seventh Street and Third Avenue. The drill room was gayly decorated with banners, flags, | |||||||||||
| portraits, flowers and arms of the different States of the Union…Prof. BAYNE, director of the regimental band, was appropriated | |||||||||||
| and of such unusual excellence, as to elicit the commendations of the lovers of good music…a grand selection of " Remember | |||||||||||
| Ireland"..grand march dedicated to Col. CAVANNAGH, led by Paul F LEONARD and Miss M. CARROLL.... | |||||||||||
| dancing was kept up with a short intermission for supper, until the breaking of day…The details and comforts of all were | |||||||||||
| admirably looked out for by the following gentlemen: | |||||||||||
| DUFFY | Edward | Major | Chairman | ||||||||
| MITCHELL | Alfred | Treasurer | |||||||||
| WOODS | John B | private | Secretary | ||||||||
| LEONARD | Paul F | Floor manager | |||||||||
| Assistants | |||||||||||
| SHARKEY | John E | Corporal | |||||||||
| SLATER | B M | Private | |||||||||
| Floor Committee | |||||||||||
| Company A | |||||||||||
| McCAULEY | John | Sergeant | |||||||||
| GILMORE | John | Corporal | |||||||||
| Company C | |||||||||||
| O'REILLY | Thomas J | Private | |||||||||
| Company D | |||||||||||
| McCABE | Michael F | sergeant | |||||||||
| COX | William | Corporal | |||||||||
| Company E | |||||||||||
| CONDON | Thomas | no rank given | |||||||||
| Company F | |||||||||||
| WOODS | Michael F | Sergeant | |||||||||
| Company G | |||||||||||
| TWOHIG | Steven | Sergeant | |||||||||
| O'CONNELL | John J | Private | |||||||||
| Company H | |||||||||||
| HANBURY | J J | Corporal | |||||||||
| BRABSTON | Holmes | Private | |||||||||
| Company I | |||||||||||
| SEXTON | Thomas | Corporal | |||||||||
| RYAN | F J | Corporal | (My paternal grandfather-Francis John) | ||||||||
| Company K | |||||||||||
| BABINGTON | Thomas F | Sergeant | |||||||||
| TROY | Peter | Corporal | |||||||||
| Reception Committee | |||||||||||
| CAVVANAGH | James | Colonel | |||||||||
| DELACY | Lt Colonel | ||||||||||
| DUFFY | Edward | Major | |||||||||
| MORAN | James | Adjutant | |||||||||
| WARD | James | Quatermaster | |||||||||
| WALLACE | James G W | Commissary | |||||||||
| FORD | A F | Surgeon | |||||||||
| McARDLE | Terrence | Staff Surgeon | |||||||||
| CARROLL | Peter | Staff Sergeant | |||||||||
| GARTLAN | Hugh | Color Bearer | |||||||||
| CONKLIN | B F | Staff Sergeant | |||||||||
| Arrangements Committee | |||||||||||
| PLUNKERTT | James | Captain | |||||||||
| McCARTHY | D C | Captain | |||||||||
| RYAN | S P | Captain | |||||||||
| O'BRIEN | John D | Lieut. | |||||||||
| MORTIMER | Thomas | Lieut. | |||||||||
| MURRAY | Thomas | Sergeant | |||||||||
| McDONNELL | P | Corporal | |||||||||
| O'LEARY | T | Sergeant | |||||||||
| MAHONEY | JohnD | Sergeant | |||||||||
| PONARD | M | Corporal | |||||||||
| O'LEARY | D | Sergeant | |||||||||
| MURPHY | Wm | Corporal | |||||||||
| ORR | Edward | Sergeant | |||||||||
| PLEKLEY | Thomas | Private | |||||||||
| DAR?Y | C J | Private | |||||||||
| Among those present | |||||||||||
| BYRNE | Frank | ||||||||||
| O'TOOLE | Peter | ||||||||||
| MORTIMER | Thos | wife and cousin Miss M MORTIMER | |||||||||
| CARROLL | John | and Miss KEARNEY | |||||||||
| BROWN | P | and wife | |||||||||
| O'BOYLE | Captain | ||||||||||
| NUGENT | James | and wife | |||||||||
| CAFFREY | Thos | and lady ?. M. MADDEN | |||||||||
| DELAP | Hubert | and wife | |||||||||
| CARROLL | Peter | Sergeant and Miss Kate CARROLL | |||||||||
| O'BRIEN | John E | Lieut | |||||||||
| McDONNELL | Martin | Captain | |||||||||
| BERGER | R | and Miss M HART of Troy | |||||||||
| BERGER | A | and Mrs BROWN | |||||||||
| SHARKEY | John E | ||||||||||
| McARDLE | Terence | Sergeant and Miss MURPHY | |||||||||