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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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ne thousand soldiers. Father Mullen, our worthy chap-lain, was offering up the sacrifice of the Mass. There inthe soft, white sand the poor fellows prayed—prayed toGod to protect their wives and children, their fathers,mothers, brothers and sisters—prayed to God to sendthem home safe to those dear ones they had left behind.After Mass, Father Mullen preached an excellent ser-mon, and during that time there were very few dry eyes.Our chaplain is in good health. He wishes to be remem-bered to you all. Making another entry, under date ofSunday evening, Dec. 15, 1861, the same officer says inhis letter: We had Mass again this morning (in thecamp of the Ninth), and a much larger congregation thanon last Sunday. At an early hour, all the Catholics inthe Twenty-sixth regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers,came down and the U. S. Marines from the fort and ofifthe gunboats attended. * * * In fact. Father Mul-len had quite a congregation. Afterwards, successively, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel.
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Cait. Tekknce Siikriuan. Lieut. Mcul Mit.i.ins. LiKUT. Fkancis McKeon. CHAPTER V. REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS ON SHIP ISLAND—OFFICERSOF THE NINTH WITNESS TARGET PRACTICE BY ARTIL-LERY GENERAL BUTLER AND FAMILY ARRIVE ON THE ISLAND—THE NINTH PARTICIPATES IN AN EXPE-DITION TO BILOXI, MISS.—THE ENGAGEMENT OFFMISSISSIPPI CITY—REBEL GUNBOATS COME DOWNUNDER COVER OF DARKNESS AND OPEN HOSTILITIES. DECEMBER 24, 1861, opened with pleasant weather^and the Ninth early received notice that a reviewand inspection of the troops was to take place that day.This was to be in honor of Commodore McKean, com-manding the fleet outside, who was to visit the island.At the appointed time, he put off from the Niagara, inhis cutter, and landed on the wharf at i p. m. Here hewas duly received, and an artillery salute was fired by theFourth Massachusetts battery. As the hour for the re-view neared, line was formed, at 2 p. m., on the paradeground, by Col. Jones. The Twenty-sixth Massachusettswas on the right

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