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Title: History of the Ninth regiment, Connecticut volunteer infantry, "The Irish regiment," in the war of the rebellion, 1861-65. The record of a gallant command on the march, in battle and in bivouac
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Murray, Thomas Hamilton, b. 1857
Subjects: Connecticut infantry. 9th reg't., 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil war, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: New Haven, Conn., The Price, Lee & Adkins co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the room we were in. But, thanks be to God,we were not injured! Then the excitement commenced.The New London and Jackson fired away at the rebelboats and they fired at us. A shot from the Nczv Londonknocked the wheelhouse off one of the rebel boats, tak-ing the two legs from the pilot. An examination wasthen made to ascertain how many were injured on the 78 NINTH REGIMENT CONN. VOL. INFANTRY. Henry Lewis. It was found that only a few were hurtand they sHghtly. One of the oflQcers present (Capt.Conant), received a sHght wound in the leg. Two of theNinths band were slightly wounded. Michael McDon-ough of our company (C of the Ninth), received a slightwound on the cheek, occasioned by part of a shell thathad burst. The piece hit him hard enough to drawblood. I never saw men like those of the gallant Ninth!It was as much as the officers could do to keep them in asafe place. I saw some of them coolly lighting their pipesand smoking while the enemy was firing. They were ascool as cucumbers.
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Cait. ICi.i.mr M. Cukiis. CHAPTER VI. THE FIGHT AT PASS CHRISTIAN—THE NINTH LANDS ANDMARCHES 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 COMMENDATIONFROM GEN. BUTLER—THE START FROM NEW ORLEANS. SOME hours after the close of the engagement withthe rebel gunboats, preparations were completedfor the attack on the enemy at Pass Christian. TheFederal squadron had, in the meantime, been increasedby the arrival of the gunboat Hatteras. About 10 or II a. m., the same day, April 4, 1862, thesquadron moved up toward the wharf at the place men-tioned. It was expected that the landing would be con-tested, as a report had been received that the rebels hada regiment of infantry, two companies of cavalry and abattery of artillery in the place. Before the Ninth, andEveretts battery, landed, therefore, the gunboats threwa few shells into the woods and into some of the principalbuildings. The

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