Photos and Memorabilia From
Connecticut's Irish Community.

Our thanks to The Connecticut Irish American Historical Society for providing the book and memorabilia for this project.

Special thanks to Pat Heslin whose work gathering and transporting the book and photos from CIAHS members made this web site possible.

Check this link for the dedication date of the Vicksburg National Military Park Monument. Link to the Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Committee to Place a Momnument at Vicksburg National Military Park.

Link to the Connecticut Historical Society, Civil War Monuments of Connecticut website The Bay View Park Monument.

THOMAS CAHILL.

AN UNKNOWN BAND MEMBER.

THE BACK OF THE PHOTO.

Capt. Charles Palmer Co. I, 9th Connecticut Infantry.

(NB company is the letter i not the numeral 1).
Used with the permission of Joe Kelly.

Pvt. Martin Joyce Co. B 9th Connecticut Volunteers.

Taken in New Haven, CT. wearing frock coat and shoulder scales.
The caps worn by the 9th early in the war had CONN with a bugle,
the numeral 9 and the company letter on them.
Used with the permission of Joe Kelly.

Lt. Col. Richard Fitzgibbons.

Used with the permission of Jan Andrews, great, great, great niece of Lt. Col. Fitzgibbons.

View Documents from Lt. Col. Richard Fitzgibbons.