Identifier: historyofninthre00lcmurr (find matches)
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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C. Captain, W. A. Lee. First Lieutenant, D. C. Warner. Second Lieutenant, J. H. Lincoln. COMPANY D. First Lieutenant, J. W. Graham.Second Lieutenant, to be selected. The men will be assigned as follows: 98 men to Com-pany A, 98 men to Company B, 98 men to Company C,and 90 men to Company D, to be assigned by seniorofficer. The Non-Commissioned StafT will be retained. By order ofBrevet Major-General Emory, Duncan L. Walker, A. A. G. 196 NINTH REGIMENT CONN. VOL. INFANTRY. Under command of Captain Healy, the Ninth Bat-tahon, thus organized, bore a very conspicuous part inthe battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, its liag beingthe first planted on the recaptured works of the enem>.In this desperate action the Ninth lost thirty men inkilled and wounded. Col. Cahill, Lieut. Col. Fitz Gibbon, Major Frye, Ad-jutant Kattenstroth, Quartermaster Fitz Gibbon, SurgeonGallagher and other officers of the regiment were honor-ably discharged Oct. 26, 1864, their term of service hav-ing expired.
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Lieut. Coi,. John G. Healv. CHAPTER XIII. THE NINTH BATTALION AT THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK,VA.—GREAT ENTHUSIASM GREETS SHERIDAN ON HISARRIVAL FROM WINCHESTER—PRAISE FOR THE COLORBEARERS OF THE NINTH—GEN. BIRGE THANKS THEBATTALION FOR ITS GALLANT WORK—THE COMMANDAT SAVANNAH. GA.—THE MUSTER OUT AND RETURNHOME—CASUALTIES OF REGIMENT AND BATTALIONDURING THE WAR. CAPT. John G. Healy, senior captain of the NinthBattalion, C. V., was made lieutenant colonel Dec.I, 1864. He commanded the Battalion throughout itswhole period of service, and was mustered out with thecommand, Aug-. 3, 1865. The Battalion rendered valiantservice and was one of the most efficient of the veteranorganizations. It participated in the battle of CedarCreek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864, and was among the commandsto welcome Sheridan as he dashed along on his famousride from Winchester. After the battle of Fishers Hill, in Virginia, fought in1864, in which the Union forces achieved such agreat victory, Sheridan went to

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