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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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their memories to-night! Honored be thegraves in which their patriotic dust is laid to rest! andmay our country, for which they died, care for theirwidowed and orphaned ones. From Vicksburg, wewatched your steps to Baton Rouge, now made famousby your exploits; where, after a most desperate contest,lasting for hours, your gallant colonel was placed incommand, by whose efforts the day was won, and theenemy defeated, forced to retire, leaving their dead andwounded in your hands. You have done well. We areproud of you. Other regiments have fought more thanyou, because they had it to do. You have done all thefighting given you to do, and done it well. We honoryou, therefore, and were proud of you when we heard ofyour congratulatory orders, and your compliments fordiscipline and bravery. During the exercises, a dinner was served the veterans.The Ninth went into camp in New Haven, and the menwere given opportunities to visit their homes and fami-lies, from whom they had been absent so long.
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SeRCJT PlIll.U RlLEV. SKkciT J. T. MuLLEN. Prin. Mus. JuiiN E. Healv. CHAPTER XII. DEPARTURE OF THE NINTH FROM NEW HAVEN FOR BER-MUDA HUNDRED THE COMMAND AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL THE MARCH TO TENNALLYTOVVN, D. C. THENCE TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY—THE BATTLESOF WINCHESTER AND FISHERs HILL—REENLISTEDVETERANS ORGANIZED INTO THE NINTH BATTALION,COMMANDED BY LIEUT. COL. JOHN G. HEALY. THE NINTH left New Haven for the front, again,July 18, 1864, and was given a cordial farewell.New Haven was aglow with enthusiasm and a great con-course witnessed the regiments departure. The com-mand departed on the steamer Elm City for New Yorkand landed there. It was at first thought to retain theregiment in that city, owing to circumstances, but thecommand was finally embarked for New Orleans. Thisorder was soon changed, however, and the Ninth wasdirected to proceed to the James river, where it disem-barked at Bermuda Hundred, Va., and participated,with its usual alacrity, in the important movementsthen

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