HISTORY Of The NINTH REGIMENT C.V.
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Title Page, Dedication & Preface.Introduction Chapter.EARLY IRISH MILITARY OFFICERS IN CONNECTICUT - MENTION OF CAPT. DANIEL PATRICK IN 1637 - IRISH NAMES IN 1729, 1756, 1767 AND AT OTHER PERIODS - MANY CONNECTICUT IRISH SERVE IN THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, IN THE WAR OF l8l2 AND IN THE CONFLICT WITH MEXICO - IRISH COMPANIES DISBANDED BY THE KNOW NOTHING ADMINISTRATION, 1855. Chapter I.ORGANIZATION OF THE NINTH - SOME PRELIMINARY EVENTS LEADING THERETO - ACTIVITY OF IRISH-AMERICANS IN THE CAUSE OF THE UNION - THE FLAG DISPLAYED ON CATHOLIC CHURCH EDIFICES - PATRIOTIC ACTION BY THE REV. THOMAS F. HENDRICKEN AND OTHER PRIESTS - GOVERNOR BUCKINGHAM FAVORS THE RAISING OF AN IRISH REGIMENT - THOMAS W. CAHILL IS MADE COLONEL. Chapter II.THE NINTH IN "CAMP WELCH," NEW HAVEN THE REGIMENT ATTENDS MASS AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH THE REV. DANIEL MULLEN BECOMES CHAPLAIN OF THE COMMAND — LIST OF CONNECTICUT PLACES REPRESENTED IN THE REGIMENT GEN. B. F. BUTLER ACCEPTS THE ORGANIZATION FOR HIS NEW ENGLAND DIVISION. DIVISION. Chapter III.THE REGIMENT LEAVES NEW HAVEN FOR CAMP CHASE, LOWELL, MASS. CHEERS AND FAREWELLS MARK THE DEPARTURE - THE ARRIVAL AT LOWELL THE NINTH ESCORTED INTO CAMP BY THE TWENTY-SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS - SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF NOTE IN CAMP CHASE - BILL ALLEN AND HIS BULLDOG CREATE AMUSEMENT - "CONNECTICUT OVER THE FENCE." Chapter IV.THE BAND OF THE NINTH ENLIVENS THE TRIP DOWN BOSTON HARBOR THE JOURNEY TO PORTLAND, ME. - THE TWELFTH MAINE INFANTRY EXPECTS TO BE TAKEN ABOARD, BUT IS SENT BACK TRIP FROM PORTLAND TO FORTRESS MONROE - GEN. PHELPS COMES ABOARD THE "CONSTITUTION" AND ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE TROOPS — THE VOYAGE TO SHIP ISLAND, MISS. Chapter V.REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS ON SHIP ISLAND — OFFICERS OF THE NINTH WITNESS TARGET PRACTICE BY ARTILLERY GENERAL BUTLER AND FAMILY ARRIVE ON THE ISLAND — THE NINTH PARTICIPATES IN AN EXPEDITION TO BILOXI, MISS.—THE ENGAGEMENT OFF MISSISSIPPI CITY—REBEL GUNBOATS COME DOWN UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS AND OPEN HOSTILITIES. Chapter VI.THE FIGHT AT PASS CHRISTIAN —THE NINTH LANDS AND MARCHES THROUGH THE PLACE —MEETS A CONFED ERATE FORCE BEYOND GALLANT CHARGE BY THE MEN FROM CONNECTICUT CAPTURE OF THE FLAG OF THE THIRD MISSISSIPPI WARM COMMENDATION FROM GEN. BUTLER THE START FROM NEW ORLEANS. Chapter VII.ARRIVAL OF THE NINTH AT THE SOUTH WEST PASS — UNDER FIRE AT THE ATTACK ON FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILIP ENTERS THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS PROCEEDS, LATER, TO CAMP PARAPET, UP THE RIVER —LEAVES THERE FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, THE CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA ENGLAND'S ENMITY TO THE UNION. Chapter VIII.THE NINTH'S HEAVY LOSSES NEAR VICKSBURG, MISS.— GREAT SUFFERING WHILE AT WORK ON THE "CUT-OFF" CANAL THE BATTLE OF BATON ROUGE COL. CAHILL OF THE NINTH ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE UNION FORCES ON THE DEATH OF GEN. WILLIAMS HIS OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ENGAGEMENT THE REBELS ARE DEFEATED. Chapter IX-A.GEN. BRECKENRIDGE, THE CONFEDERATE COMMANDER, SENDS A MESSAGE TO COL. CAHILL UNDER A FLAG OF TRUCE NEW SERIES OF FORTIFICATIONS ERECTED AT BATON ROUGE—THE NINTH RETURNS TO CAMP PARAPET, AND LATER TO NEW ORLEANS BRILLIANT EXPLOIT BY CAPT. JOHN G. HEALY, ON LAKE PONCHARTRAIN NOTES AND INCIDENTS. 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. Chapter X.THE NINTH RECEIVES MANY SOLDIERS WHO HAD SERVED UNDER GEN. TWIGGS A HIGH TRIBUTE TO THE REGIMENT FROM GEN. BUTLER IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS IN WHICH OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NINTH PARTICIPATE DEATH OF CORPORAL JOHN P. COEN OF WATERBURY A CAPTURE BY SERGEANT PHILIP REILLY VARIOUS ORDERS TO THE REGIMENT. Chapter XI.CONFEDERATE PLOT TO RECAPTURE NEW ORLEANS THE NINTH MENTIONED AS AMONG THE DEFENDERS OF THE CITY THE ENGAGEMENTS AT PASS MANCIIAC AND BAYOU DES ALLEMANDS LIST OF DEATHS IN THE NINTH DURING 1863 AND 1864 VETERAN FURLOUGH OF THE REGIMENT A GREAT RECEPTION IN NEW HAVEN. Chapter XII.DEPARTURE OF THE NINTH FROM NEW HAVEN FOR BERMUDA HUNDRED THE COMMAND AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL THE MARCH TO TENNALLYTOWN, D. C. THENCE TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY — THE BATTLES OF WINCHESTER AND FISHER'S HILL REENLISTED VETERANS ORGANIZED INTO THE NINTH BATTALION, COMMANDED BY LIEUT. COL. JOHN G. HEALY. Chapter XIII.THE NINTH BATTALION AT THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK, VA.—GREAT ENTHUSIASM GREETS SHERIDAN ON HIS ARRIVAL FROM WINCHESTER PRAISE FOR THE COLOR BEARERS OF THE NINTH —GEN. BIRGE THANKS THE BATTALION FOR ITS GALLANT WORK—THE COMMAND AT SAVANNAH, GA.—THE MUSTER OUT AND RETURN HOME—CASUALTIES OF REGIMENT AND BATTALION DURING THE WAR. Chapter XIV.REGIMENTAL REUNIONS BY SURVIVORS OF THE NINTH ENTHUSIASM AROUSED BY THE OLD BATTLE FLAGS OF THE ORGANIZATION — MOVEMENT TO RESTORE THE CAPTURED COLORS OF THE THIRD MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT — THE PROJECT IS CARRIED TO FRUITION THE CONNECTICUT DELEGATION WELCOMED TO NEW ORLEANS RECEPTION BY EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. Chapter XV.Ninth Regiment Roster.Some Biographical Sketches.The Ninth's Monument.DESCRIPTION OF THE MEMORIAL IN BAY VIEW PARK, NEW HAVEN — PREPARATIONS FOR DEDICATING THE SAME — THE EXERCISES ON THE OCCASION. FIELD DAY OF THE AMERICAN-IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY — LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Present Survivors 1903.Index of Illustrations.Monument Bay View Park 2007.Photos and Memorabilia from Connecticut's Irish Community.View Documents from Lt. Col. Richard Fitzgibbons. |
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