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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 Ninth, wrote the followingletter about this time: Camp of the Ninth Battalion, Connecticut Vet-eran Volunteers, Army of the Valley, Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 24, 1864.Dear : We have had another big battle and another gloriousvictory. The battle lasted from before 5 in the morninguntil dark. The rebels surprised the Eighth corps, and got insidethe works, before they knew it. We were driven out ofour fortifications and fell back several miles. But in theafternoon we, (the Ninteenth corps), succeeded in turn-ing their right flank ; when we charged them, drivingthem from our works, and up the valley, in confusion. Gen. Grover, our division commander, was woundedin the arm, and his inspector general was killed. . Ourloss was heavy but not so great as that of the Johnnies.The Ninth was commanded by Capt. John G. Healy, whoshowed himself a brave oi^cer, and the men acquittedthemselves nobly. We were complimented by Gen. Birge, our brigadecommander. Our colors were the first planted on the n
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JVAJ? OF THE REBELLION. 1861-1863. 201 recaptured works and were the first to advance in thecharge. I wish to speak of the bearer of the U. S. colors,John T. Morrow, a private who enhsted while the regi-ment was home last summer. He took them early inthe battle, when the color sergeant was wounded, and car-ried them the remainder of the day with credit to himselfand to the Ninth. The state colors were carried by Capt. Healy duringthe first part of the charge, but finding that he could notgive orders freely while carrying the flag, he handed itto Sergt. Perry, of Company D, who bore it until it wasplanted beside the others on the works. Tlie loss of ourbattalion was small, considering the time we were underfire and the exposed condition of our men during thewhole day =5= * * . q_ -p^ Scott. Capt. James W. Graham, of the Ninth, in mentioning,some years ago, his recollections of the war, stated: Tothose of us who remained in the service, and carried theflag of the old Ninth till the end

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