<prompt> Andika mwendelezo kwa aya hii - Wakati kitengo awali ilikuwa mikononi nje ya huduma, masharti ya uandikishaji wa siku 90 baada ya kumalizika, Nugent alikubali tume kama nahodha katika jeshi la kawaida. Mara moja alipewa mgawo katika Kikosi cha 13 cha Jeshi la Walinzi ambacho kamanda wake, Kanali William Tecumseh Sherman, alikiomba kibinafsi. Alipopata likizo ya kurudi New York, alimsaidia Thomas Francis Meagher katika kuandaa Kikosi cha Ireland. The newly reformed 69th Infantry Regiment was the first unit assigned to the Irish Brigade and, with Nugent as its colonel, he led the Fighting 69th at the Battles of Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, Savage Station  <response>: , White Oak Swamp, Glendale, na Malvern Hill. 