CHAPTER IX-B.

HEAVY LOSSES BY THE NINTH IN 1862 - LIST OF THE
OFFICERS AND MEN WHO DIED THAT YEAR - THREE LIEUTENANTS AMONG THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY - EXTRACTS FROM REGIMENTAL AND GENERAL ORDERS DURING THE EARLY HALF OF 1863 - COL. CAHILL IN COMMAND OF THE DEFENCES OF NEW ORLEANS.

BULLET and shell, bayonet thrust and sabre cut are not the only perils with which a soldier in active service has to contend. There are many others, including that fruitful source of death in a regiment—dis¬ease. Thousands of officers and men in the Civil war went through battle unscathed, only to perish of sickness contracted in camp or on the march. The Ninth lost heavily in this respect. The terrible conditions prevailing in the swamps at Vicksburg, Miss., and other places cost the regiment sorely. Many brave fellows who left Connecticut in excellent health and spirits never came back, but perished of disease in camp or hos¬pital, and their bones now lie in Chalmette, La., or other places in the South. But they died for their country just as truly as if they had fallen in the forefront of battle.

The following is a list of the officers and men of the Ninth who died* in the single year, 1862. The list does not include those killed in that year. Those are referred to elsewhere. The greater portion of the following list+ perished of disease contracted in the service, a few of wounds.

NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NINTH WHO DIED IN l862.

THE REGIMENTAL BAND. Lewis St. V. Hallauer, New Haven. Henry E. Coxall, East Haven.

* The date of each death will be found in the roll toward the close of this volume.
+ A few in this list, at one time held higher rank than that here given but were reduced, owing to illness, consolidation of commands, or for other causes.

Sergeant Joseph Gahagan, Derby. Sergeant William Scully, Hartford. Corporal Joseph Kennedy, New Haven. Corporal James W. B. Robinson, New Haven. Private John Abbott, New Haven. Private John Coyle, New Haven. Private William Fitzgerald, Baton Rouge, La.* Private Thomas Lynch, New Haven. Private Morris Colbert, New Haven. Private Patrick Lane, New Haven. Private Patrick Larkins, Derby. Private Patrick Mahoney, New Haven. Private Jesse Hall, New Orleans, La.1 Private Paul Bohan, New Haven. Private Thomas McGrath, New Haven. Private John O'Berne, New Haven. Private John Walch, New Haven. Private Patrick Reynolds, New Haven. Private Charles Boyle, New Haven. Private Michael Kain, New Haven. Private John Meredith, Hartford. Private James McDonald, Waterbury. Private Matthew Ennis, New Haven. Private John Dillon, New Haven.

Private Thomas Waldron, Meriden. Private Charles Mulvey, Cheshire. Private Andrew Carlin. Meriden. Private Michael Reynolds, 2d, Cheshire. Private William W. Carey, Portland. Private John Ferris, Meriden. Private John Martin, Hartford. Private Patrick Cain, Meriden. Private Patrick Woods, New Haven. Private Thomas Harvey, Meriden.

* Place of muster in.

Private Michael Molloy, Meriden. Private Michael Healey, New Haven. Private James Donohue, Meriden. Private Joseph Harrington, Meriden. Private James Doran, Meriden.

Lieutenant Patrick T. Claffee, Waterbury. Lieutenant Henry McKenna, New Haven. Corporal Edward Keegan, New Haven. Corporal Thomas McCormick, New Haven. Private George O'Connor, New Haven. Private James Monighan, Norwich. Private George Barker, New Haven. Private James Brodderick, New Orleans.1 Private John Marlow, New Haven. Private Michael Keaveney, New Haven. Private Richard Lauffin, New Haven. Private James Murphey, Norwich. Private John Rowley, New Haven. Private Arthur Hughes, New Haven. Private John Clark, New Haven. Private Thomas Kearns, New Haven. Private James Woods, New Haven. Private Philip Galligan, New Haven. Private Paul Charbouel, . Private Peter Doyle, New Haven. Private John Meany, Norwich. Private John Eagan, New Haven.

Corporal Charles B. Burton, Bridgeport. Corporal James Henderson, Bridgeport. Corporal Luke C. Lackey, New Orleans, La.* Corporal John Ennes, Bridgeport. Private John B. Green, Plymouth. Private Michael Fagan, Bridgeport. Private John Baggs, Bridgeport.

* Place of muster in.

Private Peter Smith, Bridgeport. Private Henry Hill, Hartford. Private Michael Moore, Bridgeport. Private Martin Smith, New Haven. Private Almon Blakeslee, Plymouth. Private James C. Dimon, Bridgeport. Private William Funt, New Orleans, La.1 Private Michael McGrath, Bridgeport. Private Thomas O'Brien, Bridgeport.

Corporal James McMahon, New Haven. Musician John Burns, New Orleans, La.1 Wagoner Timothy Ryan, New Haven. Private James Bush, New Haven. Private James Ryan, Derby. Private Richard Burke, New Haven. Private Michael Scott, New York. Private William Clark, New Haven. Private Ambrose Carney, New Haven, Private John Maher, Derby. Private John Hartigan, New Haven. Private Michael O'Burns, New Haven. Private John Crowley, Derby. Private James Kehoe, New Haven. Private Patrick Walsh, New Haven. Private William Grace, Camp Parapet, La.1 Private John Ryan, New Haven. Private John R. Burgess, New Haven.

Sergeant Timothy Ryan, Waterbury. Corporal James Tobin, Waterbury. Private Richard Claxton, Waterbury. Private John Green, Waterbury. Private John McLaughlin, Waterbury. Private Patrick Morrissey, Waterbury. Private Thomas White, Waterbury. Private John McPherson, New Orleans, La.*

* Place of muster in.

Corporal Constantine McGuire, Hartford. Wagoner Patrick Dailey, New Orleans, La.* Private John A. Horton, Hartford. Private Thomas Conner, Manchester. Private Bartholomew Daley, Hartford. Private William Eagan, Southington. Private John Cruise, Hartford. Private Patrick McAlloon, Wethersfield. Private James Tackett, Hartford. Private John Maher, East Windsor. Private Frank Sutter, New Orleans, La.1 Private George Frazier, New Orleans, La.1 Private Fred Helen, New Orleans, La.1 Private Christian Irvine, New Orleans, La.1

Corporal John Simpson, Norwich. Corporal Charles H. Potter, Norwich. Private Patrick Weldon, Norwich. Private Roger Tyghe, New London. Private Daniel H. Brown, Norwich. Private Daniel Sullivan, Carrollton, La.1 Private Peter Shaughness, Danbury. Private Walter Hussey, Griswold. Private Daniel Kennedy, Danbury. Private Stephen Sanford, Portland. Private John Brown, New Orleans, La.1 Private John Kelley, Carrollton, La.1 Private John Kerley, Norwich. Private Frederick Potter, Carrollton, La.1 Private Patrick Reynolds, New Haven.

Corporal Edward Hawley, Monroe. Corporal Lewis H. Johnson, Burlington. Private Albert Alaby, Bridgeport. Private Seth Robertson, Bridgeport. Private Abram A. Warner, Woodbury. Private John Smith, New Hartford.

* Place of muster in.

Private William Sullivan, Lowell, Mass. Private John F. Roberts, New Hartford. Private Legrand Todd, Plymouth. Private Leverett Gladding, Berlin. Private Henry Hudson, Hartford. Private Peter Finkle, Salisbury. Private Thomas O'Brien, Bridgeport. Private Martin Kilgariff, Derby. Private Jesse L. Calkins, Monroe. Private Joseph L. Calkins, Monroe. Private Elias Hayes, Hartford. Private John Coyne, Bridgeport. Private George W. Horton, Berlin. Private Peter Fenton, Lowell, Mass. Private George Hillyer, Sheffield, Mass. Private James Hillyer, Sheffield, Mass.

Lieutenant Frederick M. Fairchild, Bridgeport. Sergeant Thomas B. Tallmadge, Simsbury. Corporal Peter McFarland, Fairfield. Corporal Edward Lyon, Greenfield. Corporal Edward P. Prime, Stafford. Musician Charles T. Patchen, Danbury. Private David A. Slawson, Stratford. Private Joseph Schwenter, Carrollton, La.* Private Michael Downey, Derby. Private John A. Stafford, Carrollton, La.1 Private Jeremiah Sullivan, Hartford. Private Jeremiah Wells, Bridgeport. Private John J. Lane, Bethel. Private George S. Dikeman, Danbury. Private David Stillson, New Haven. Private James McClune, Carrollton, La.1 Private Herman Rowland, Carrollton, La.1 Private William J. McCame, New Haven.1 Private Peter Flamandey, Carrollton, La.1 Private Robert Read, Waterbury.

* Place of muster in.

Of the foregoing we may say, in the words of Theodore O'Hara:

"The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.

"No rumor of the foe's advance,
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thoughts at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind;
No vision of the morrow's strife
The warrior's dream alarms;
No braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.

* * * * "The neighing troop,
the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast;
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are passed;
Nor war's wild note nor glory's peal
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that nevermore may feel
The rapture of the fight."

As will be seen from the foregoing list, the Ninth lost three lieutenants, by death, in 1862, namely: Lieut. Frederick M. Fairchild, of Company K, who died July 21; Lieut. Henry McKenna, of Company C, Sept. 24; and Lieut. Patrick T. Claffee, of Company C, Oct. 5. Lieut. Claffee was of Waterbury. His body was brought home and was honored with a military funeral, a great concourse following the remains to the place of interment,— St. Joseph's cemetery. The body of Lieut. McKenna was brought home to New Haven and also interred with impressive exercises.

Regimental Order No. 49 was issued to the Ninth, Jan. 5, 1863, by Lieutenant Colonel Fitz Gibbon, then in com¬mand of the regiment. It provided that "In consequence of Adjutant Kattenstroth being detailed as acting assist¬ant adjutant of the brigade commanded by Col. Cahill, Second Lieutenant John C. Curtis, of Company G, is therefore appointed acting adjutant of the Ninth regi¬ment. He will be obeyed and respected as such." In Regimental Order No. 58, issued J an. 22, 1863, it was provided that'"Church call, on Sunday" was to be at 11 a. m.

Regimental Order No. 59, issued at New Orleans, Jan. 26, 1863, mentions a number of appointments, to wit: "Sergeant Thomas Corbin, of Company F, Ninth regi¬ment, Connecticut Volunteers, is hereby appointed quar¬termaster of said regiment, vice Lieutenant N. P. Ben¬nett, resigned. The above appointment will take effect from the * * * date of Lieutenant N. P. Bennett's resignation. The regiment being deficient in officers, the following sergeants are hereby appointed as acting sec¬ond lieutenants to take place from Feb. 1, 1863: First Sergeant William O'Keefe, Company B, vice Lieutenant John McCusker discharged Oct. 29. 1862; First Ser¬geant Patrick Ingoldsby, of Company C, vice Lieutenant Henry McKenna deceased * * * ; First Sergeant Joseph H. Lawler, of Company F, vice Lieutenant Addis E. Payne promoted; First Sergeant Andrew Cole, of Company K, vice Acting Second Lieutenant Samuel Davison reduced to the ranks. Private Robert Kerr is appointed quartermaster sergeant, vice Quartermaster Sergeant Henry C. Wright promoted in Third Louisiana Native Guards, appointment to take effect from 20th Jan¬uary, 1863. All the above acting appointments for com¬panies are subject to the approval of His Excellency Governor Buckingham, also [to that of] the Colonel of the regiment." This was issued by the Lieut. Colonel of the Ninth.

Jan. 31, 1863, it was ordered that "Private Joseph Mc-Giff, of Company H, is hereby transferred to Company F; he will report to Lieutenant G. T. Scott for duty. Acting Lieutenant J. H. Lawler will furnish Lieutenant Scott with Private McGiff's descriptive list."

Among the other orders issued at New Orleans, in 1863, were the following:

Jan. 1, 1863. "So much of Special Orders, No. 593, Paragraph 11, from these headquarters, as directs Major Frederick Frye, Ninth Connecticut volunteers, to report for duty to Colonel S. B. Holabird, Chief Quartermaster, is revoked." (By command of Major Gen. Banks).

Jan. 19, 1863. "Leave of absence of twenty days, with permission to apply to the Adjutant General's office for an extension of two months, is granted Colonel Thomas W. Cahill, Ninth Connecticut Volunteers." (By com¬mand of Major Gen. Banks).

Jan. 30, 1863. "Private Charles Montague, Company E, Ninth regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, will report for duty to Col. E. J. Beckwith, Chief Commissary, De¬partment of the Gulf." (By command of Major Gen. Banks).

Feb. 1, 1863. "The order assigning the Ninth regi¬ment, Connecticut Volunteers, to Emory's Division is rescinded, and the regiment is hereby assigned to the Second Brigade of Sherman's Division." (By command of Major Gen. Banks). Special Order No. 29, from Gen. T. W. Sherman, read as follows:

HEADQUARTERS, DEFENCES OF NEW ORLEANS,

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 3, 1863. Special Order No. 29. The detachment of Company H, Ninth Connecticut Volunteers, now on duty in the city, will rejoin their com¬pany and be replaced by the troops commanded by Colonel Farr. An additional company of the Ninth Connecti-

cut will be detailed to Captain Sawyer. The company will take post at the batteries on the Mexican Gulf rail¬road. They will take charge of the batteries and picquet at the Lake shore of Proctorville.

By order of

BRIG. GENERAL T. W. SHERMAN.
WICKHAM HOFFMAN, A. A. Gen.

May 2, 1863. "Captain L. O'Brien, Provost Marshal of Parish of Saint James, is hereby authorized and em¬powered to administer oaths of office required by law." (By order of Brig. Gen. G. F. Shepley, Military Governor of Louisiana).

July 28, 1863. "Captain O'Brien: You will proceed to Ship Island with the paroled U. S. soldiers in your charge to-morrow by steamer * * * and turn them over to the officer in command, with a roll of the names of the soldiers."

July 29, 1863. "Captain O'Brien: You will bring on your return to this city [New Orleans], from Ship Island, such paroled prisoners as may be attached to the 28th Maine Volunteers in order that they may join their regiment." The following orders were issued at New Orleans by Lieut. Col. Richard Fitz Gibbon of the Ninth:

Feb. 3, 1863. "All drummers belonging to the regi¬ment report on receipt of this order to John Healy, drum major, Lafayette Square, New Orleans, for instruction."

Feb. 21, 1863. "Drummer Thomas McGuire, of Com¬pany E, Ninth regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, is hereby transferred from that company to Company A of this regiment to take effect Feb. 21, 1863. Lieut. Sheri¬dan will furnish Capt. Williams with McGuire's descrip¬tive list, and account of pay and clothing."

Feb. 24, 1863. "Drummer John Healy, of Company B, is hereby appointed principal musician of the regi¬ment to take rank from the 12th of January, 1863."

March 2, 1863. "In pursuance of Special Order No. 26, the commanding officers of Companies C and D, Ninth Connecticut Volunteers, will forward to these headquarters, description of all men who have enlisted into Company C, Second U. S. Artillery; to be in by 10 o'clock a. m., 3d inst."

March 5, 1863. "In accordance with orders from Headquarters, Second Brigade, Second Division, the companies of this regiment will have on hand at once: one hundred rounds of ammunition per man and be ready to move at the shortest notice. It is also ordered that every man have on hand at once the following articles: one cap, one blanket, one pair of shoes, two pairs of drawers, one haversack, one greatcoat, two flannel shirts, one blouse, one knapsack, one canteen." Such of these articles as were not worn or carried upon the person were to be "packed in the knapsack."

March 15, 1863. "In pursuance of Special Order No. 26, Captain Patrick Garvey, of Company B, Ninth regi¬ ment, Connecticut Volunteers, will detail from his com¬ mand: One (1) lieutenant, one (1) sergeant, one (1) corporal, and twelve (12) privates to relieve the guards at the Mechanics' Institution; one (1) sergeant, one (1) corporal, and six (6) privates to the United States Mint; one (1) sergeant, one (1) corporal, and six (6) privates at Marine Hospital; one (1) sergeant, one (1) corporal, and seven (7) privates at St. James' Hospital." He will oc¬ cupy house 58 Barr street, and make it the head¬ quarters of the company."

March 18, 1863. "In compliance with Special Order, * * * Defences of New Orleans, March 18, 1863, Company B. Ninth Regiment, Connecticut Volun¬teers, will immediately report to Major Frye at Hickock's Landing. The Quartermaster will furnish the necessary transportation."

April 4, 1863. "In compliance with Special Orders No. 46, Headquarters, Second Brigade, Second Division, April 4, 1863, Companies E and G [of the Ninth C. V.] will be relieved from Bayou St. John, and Lake Point, by Companies A and F, Forty-second Massachusetts Volun¬teers. The Companies E and G will take post at the U. S. Barracks. The quartermaster will furnish the necessary transportation. Captain Wright on being relieved will tarn over all orders and property to Captain Cogswell. This order will be complied with immediately."

April 7, 1863. "The following named enlisted men of this regiment are hereby detailed as hospital attendants: August Rahl,* Company A; Peter Corcoran, Company A; James McKeon, Company C; John Riley, Company E. John Gillis, of Company D, [is] detailed as clerk at regimental headquarters; and F. Smedel, Company I, as assistant, commissary department."

April 12, 1863. " * * * Corporal James Gibbons, of Company I, Ninth regiment, Conn. Vols., is hereby detailed for extra duty as expressman between these headquarters and those of the commanding officer at or near Manchac Pass. He will report immediately to Capt. L. W. Perce, A. Q. M., at these headquarters."

April 27, 1863. "Private August Rahl, of Company H, is appointed hospital steward of this regiment, vice Garry T. Scott promoted. The above appointment will take effect from Dec. 20, 1862. * * * "

April 27, 1863. "In compliance with orders received from Headquarters, Second Brigade, Second Division, the usual muster and inspection of this regiment will take place on Friday, May 1, instead of April 30. The President of the United States having appointed the 30th of April as a day of fasting and prayer, the regiment will be mustered under the following order: Troops at the U. S. Barracks by Major E. S. Clark; the portion of the regiment in Lafayette Square, Algiers and [at the] Mexi-

* Appears elsewher e as Ruhl.

can Gulf railroad, by Capt. E. M. Curtis; the three com¬panies at and near Manchac Pass will be mustered by order of Col. Clark, Sixth Michigan Volunteers."

April 29, 1863. "In compliance with Special Orders No. 59, State department, Ira C. Winsor reported to the headquarters of the Ninth Regiment, Conn. Vols., at New Orleans, La., on or about the 7th day of April, 1863, as second assistant surgeon, duly commissioned by His Excellency, Governor Buckingham, as first lieutenant, to take rank from the 2d day of March, 1863. He will, therefore, be respected accordingly, and report to Doctor Gallagher, Surgeon of the Ninth regiment, Conn. Vols."

April 29, 1863. " * * * Lewis H. Goodman, Twelfth Conn. Vols., Private, Company A, reported to the headquarters of the Ninth regiment, Conn. Vols., on or about the 29th day of April, 1863, duly commissioned by His Excellency Governor Buckingham, as second lieutenant of Company K, Ninth regiment, Conn. Vols. The said company having its full complement of officers, Lieut. Goodman is, therefore, assigned to Company A.

May 5, 1863. "The following officers [have] been pro¬moted and assigned as follows: Second Lieutenant James W. Graham, Company I, to [be] first lieutenant same company, vice Lieutenant Charles S. Palmer promoted Captain1 [of] Company F; Sergeant David C. Warner, Company I, to be acting second lieutenant of said com¬pany, vice Lieutenant Graham promoted ; Sergeant Major Michael Mullins promoted second lieutenant and as¬signed to Company E; Sergeant Thomas Wilson of Com¬pany K, is appointed Sergeant Major, vice Mullins pro¬moted. * * * "

May 10, 1863. "Lieut. John C. Curtis, of Company G, Ninth regiment, Conn. Vols., is hereby appointed acting adjutant, in consequence of Adjutant Kattenstroth being detailed. Lieut. Michael Mullins of Company E, is hereby assigned to Company G, and will report to Capt. William Wright for duty."

1 Not mustered as such.

May 11, 1863. " * * * Lieut. James Cahill, com¬manding Company D, on being relieved by a company of [the] Twenty-sixth Mass. Vols., will at once concentrate his company and move via Jackson R. R., to Manchac Pass and there report to Major Frye, Ninth Conn. Vols."

June 25, 1863. "Sergt. Charles W. Alcott, of Company I, is hereby detailed to take charge of all detached parties of convalescent troops, and Confederate soldiers who have taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. He will see to their quarters and rations."

July 2, 1863. "Second Lieut. John C. Curtis, of Com¬pany G, is hereby relieved as acting adjutant of the regi¬ment, and will report to his company. First Lieut. James W. Graham, of Company I, is hereby appointed acting adjutant, vice Second Lieut. John C. Curtis relieved."

July 3, 1863. "Robert Kerr, of Company F, is hereby detailed as clerk at regimental headquarters."

July 9, 1863. "In consequence of the increased number of patients in [the] Regimental hospital, Privates James S. Olmstead, of Company I, and Patrick Campbell, of Company A, are hereby detailed as hospital attendants."

July 20, 1863. "Corporal William Andrews, of Company K, is hereby appointed clerk at regimental head¬quarters, vice John Gillis promoted."

On May 31, 1863, the organization of the Second Brigade of the Second Division of the Nineteenth Army Corps, was as follows, (Defences of New Orleans):

Col. Thomas W. Cahill, (Ninth Connecticut Infantry), commanding.

Ninth Connecticut.

Twenty-eighth Maine (four companies).

Twenty-sixth Massachusetts.

Forty-second Massachusetts.

Forty-seventh Massachusetts.