Connecticut Monument Dedication Honoring the Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers

Grant’s Canal October 14, 2008

at the Vicksburg National Military Park Connecticut Monument The Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers

October 14, 2008 Grant’s Canal, Vicksburg National Military Park

The Dedication of the Connecticut Monument

in Memory of Service of The Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers

1862 Vicksburg Campaign

Table of Contents

Governor’s Proclamation ...... 2 Monument Presentation to the State of Connecticut ...... 5 Invitation from the National Park Service ...... 6 History of the Ninth Regiment ...... 8 Connecticut Plaza ...... 11 Monument Characteristics ...... 12 The Men who Served ...... 20 Major Financial Donors ...... 32 Donated Time & Talent ...... 34 Committee ...... 36

Vicksburg National Military Park Page 1 Governor’s Proclamation Governor’s Proclamation

Page 2 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 3 Monument Presentation To the State of Connecticut

Some 16 years ago my youngest daughter and sister visited this park where our ancestor, Private John Marlow, of Company C, died on July 24th during the first assault on Vicksburg in 1862. They found no mention of him or the Ninth and no monument to the State of Connecticut. Unrelated to their visit, a United States Senate bill was passed which revised the timeline of the official Vicksburg campaign to include the Union army’s effort in 1862 and Connecticut’s Ninth. Land at this canal area was also added to the Vicksburg National Military Park to accommodate a Connecticut monument.

Nearly eight years ago we began our effort to place a memorial at the park. The concept grew from an early signpost to various designs including today’s monument. With an invitation from the National Park, Governor Rell approved our committee efforts and soon after we signed a contract with Mathieu Memorial and Granite Works of Southington, CT. The final design was submitted for approval at a number of federal levels including the U. S. Department of Interior, Washington DC in May of 2007. Financial support from the Knights of Columbus, the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, AT&T, the William and Alice Mortensen Foundation, CT House Speaker James Amann and numerous other individuals and organizations have allowed us to proceed with the monument construction and today’s dedication.

Our heartfelt thanks go out to all those who supported us. This includes the early support from the Irish American Historical Society, the Irish History Round Table and the South Central Connecticut Civil War Round Table, as well as the Ancient Order of Hibernians and other organizations. Interested Connecticut citizens, historians, descendants of soldiers of the Ninth and Civil War re-enactors should all be mentioned for their financial donations as well as their contributions of time and talent in so many ways.

We should also give special thanks to Kerry Sheldon, our centerpiece composite design artist who also designed this booklet, Stacy Mathieu who hand etched the impressive artwork in the monument centerpiece, Tom Callinan, our State Troubadour, and Park Historian Terry Winschel who provided support and guidance for a number of years. While it is impossible to give credit to all those that deserve it, an effort has been made to outline their roles in providing the monument in the body of this dedication booklet.

Our Irish regiment has never been forgotten in its home state although they, along with Connecticut, have long been unrepresented here on the banks of the Mississippi at one of our country’s finest national parks. We are therefore honored to present this monument to our state giving Connecticut a rightful and fitting memorial here at the Vicksburg National Military Park.

Robert Larkin Chairman – Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Monument Committee

Page 4 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 5 Invitation Invitation From the National Park Service From the National Park Service

April 18, 2005

The Honorable M. Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut Executive Office of the Governor State Capitol 210 Capital Ave. Hartford, CT 06106

Dear Governor Rell:

The National Park Service is pleased to support the initiative of the State of Connecticut to erect a monument honoring the gallant soldiers of the Ninth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on the grounds of Vicksburg National Military Park.

Section 6 of the parkÕs enabling legislation, that was passed by Congress and signed by President William McKinley on February 21, 1899, provides Òthat it shall be lawful for any State that had troops engaged in the siege and defense of Vicksburg to enter upon the lands of the Vicksburg national military park for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the lines of battle of its troops engaged therein.Ó As soldiers from twenty-eight states, North and South, participated in the Vicksburg campaign (March 29 Ð July 4, 1863), only those states were authorized to erect monuments and all have done so.

In 1990, however, subsequent legislation was passed that enabled the acquisition of the remaining vestige of GrantÕs Canal which is located across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg in Madison Parish, Louisiana (see enclosed map). The legislation also broadened the parkÕs commemorative timeframe from just the period of the siege and defense of the city in 1863 to the Vicksburg campaigns of 1862-1863 and the history of Vicksburg under Union occupation during the Civil War through Reconstruction. Thus Connecticut and Vermont, which had troops involved in the Vicksburg campaign of 1862 and labored on the canal, are now authorized to erect monuments honoring their soldiers. Toward that end, a site at the parkÕs GrantÕs Canal Unit has been set aside for placement of the Connecticut State Monument.

As only the States or its designee(s) are authorized to place monuments on the grounds of the national military park at Vicksburg, the initiative underway by Mr. Robert Larkin of Cheshire, Connecticut, must be approved by the State of Connecticut. This can be done either through a gubernatorial proclamation of by a measure of the state legislature appointing him or his group

Page 6 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 7 History History Of the Connecticut Ninth Regiment Of the Connecticut Ninth Regiment

Recruiting for Connecticut’s Irish regiment on the Mississippi coast. The Connecticut During the remainder of 1862 and 1863, on Oct. 19, the Ninth’s enlistment expired in the Civil War – the Ninth Connecticut troops routed the Third Mississippi Regiment the headquarters of the Ninth was in New and the reduced number of officers and Volunteers – began in August 1861. On Sept. and captured its battle flag. Orleans, but the companies were spread out men who remained were organized into the 3, Gov. William A. Buckingham appointed on the outskirts of the city. Two companies Ninth Battalion comprising four companies a New Haven Irish-American, Thomas W. Later that month, the Ninth was one of the guarded the Mexican-Gulf Railroad and the commanded by Lt. Col. John G. Healy. Cahill, to command the unit. The next day first regiments to enter New Orleans after the mouth of the river. One was at Algiers across New Haven’s Emmet Guards enlisted en city fell to a Navy bombardment commanded the river from New Orleans. Three were At Cedar Creek, the Union forces were caught masse in the new regiment. The guards were by Flag Officer David Farragut. stationed north of the city at Pass Manchac. by surprise and driven from their camps, thus one of six Irish militia companies that had The troops skirmished with Confederate units setting the stage for Sheridan’s dramatic ride been summarily dismissed from state service The Ninth did occupation duty on Lafayette and fought off water moccasins, rattlesnakes, back from a meeting in Washington to rally in 1855 by a nativist administration on the Square in New Orleans and at Camp Parapet lizards, flies and mosquitoes in the swamps. his men. Accounts from the battle indicate the grounds that their patriotism was suspect. seven miles north of the city until June Ninth advanced at the forefront as Sheridan 1862 when it was ferried 200 miles up the Shenandoah Valley Campaign mounted a late afternoon assault that carried A large number of Irish recruits and marching Mississippi River in the first attempt to capture the day. organizations from throughout the state the strategically located town of Vicksburg. In April 1864, the Ninth arrived back in New quickly followed suit and joined the outfit Haven for its first regimental furlough in two In January 1865, the Ninth was ordered as it trained at City Point in New Haven in First Campaign Against Vicksburg and a half years. In July, the regiment briefly to Savannah, Ga., where it was engaged in September and October 1861. Their ranks joined the Army of the occupation duty after were supplemented by those from other Lacking sufficient troops to assault the city, James in Virginia, but dispersing a force of ethnic backgrounds in Connecticut and later Gen. Thomas Williams put his troops to was then ordered to guerrillas at Dawfuski in the war, as death and illness took its toll, by work digging a canal to divert the river so as the Shenandoah Valley. Island. The regiment volunteers and reassigned soldiers, particularly to allow Union ships to bypass the guns of On Aug. 18, 1864, the finished its service at in the New Orleans area. Vicksburg. Of the 252 fatalities suffered by Ninth reported to Hilton Head, S.C. and the Ninth during the war, 150 of them were Gen. Phil Sheridan embarked on Aug. 3, New Orleans Campaign in a four-month period beginning with the at Leesburg just as 1865 for New Haven canal project. Because of the heavy death toll he was organizing a where the men were On Nov. 4, the 865 men of the Ninth left by from diseases contracted in the swamps along three-battle campaign mustered out. train for Lowell, Mass., to join a New England the river, the dig was abandoned after just a – Winchester, Fisher’s brigade being assembled by Gen. Benjamin month. Hill and Cedar Creek Butler of Massachusetts for a campaign – that finally ended against New Orleans. The brigade sailed from The Ninth was ferried back down river, and Confederate control Boston on Nov. 26 and arrived on Dec. 4 at on Aug. 5, 1862, fought in the Battle of Baton of the valley. Between Ship Island off the coast of Mississippi fifty Rouge. In that engagement, a rebel army of Fisher’s Hill on Sept. miles east of New Orleans. 3,000 was turned back when it attempted to 21 and Cedar Creek dislodge Union troops from the Louisiana In early April 1862, the Ninth got its baptism capital. Gen. Williams was killed in the battle The History of the Ninth Regiment C. V. by Thomas Hamilton Murray, was scanned and digitized by Kathleen LaPierre for of fire and its first casualties in an attack against and Col. Cahill of the Ninth, the senior officer the Arnold Bernhard Library, Quinnipiac University in partnership with the Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society, in a Confederate encampment at Pass Christian on the field, took command. February 2007. The book was originally published by The Price, Lee & Adkins Co., New Haven, Conn., in 1903.

Page 8 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 9 Connecticut Plaza

A concrete plaza has been provided by the National Park Service as a gift to the Connecticut Monument at the canal area. Poured with two shades of colorized concrete, the plaza is approximately 19’ by 21’. The shape of Connecticut is inset into the center of the plaza and has been poured in a charcoal gray color so that the image of Connecticut clearly stands out. It is visible not only at ground level, but also from an aerial perspective that can be seen from Internet satellite images (such as Google Earth and MSN Virtual Earth), making Connecticut a first at Harper’s Weekly newspapers, published during the Civil War, give a unique perspective on the the National Park. important people and events of the times. The illustrations below were printed in the July 26, 1862 issue. Levee Road, shown in the upper right corner of the photograph, is situated directly on top of the actual levee that existed in 1862. Today, the road is used primarily for service access.

Levee Road

The illustration to the left

shows the positions of the Interstate I-20 fleets above and below the city of Vicksburg.

Grant’s Canal Road Plaza with Connecticut Monument

The illustration to the right shows the Union Remains of soldiers cutting a canal Grant’s Canal across the isthmus. Position of sidewalk and plaza simulated for demonstrative purposes.

Page 10 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 11 Monument Characteristics Monument Characteristics

The Vicksburg memorial to Connecticut is The support section measures 3’8” wide, 8” approximately 10 feet high and 10 feet wide. It deep and 1’2” in height. The seat and support consists of a base, a centerpiece and two wings. sections were sand-blasted with the inscription, In total, the monument and benches weigh “Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers” nearly 16,000 pounds. (weight each: 967 pounds).

Base: Made of Melrose Jet Black granite, the Centerpiece Artwork: With the base is 10 inches high and 10 feet long. On exception of the Connecticut state seal, all of the ground, it measures 1 foot, 6 inches from the centerpiece artwork was created by Kerry front to back, tapering to 1 foot, 4 inches at its Sheldon using image manipulation software. top. It has all polished surfaces with a beveled Most of the portraits were restored and many face and pencil round edges. The inscription required extensive editing to place the men “Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers” is in historically accurate military clothing. sand-carved and gold-leafed onto the face of Numerous images were combined for the the bevel. bottom composite panels to create scenes reflective of the various duties and hardships Two bronze plaques, one in each monument Centerpiece: Made of Melrose Jet Black of the men as they served. The source images wing, gives a short history of the regiment in granite, the centerpiece is 8 feet, 10 inches were taken at local Civil War re-enactments, the Vicksburg area. tall, 1 foot from front to back. It is 3 feet wide the actual Vicksburg site, while others were at the base and tapers to 2 feet, 6 inches at posed and photographed to supply necessary the top. Hand-etched into the front face of details. the centerpiece are images of the regimental flag, faces of six representative soldiers of Etching: The finished images were hand the regiment and a scene depicting soldiers etched onto the centerpiece by Stacy Mathieu digging at the canal. Etched into the back of of Mathieu Memorials using a diamond tipped the centerpiece are images of the Connecticut etching tool. The etching began in early March, state seal, another six soldiers and a depiction 2008 and was completed in early August, 2008. of soldiers working at the canal site. www.mathieumemorials.com

Wings: Made of Royal Emerald Green granite, wings on the left and the right of the centerpiece measure 3 feet wide, 4 feet 6 inches high and 10 inches from front to back. Each wing has a recessed bronze plaque on which is text briefly describing the history of the regiment. Both plaques are pictured on the following page with the left plaque shown above the right plaque. Contracted Services Provided by: Benches: Two benches, placed on each • Mathieu Memorials and Granite Works, Southington, CT, agents for: side of the monument, are made of polished • Royal Melrose, a division of Cold Spring Granite Co., Cold Spring, MN Melrose Jet Black granite. The seat section • Installation provided by Brookhaven Monument Co., Brookhaven, MS measures 4’0” wide, 1’2” deep and 4” in height.

Page 12 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 13 Ninth Regiment Seal Connecticut State Seal Front of Monument, Top Back of Monument, Top

To the left is a photograph To the left is a of the actual etching on photograph of the the centerpiece. actual etching on the centerpiece. Below is the edited image used as a tracing Below is the image template. provided by to State of Connecticut to be used as a tracing template.

The Irish Regiment Seal The Armorial Bearings

The Ninth Regiment Seal consists of a bald eagle with outstretched wings resting atop a field On March 24, 1931, the General Assembly adopted a design for the official Arms of the State, that is composed of two shield elements. which it ordered drawn and filed with the Secretary of the State.

The front element, the Irish shield, is an ornate crest of golden leaves surrounding a green field, The official description of the Arms calls for: A shield of rococo design of white field, having having a harp, (the national symbol of Ireland), with shamrocks weaving around the harp and in the center three grape vines, supported and bearing fruit. Below the shield shall be a white through the strings, and a white banner with the words, “ERIN GO BRAGH” (Ireland Forever) streamer, cleft at each end, bordered with two fine lines, and upon the streamer shall be in solid beneath. The Irish shield, positioned in the foreground, is protecting the Union shield, which letters of medium bold Gothic the motto: “QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET” (He Who is comprised of white stars on a blue background above vertical red and white stripes. Crossing Transplanted Still Sustains) behind both shield elements are two opposing cannons facing outwards. The gold banner beneath the entire seal, cleft at each end, bears the text, “9th REGIMENT C. V.”

The original flag bearing the regimental seal is currently located in the Hall of Flags at the State Capitol Building in Hartford, Connecticut.

Page 14 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 15 Portraits Portraits Front of Monument, Middle Back of Monument, Middle

Below is a photo of the portrait etchings on the centerpiece. To the right are the restored composite portraits used as tracing templates for the etching process.

Private William Brown Private Care was taken to choose portraits to represent Martin Joyce a variety of ranks, as the monument is dedicated to all of the men serving in the Ninth Regiment, regardless of their rank.

The decision not to engrave the portrait names on the monument was to further emphasize that Sergeant these men are representing the entire regiment. James Mullen

Colonel Thomas Cahill First Sergeant William O’Keefe Lieutenant Colonel Richard Fitzgibbons

Captain John Healy Corporal Michael Coen

Sergeant Major John Curtis First Lieutenant Lawrence O’Brien

The front and back middle sections of the monument are portraits of some of the men in Private the Ninth Regiment, arranged so that the viewer Josiah Barker Captain will see his or her face reflected in the mirror- James Hennessy like polished black granite, in the midst of the soldiers' images.

The names are included in this booklet for historical reference, but are not actually engraved onto the centerpiece. Above are the restored composite portraits used as tracing templates for the etching process. Above is a photo of the portrait etchings on the centerpiece.

Page 16 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 17 Composite Scene Composite Scene Front of Monument, Bottom Back of Monument, Bottom

The men were ordered to hand-dig the canal under blazing summer conditions. Many perished from heat exhaustion and disease while even more became incapacitated. Below, soldiers of the Ninth attend to a fallen comrade. To the right is the composite image used as a tracing template for the centerpiece etching.

Below is a photograph of the centerpiece etching.

Above is a photo of the centerpiece etching.

To the left is the composite image used as a tracing template for the centerpiece etching.

At the start of each day, the men were ordered to march in uniform while wearing full packs, despite the severe climate conditions. The land where the canal was to be dug was heavily wooded and had to be cleared of brush and forestation before the canal digging could begin. Having only hand tools at their Various stages of the brush and forest clearing process are pictured in both composite panels, disposal, the men cleared the area by sheer along with the regiment marching in full military regalia. Some of the men are showing signs of physical labor. being affected by their physical and environmental conditions.

Page 18 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 19 The Men who Served Headquarters Officers, Field & Staff

Col Thomas W. Cahill Hospital Stewards Lt-Col Richard Fitzgibbons Garry T. Scott Major Frederick Frye August Ruhl The following roster was taken from “History of the Ninth Regiment C. V.”by Thomas Hamilton Murray and represents all soldiers who served in the Ninth from Adjutants Prin. Musicians 1861 - 1865. The omission of Company J is intentional, as no company was assigned Alfred G. Hall Henry S. Chandler to this letter. Henry Kattenstroth Oliver B. Allen John Healy Quartermasters William W. Harral Band Leader Nathan I. Bennett Christian Streit Thomas Corbin Thomas FitzGibbon Musicians Allen, Edward Surgeon Allen, Oliver B. Charles A. Gallagher Andle, Charles Boos, Frederick Assistant Surgeons Buell, William A. George W. Avery Burwell, David C. Chandler, Henry S. The embroidered kepi badge that is shown above Jairus F. Lines Coxall, Henry E. was worn by officers on the front of their kepis. Ira C. Winsor Rollin McNeil Dadman, George W. Gehrig, Theodore Chaplains Green, Alvin C. Daniel Mullen Hall, Charles E. Leo Rizzo Hallauer, Lewis St. V. Harvey, William E. Sergeant-Majors Hausmann, Charles Kelsey, Evelyn Patrick T. Claffee Keyes, Henry F. John C. Curtis Pfaunekuchen, Fred’k Michael Mullins Popp, Bruno Thomas L. Wilson Pratt, Eugene H. John Bolger Simon, William Streit, Simon Q. M.-Sergeants Waldner, Joseph Nathan I. Bennett Willmarth, John N. The enlisted version was made of stamped brass and was Henry C. Wright positioned on top of the soldier’s kepi. Robert Kerr John Gillis

Com-Sergeants James Lawler Frederick Smedel William Starkey

Page 20 Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers 14 October 2008 Vicksburg National Military Park Page 21 Company A Company B

Captains Musicians Privates (cont.) Privates (cont.) Captain Privates Privates (cont.) John Duffy Doty, William H. Graham, James Riley, John, 2d Patrick Garvey Anderson, Andrew Lucy, Dennis Michael A. Williams Flanigan, Patrick Hagerty, John Rodgers, Henry Anderson, Joseph Lynch, John 1st Kearne, Michael Hall, Jesse Rosengrave, John 1st Lieutenants Barker, Josiah Lynch, John 2d 1st Lieutenants McGuire, Thomas Harrington, Jerry Rourke, Thomas Lawrence O’Brien Bohen, Patrick Jr. Lynch, Patrick John Cogan Hayes, Edward Sheridan, Kearn John Carroll Boyle, William Mack, John Michael Kennedy Wagoner Hickey, Patrick Thompson, Wm. J. Burke, Martin Mackey, Nicholas Lynch, Bernard Hogerty, John Trusler, Ephraim 2d Lieutenants Burke, Patrick Magee, Michael 2d Lieutenants Horan, Michael Walch, John Daniel Carroll Cain, Bartholomew Mahon, Thomas Farrell H. Gallagher Privates Jackson, Robert Whelan, John John McCusker Cain, Patrick Martin, John Lewis H. Goodman Abbott, John Jackson, Samuel S. Winters, Charles William O’Keefe Carey, William W. McCaffrey, James Thomas Connors Bohan, Patrick Kain, Michael Wrinn, Martin Carlin, Andrew McCarty, Richard Bohan, Paul Keegan, James 1st Sergeants Carroll, John McCormick, Thomas Kline, Frederick 1st Sergeants Boyle, Charles Malachi Hackett Casheen, William McCormick, Nicholas Lane, Patrick Thomas Starkey Brown, John Jeremiah McGrath Castello, James McKay, John L. William Gleeson Burns, John, 2d Larkins, Patrick Colwell, Thomas Merceir, Alexander Butler, Joel L. Lee, Henry E. Craig, Patrick Minahan, Thomas Legrand, John Sergeants Sergeants Callahan, James Crevy, James Molloy, Michael Leonard, John Boucher, John Callahan, Patrick Campbell, Patrick Cummins, Thomas Moon, William Lynch, Francis Carney, John Coote, Charles Carey, Thomas Dawson, John Moore, William J. Lynch, Michael Duffey, John Comiskey, Nicholas Carthy, Lawrence Day, Patrick Morrissey, James Lynch, Thomas Lynch, James Degnan, John Clark, Robert Donohue, James Mulvey, Charles Maguire, John McDonnell, Richard Hayes, Michael Cody, James Doran, James Mulvey, John Mahoney, Patrick O’Brien, Michael Gahagan, Joseph Colbert, Morris Dunn, Thomas Murphy, John Maloney, Michael Maloney, Walter Connell, Henry Dunn, Patrick L. Murray, Bernard Maloy, John Durning, Stephen Quinn, Luke Scully, William Conner, James, 1st Corporals Conner, James, 2d McDonald, James Fahy, John Reynolds, Michael, 2d Shanley, Thomas Brannon, Farrell Cooper, George McDonald, Terence Farrell, Thomas Roach, Thomas Starkey, William Burke, John Corcoran, Peter McGrath, Thomas Ferris, John Robinson, John McNulty, Robert Butler, James Fitzpatrick, Martin Russell, David Corporals Coyle, John McQuade, Bartholo’w Carey, James Frawley, John Ryan, Daniel Bennett, Patrick Cullen, Patrick McQuillan, Richard Cunningham, John Glassett, James Ryan, John 1st Colbert, Thomas Davis, Thomas Meredith, John Early, James Gorman, Michael Sweetman, John DeForge, Francis Devlin, Peter Murphy, Thomas Milligan, John Green, Patrick Walsh, John 2d Eaton, William H. Dillon, John Nagle, Garrett McCluckie, John Grogan, Michael Walsh, Peter Gleeson, Dennis Donohue, John Nickodemas, Nich. Morrissey, James Harrington, Joseph Waldron, Thomas Hagerty, Patrick Dorherty, Robert Noonan, Malachi Reynolds, Michael Harvey, Thomas Whelan, James Hope, James Doyle, Thomas O’Berne, John Rhatigan, Edward Hayden, James Woods, Patrick Keenan, Martin Driscoll, John O’Brien, John, 1st Riley, Edward Hazlett, John Kennedy, Joseph Dunn, John O’Brien, John, 2d Streit, Simon Healey, Michael Loudon, George Ellis, Thomas Pryor, Thomas Hoey, Francis Lynch, Charles Ennis, Matthew Raferty, Michael Musicians Hoey, George McKeon, John Fitzgerald, William Reynolds, Garrett Cassidy, John Hughes, Michael Muldoon, John Foley, James Reynolds, Patrick Dillon, Edward Hughes, Patrick Mullen, Daniel Foley, Michael Richmond, John W. Healy, John Joyce, Martin Robinson, James W. B. Ford, John Riley, John, 1st Kelley, James Shanley, John Freil, John Gilhooly, John Lawler, James

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Captains Corporals (cont.) Privates (cont.) Captains Corporals (cont.) Privates (cont.) Michael McCarten Wier, Patrick Keegan, James Thomas C. Coates Ryan, John 2d Glancey, James John G. Healy Kelleher, Roger Lawrence O’Brien Schoen, Philip Gregg, Dennis Musicians Kelley, Bartholomew Shulz, William Green, John 1st Lieutenants Brean, Charles Kelley, Dennis 1st Lieutenants Wilson, James, 2d Haffoining, John Patrick T. Claffee Lawler, James Lauffin, Richard Richard A. Clancey Hanlon, John Addis E. Payne McCarten, Bartholo’w Malone, Charles James Cahill Musicians Hardgrave, John David C. Warner Maloney, Thomas Green, Dennis Hill, Henry Wagoners Marlow, John 2d Lieutenants Lyon, George Hope, Edward 2d Lieutenants McKiernan, Patrick Martin, Peter George N. Morehouse McGuire, James Hunter, Stephen John Shaw Tiernan, John Mason, Thomas Thomas L.Wilson Otis, Michael Hussey, Michael Henry McKenna Welch, John McDonough, John Johnson, James Patrick Ingoldsby McDonough, Michael 1st Sergeants Wagoners Kane, Patrick James Lawler Privates McKenna, Thomas Thomas S. White Dressendoffer, Henry Keenan, Peter Avington, Edward McKenney, John John Laurie Fibbs, William Kelley, Michael 1st 1st Sergeants Barker, George McKeon, James George Hill Kiel, August Dennis Gately Barry, John T. McLaughlin, James Richard Yates Privates Klein, Jacob Bryan Donohue Birmingham, Garrett McLaughlin, Timothy John Gorman Anderson, John Lynch, Michael Richard Lilley Brennan, Dennis McPartlin, Lawrence Baggs, John McCabe, Owen McSweggin, Francis McClune, John Brodderick, James Sergeants Blakeslee, Albert Meany, John McDonnelly, Michael Sergeants Butler, Nicholas Caffrey, James Blakeslee, Almon Monighan, James McGee, Frank Donnelly, Peter Byrne, Thomas Knablin, Thomas Brandt, Balzar Mooney, William McNulty, Peter Doyle, William Carroll, James O’Connor, James Bulger, Anthony Murphy, James Moore, Michael Glynn, Dennis Charbouel, Paul Ritters, Leo Burns, Bernard O’Brien, James Morris, Peter M. Mullen, James T. Clark, John Sloan, David Burns, Dominick Reardon, John Murphy, John Murphy, Jeremiah Clements, John E. Burns, John Reynolds, Charles O’Brien, Thomas Sullivan, Daniel Collins, John Burns, Lawrence Reynolds, Peter Corporals O’Connor, Peter Curtis, Charles Arnold, Christopher Burke, John Dearing, William Robinson, George Caten, Anthony O’Neil, Mark Corporals Rowley, John Baker, Ottoway G. Otis, Dennis Bohan, Patrick Dias, Joseph Bennett, Richard Clye, Martin Doyle, James Ryan, Thomas Colligan, Matthew Pearson, Philip Brennan, Henry Schnabel, John Burton, Charles B. Phillips, Henry Brennan, Patrick Doyle, Peter Cronin, Patrick H. Colemey, Patrick Dresher, Ernest Scully, John Conners, John 1st Purpose, Claybourn Brown, James Shaw, James Dyer, James Ryan, John Connerty, Patrick Dugging, Mark Ennes, John Conners, John 2d Eagan, John Shaw, John Dimon, James C. Slaugh, Michael Corcoran, Patrick Sheehan, David D. Foley, John J. Smith, Martin Doyle, Hugh Glynn, Martin Friel, Bernard Dimon, Charles Galligan, Philip Simmerman, William Donohue, Patrick Smith, Peter Flynn, Andrew Smith, John, 1st Gerard, Martin Sona, Valentine Garvey, Edward B. Hackett, James Gilday, Peter Doyle, Nicholas Hamilton, John Smith, John 2d Duke, John Spaan, Bernard Gilhuly, Michael Woods, Bernard Green, John B. Sullivan, George Keegan, Edward Harrington, John Henderson, James Fagan, Michael Heavey, Michael Woods, Henry Fullum, Patrick Stafford, James Kelley, Hugh Woods, James Hughes Patrick Trout, George Lynn, Edward Hughes, Arthur Lackey, Luke C. Funt, William Hulbert, John Gafney, John Verdan, Patrick McCormick, Thomas McCarty, Charles Verdon, Christopher McMurray, Patrick Johnson, William McGrath, Michael Galager, James Judge, Francis Garagan, Patrick Victoria, Albert O’Connor, George Melvin, James Wallace, John Ryan, James Kearns, Thomas Mahoney, John O. Gibbons, John Keaveney, Michael Gillis, John Welch, Patrick Thompson, William O’Riley, Patrick Wilson, James 1st

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Captains Wagoners Privates (cont.) Captains Wagoners Privates (cont.) Privates (cont.) James P. Hennessey O’Connell, Stephen McCarthy, James John Foley Logan, Terence Hunt, James Welch, John Terence Sheridan Ryan, Timothy McGee, Hugh Addis E. Payne York, William Irving, Thomas Whaland, John McGuire, Thomas Jackson, Tona White, Thomas 1st Lieutenant Privates McTague, John 1st Lieutenants Privates Johnson, William White, Thomas C. Francis McKeon Agathe, Edward Montague, Charles John Carroll Allen, William Kane, Daniel Williams, John Archard, Martin Mooney, Edward Garry T. Scott Almond, David Kelley, Richard Williams, George F. 2d Lieutenant Barry, Garrett Nottingham, Augustus Baker, Thomas Kelleher, John Michael Mullins Bartis, Samuel O’Brien, David 2d Lieutenants Barry, David Maher, James Burgess, John R. O’Burns, Michael William H. Carroll Bones, Robert Martin, Charles 1st Sergeants Bush, James O’Farrell, Peter Lewis H. Goodman Bowen, Thomas McAlier, John McCarthy, John Thomas Healy Cahill, Edward O’Toole, Garrett Christian Streit Bova, Joseph McCauley, John Thomas Kennedy Carney, Ambrose Reily, John Brown, William Cavanagh, Patrick Ryan, Cornelius 1st Sergeants Bryan, Samuel McCormick, Peter Ryan, James McDermott, Patrick Sergeants Christie, James Timothy Ryan Buggy, Patrick Ryan, John Burlingame, Erin McDonnell, Thomas Debow, Michael Clark, William James B. Prescott Scott, Michael Burns, Thomas McGuire, Frank, Dolan, Thomas Coleman, John Daniel Leahy Shea, James Campbell, James McGuire, Philip Evarts, Eben B. Crowley, Cornelius Eben B. Evarts Crowley, John Sheridan, Patrick Carney, Thomas McLaughlin, John Hefferan, Daniel McMenemy, Robert Crowley, Timothy Smith, James Sergeants Cassidy, Joseph Reilly, Philip McPherson, John Daley, Jeremiah Smyth, Patrick Claxton, Richard Clark, Patrick Ryan, Thomas McSorley, John Devlin, John Sullivan, John Corbin, Thomas Clifford, Charles Donnelly, Andrew J. Terrell, Franklin L. Connelly, John Merritt, James Corporals Cronan, Michael Donnelly, Edward Thornton, John J. Coyle, James Moore, Patrick Bowen, Michael Hulbert, John Donnelly, Richard H. Vanulton, Louis Curtis, Edward H. Moriarty, Eugene Burke, Richard Jewett, Frederick Doty, Charles Walsh, Jeffrey Daley, Michael Morrissey, Patrick Conroy, Michael Kerr, Robert Dwyre, Martin Walsh, Patrick Darcy, Henry Morrow, John T. Conway, Martin McGiff, Joseph English, James Walsh, Robert Davis, Thomas Murray, James Dolan, James Menholdt, Henry Farrell, Daniel Whelan, Bernard Davis, Franklin T. Myres, Henry Dolan, Michael Metzlee, Charles Fee, John Williams, George C. Decker, Charles Noyes, Allen Galligan, Patrick Wilson, George Flannagan, John Delaney, Patrick Ostrander, Myron Golden, Timothy Gallagher, Matthew Delawn, John Peck, Edgar A. Lawler, John Corporals Gilluk, John P. Devney, John Quinlin, Miles McDonald, Patrick Alexander, John T. Grace, William Dole, Peter Rabbit, William McMahon, James Bernhardt, Carl G. Hartigan, John Dougherty, William Roach, Patrick McManus, John Blansfield, Patrick Hays, James Falen, Peter Rousel, Francis McNally, James Coen, John P. Healey, John Fanning, John Rush, Christine Murley, Thomas Coen, Michael P. Hefferan, Edward Feeny, Michael Ryan, Andrew Naylor, Michael Doyle, Peter Kehoe, James Finke, William Sanford, Daniel O’Brien, James Lacey, Joseph Kelleher, Michael Garretty, Edward Saunders, William O’Mara, John Tobin, James Kelley, Thomas Gleason, Edward Sheridan, Kearn Wall, Michael Worthers, George Killoy, Michael Green, John Shield, Peter Lawler, James Harrigan, Michael Silvernail, John Musicians Musicians Leyden, Patrick Hayden, William Smith, Daniel Cavanagh, Thomas Burns, John Lynch, Hugh Hogan, Thomas H. Walsh, John 1st Delaney, Thomas Hennessey, Richard Lynch, Patrick Howard, James Webber, William McMullen, James McDuff, John Maher, John Hubon, Martin Welch, Luke

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Captain Musicians Privates (cont.) Captains Corporals (cont.) Privates (cont.) Privates (cont.) William Wright Deegan, Dennis Kalthroff, Anton Silas W. Sawyer Perkins, Charles W. Hickey, John Silvia, Joseph Gall, George Kenna, Thomas William A. Lee Potter, Charles H. Hoffman, George Sullivan, Daniel 1st Lieutenants Lynch, James Krouse, Philip Powers, Richard Hussey, Walter Tenney, Edward John H. Clinton Laughlin, Frank 1st Lieutenants Sheridan, David Hyland, John Tisdale, Edward F. Thomas FitzGibbon Wagoners Leater, John Thomas C. Lawler Trainor, Charles Jaques, William Tryon, Alvin John C. Curtis Dailey, Patrick Lefevre, Otto Thomas FitzGibbon Tyghe, Roger Johnson, John W. Warner, Alonzo Rooney, Lawrence Lehon, Cornelius Williams, John Keane, Michael Watson, Harry H. 2d Lieutenant Lewis, Richard 2d Lieutenants Kelley, John Martin Burke Privates Link, James Addis E. Payne Musicians Kelly, Daniel Barber, Joseph C. Lunar, Marino Joseph H. Lawler Andre, Charles Kennedy, Daniel 1st Sergeants Beer, Jaconett Lyons, John Dunton, William W. Kenny, Joseph Kerr, Robert Arthur Hedsey Boscher, August Maher, John 1st Sergeants Johnson, Samuel Kerley, John John Murray Buckley, Timothy Mahoney, Daniel Daniel O’Sullivan Leahy, Edward James McLaughlin Bungard, Nicholas Mailley, Charles John Bolger Wagoners Leary, James Oswald Reed Burke, John, McAlloon, Patrick Edmund Downing Erwin, Edward Lovett, John Edward Bulger Burke, William McCann, Peter Shaughness, Peter Lydon, James Coffee, Patrick McGarr, Frank Sergeants McKenney, Terrence Maguire, Patrick Sergeants Conner, Thomas Burke, John Privates McQuiggan, John Marks, Michael Allan, Bart’olemew W. Conner, Patrick Johnson, Robert Bassett, Rial H. Miller, Martin McDonald, John Cook, Frank Cruise, John Kenney, Thomas Bond, John T. Michalk, Charles McGiff, Joseph Haggerty, Hugh Cumings, James McCarthy, James Boylan, Bernard Moran, James McGovern, Thomas Leierzapf, Charles Cunningham, James McKenna, John Brown, Daniel H. Morris, Peter M. Meehan, Peter McGregor, Thomas Daley, Bartholemew Morrow, Joseph Brown, John Morrissey, Patrick Meehan, William McGuire, John Dillon, Michael Parker, William Byrnes, James Morton, Edward Murphy, Edward Quinn, Thomas Doyle, Peter Simpson, John Cain, John I. Myers, Lewis Murphy, Jeremiah Shanley, Michael Eagan, William Thompson, Henry F. Campbell, Thomas Nagle, David Murray, Edward Thrall, John Frazier, George Weldon, Patrick Carey, James Freech, Leopold Pasch, Henry Condon, Maurice Nicholson, Michael Redinger, Charles O’Neil, James Furnace, Joseph Corporals Dashwood, George Corporals Riley, Edward Pendergrast, James Gaffey, Daniel Bruisee, Newman Delaney, John Buckelman, Henry Ryan, Joseph Pessoon, Fletcher Gaffey, Keron Carrotte, William Devlin, Peter Callinan, Peter Schneider, Herman Pitts, Philip H. Galvin, James Carter, Daniel Diamond, John Condron, James Schnell, Fred. Potter, Frederick Goodwin, Hugh Donahue, John Donnick, Peter Fox, Michael Scion, Matthias Rawson, James Gordon, William Dudley, Lewis Driscoll, Jeremiah Fred, John Scott, George F. S. Reardon, Patrick Gourd, Joshua Farrell, James Dronant, Joseph Hallinan, Michael Shafty, Bernard Reynolds, Charles Greenhart, Heenan Fitzpatrick, William Durant, Oscar Hamilton, Samuel Spellesay, Thomas Reynolds, Patrick Hackett, Peter Glynn, Patrick Falvey, John Horton, John A. Sutter, Frank Riely, Bernard Haffey, Patrick Grimme, Frederick Gilmore, George W. Klitter, John Tackett, James Riordan, David Hall, John Hall, Nathaniel B. Gleason, John Mack, Patrick Tierney, Michael Roe, Edward Hannigan, Maurice Hamilton, Francis T. Grady, James Manion, Thomas H. Wise, Frank Ruhl, August Harrington, James Lines, Patrick Gray, Patrick McEwen, Peter Yazier, Charles Ryan, James McGuire, Constantine Hecker, Matthew McGarvey, Andrew Green, John Helen, Fred Guillaume, Louis Ryan, Michael Mehan, John Meldrum, John Sanford, Oliver O’Brien, Robert Irvine, Christian Mirabin, Louis Harmon, Daniel Jocunda, Picolo Haulton, Thomas Sanford, Stephen Orr, James Murphy, William Short, Archibald B. Rynes, John Joram, Benjamin O’Brine, James Healey, Dennis

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Captain Musicians Privates (cont.) Captains Sergeants (cont.) Privates Privates (cont.) Elliot M. Curtis Hughes, John Hillyer, James John A. Nelson Ross, Charles Baker, Patrick Lane, John J. Lawler, Patrick Hollidi, William Thomas F. Healy Tallmadge, Thos. B. Benjamin, Cyrus M. Logue, William W. 1st Lieutenants Moulthrop, Sherman Horton, George W. Wilson, Thomas L. Bentley, Henry McCame, William J. Charles S. Palmer Smith, Shelton Hudson, Henry 1st Lieutenants Burk, Andrew McClune, James James W. Graham Johnson, Edward I. Henry Finnegas Corporals Burk, Thomas McDermott, John Henry Kattenstroth Wagoner Knablin, Thomas Fred’k M. Fairchild Andrews, Wm. H. Bush, William McFarland, Robert Parker, Anson B. Kilgariff, Martin William A. Lee Bieker, Joseph W. Carey, John McGonigal, Charles 2d Lieutenant Laurie, John Daniel O’Sullivan Birmingham, Thomas Carr, Robert R. McNamara, John David C. Warner Privates Lewis, Frank W. Michael Mullins Carey, George Cronan, Patrick Murphy, James Alaby, Albert Lovejoy, Edward Cornor, Charles Cummins, Nicholas Read, Robert 1st Sergeants Allen, John McQuirk, Philip 2d Lieutenants Fahlon, Gustave Curtiss, Thomas Reichel, Nicholas Dikeman, George S. Reilman, Jacob Dennis O’Brien Andrews, Albert A. Miller, Timothy Thomas Millington Flagler, George H. Dingwell, George W. Reilly, James Daniel Scannel Bassett, Philo L. Mills, Moses Andrew Cole Giaer, Frederick Breed, Albert T. Murphy, Martin Louis H. Goodman Lawler, John Dolan, Michael Rohr, John O’Donnell, Philip Donahue, Patrick Rost, Joachim Sergeants Burlingame, Seymour Lyon, Edward Olmstead, James S. McFarland, Peter Downs, George W. Rowland, Herman Alcott, Charles W. Butler, John 1st Sergeants O’Neil, John Prime, Edward P. Downey, Michael Russell, Isaac Anderson, Frank W. Byron, Dennis John Keefe Powell, John Lee Ryan, Matthew Durant, George B. Ryan, Patrick Baylies, John C. Calkins, Jesse L. Samuel Davison Roberts, John F. Sullivan, John, 1st Edwards, John Sanders, Julius Colburn, Pierce D. Calkins, Joseph L. Benjamin Brandon Robertson, Seth Wellington, Frank FitzGibbons, John Seablitz, William Curtis, John C. Carley, David N. Edson C. Jennings Caul, George A. Sawyer, John M. Flamandey, Peter Short, James Finch, Samuel D. Flanagan, John Schwenter, Joseph Chapel, Wilson M. Scott, Garry T. Sergeants Musicians Gibbons, James Flynn, Thomas Slawson, David A. Clark, Warren Showers, William Begley, James Dunn, John Murphy, John Foote, John G. Stafford, John A. Clemens, Hiram Sly, Levi E. Brown, William Patchen, Charles T. Thorp, Charles O. Gillespie, F. C. Stilson, David Cooke, George F. Smedel, Frederick Dolan, James Strall, Edward Walsh, Peter L. Gray, Patrick Sullivan, Jeremiah Cooney, John Smith, Augustus S. Gallagher, Daniel Warren, James Wright, Henry C. Hart, Thomas Sullivan, John, 2d Coyne, John Smith, John McFarland, John Hoffman, Edward Trueman, John Cronin, Patrick H. Stanton, William R. McGrane, William Wagoner Corporals Hurlbutt, Charles, Jr. Wells, Jeremiah Dart, Levi Steiger, Simon Perry, William L. Clark, Frank Allen, William H. Irvine, George W. Whistler, John Dimon, Charles Sullivan, William Platt, John T. Bartlett, George H. Kalb, Louis Drew, Levi S. Taggart, James Prescott, James B. Bassett, Sylvester T. Taylor, David B. Kelley, John Coburn, Andrew A. Duffy, Edward Easland, John B. Todd, Legrand Cowles, Dwight H. Tyler, Franklin Gage, Edward B. Fenton, Peter Ferguson, Dennis Ward, John H. Recruits Unassigned to Companies Graham, Andrew B. Warner, Abram A. Hawley, Edward Finkle, Martin Finkle, Peter Weeks, David Bell, Archibald Donovan, Patrick Parker, Richard Johnson, Lewis H. Wheeler, John Mason, William Flannagan, Peter Blake, Henry Harden, John Russell, William O’Brien, Thomas Gavin, John Bluecher, George Higgins, George Ryan, William Ring, Michael Gladding, Leverett Brown, George Johnson, John Stevens, Joseph Scamahorn, Jacob Goodall, William Buckley, John Keller, James Stewart, Frank D. Swain, Jesse W. Hall, Willis A. Burns, Edwin Kenney, Michael Taylor, George Thorp, Joel G. Hawley, James Burns, James McLaughlin, John Vernon, Richard Yale, Orlando F. Hayes, Elias Cain, Peter Nelson, George White, Charles Hendricks, Fred B. Collins, James Noon, Henry Hillyer, George Coogan, John C. Parker, John

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As Executive Director and State Historic Preservation Officer, I commend the Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Monument Committee for their commitment to honoring the contribution of Connecticut’s Civil War regiments with an artistic memorial that serves as a lasting tribute. Connecticut artist Stacy Mathieu hand etched the portraits of officers and “This monument represents an important part of enlisted men that look directly at the viewer- inviting them into their world of dirt, heat, sweat, Connecticut’s role and sacrifice in the development and death. of our modern democracy. The memorial will stand as a much deserved permanent recognition for the The Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism is a proud sponsor of the Ninth Regiment brave soldiers of the storied Ninth Connecticut.” Connecticut Volunteers Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park. The Commission’s mission is to preserve and promote Connecticut’s cultural and tourism assets in order to enhance Speaker of the House Jim Amann the quality of life and economic vitality of the state.

Karen Senich

For more than a century, AT&T has consistently provided innovative, reliable, high-quality products and services and excellent customer care. Today, their mission is to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and do it better than anyone else. In addition to nationwide wireless communications, AT&T provides local telephone service in numerous states as well as Connecticut and the Vicksburg, Mississippi area. On February 2, 1882, a small group of men met in the basement of St. Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Called together by their 29-year-old parish priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, these men formed a fraternal society that would one day become the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization with some 1.7 million members. William and Alice Mortensen Foundation

One of the original group of men was James T. Mullen. A successful businessman in New Haven, A grant from the William and Alice Mortensen Foundation of West Hartford, CT enabled the he designed the Knights of Columbus emblem, fashioned the Order’s ceremonials and became addition of two matching benches to the monument site. The benches are made of polished their first Supreme Knight. Twenty years earlier he served as a sergeant in Company C of the Royal Melrose granite with the inscription, “Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers”. Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers opposite Vicksburg.

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Kerry Sheldon -- Composite Design Artist Milone & MacBroom -- Cheshire, CT -- Engineering Drawings -- Monument Plaza Concept Centerpiece artwork design, Booklet design Jeanne Whalen -- Former President, Irish American Historical Society Terrence Winschel -- Historian, Vicksburg National Military Park As owner/operator of Casual Clicks, a digital image manipulation business in Durham, CT, Jim Sheehan -- Wallingford, CT -- “Claddah Carver” -- Monument Model, Posters, Artwork Kerry restored a Sibley family portrait depicting a post-Civil War Thomas Cahill. This restoration John Boyle -- Monument Committee Treasurer would become her introduction to the Monument Committee. Her initial involvement simply Mary Donohue -- Survey and Grants Director -- CT Commission on Culture & Tourism was to restore a few portraits. When it became evident that many of the portraits were not Neil Hogan -- Press Release Editor & Posters reflective of the men’s Vicksburg service, her role expanded to include the creation of historically Paul Keroack and Jamie Longley -- Roster preparation accurate images and then to the design of the centerpiece artwork. This artwork was used as the Charles Sibley & family -- Col. Cahill portrait template for the etching on both sides of the monument’s granite centerpiece. Joseph Kelly -- Private Joyce portrait Jan Andrews -- Lt. Col. Fitzgibbons portrait Kerry prepared all of the images that were etched onto the centerpiece, with the exception of the Connecticut State Seal. In a process which spanned over two years of image experimentation and development, details from hundreds of source images were digitally extracted, restored, manipulated and merged, with the ultimate goal of creating composite artwork intended to Members of the following organizations who provided constant support honor Connecticut’s Ninth Volunteer Infantry Regiment and to represent Connecticut in the Vicksburg National Military Park. Irish History Round Table Connecticut Irish American Historical Society (CTIAHS) Kerry also created the design and layout of this dedication booklet, Civil War Round Table of South Central Connecticut as well as several pages spotlighting the monument development on Ancient Order of Hibernians her web site, www.CasualClicks.com. The finished composite images that were used for the etching templates are shown in the monument description pages of this booklet. Tom Callinan -- Norwich, CT -- Monument Historian & Connecticut’s first “Official State Troubadour” (1991)

Tom, who has been researching a possible connection to Corporal Peter Callinan of the Ninth’s G Co., is a former Connecticut junior high school teacher, turned full-time creative and performing artist as well as co-owner of Crackerbarrel Entertainments. More on Tom at www. Internet websites courtesy of crackerbarrel-ents.com/Callinan/bio.htm

Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers website -- Jim Larkin In 1999, Tom’s song “Connecticut’s 9th” blended his new lyrics www.NinthRegimentCV.com with the melody of “The Men Of The West”, a mid-19th Century Quinnipiac University’s Digitized Connecticut History Books ballad known to Civil War soldiers. That led to his involvement “History of the Ninth Regiment CV” by Thomas Murray 1903 with the monument committee; and that, in turn, resulted in his www.quinnipiac.edu/other/ABL/etext/9reg/tcontents.html 2005 composition, “Williams Canal”. CTIAHS -- www.ctiahs.com/events.htm -- Finbarr Moynihan Fort Nathan Hale -- www.fort-nathan-hale.org/9thCTReg.html -- Jacob Epstein Tom, a resident of Norwich, CT, served as the consultant for historical accuracy of the uniforms (rank, insignia, etc.) for all of the men pictured on the monument. He also was instrumental in developing the embroidered fundraising shirts, etc. emblazoned with the Ninth’s regimental colors and made available through The House of Henson.

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Committee Members With Ancestors In The Ninth

Jan Andrews Robert Larkin Debbie Pasquale Alison Brown Robert E. Lee Carol Russell Carole Brown John Marlowe Charles Sibley Peter Carton Paul Marlowe George Smith Andy Clerkin Jean Marlowe (Ferraina) Patricia Flynn Steever Kathy Dodds Robert Marlowe Eleanor Sudol Rev. Lou Drew Ann Marnic Tom Tallmadge Tom Gilson Christopher Mullen Ron Thompson Finton Kelly Kate Mullen Ellen Woodruff Joe Kelly Carole Partridge Dr. Stephen Yardon

Other Committee Members

John Boyle Neil Hogan Kerry Sheldon Tom Callinan Darlene Kubeck Bill Waldron Don Cascio Edward Lovely George Waldron Maureen Delahunt State Rep David McCluskey Jeanne Whalen Jerry Devine Carl Noll Jim Wrynn Mary Donohue Robert O’Brien Major Francis Evon Mary Ann Quinn Patricia Heslin James Sheehan

Committee Supporters – Civil War Re-Enactors

William Asezica Jim Duarte Ray Manzi Marc Bassos Mark Fernandes Harrison Mero John Callahan Jay Hull David Trudel Kevin Casey Ralph Langham John Turchick Dane Deleppo Bill Liska

“Let us strive to finish the work that we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

Abraham Lincoln

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