. 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 . ichael P. Coen,John G. Healy. The cane just mentioned was a gold-headed one ofartistic design. On one side of the head were engravedthe words: To Capt. Daniel Curran from His Friends,James Reynolds, Lawrence OBrien, Michael P. Coenand John G. Healy. On the reverse the inscription was :Connecticut Day, New Orleans, La., Feb. 26, 1885,and on the end, 9th C. V., 3d Mississippi. The following pathetic n
. 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 . ichael P. Coen,John G. Healy. The cane just mentioned was a gold-headed one ofartistic design. On one side of the head were engravedthe words: To Capt. Daniel Curran from His Friends,James Reynolds, Lawrence OBrien, Michael P. Coenand John G. Healy. On the reverse the inscription was :Connecticut Day, New Orleans, La., Feb. 26, 1885,and on the end, 9th C. V., 3d Mississippi. The following pathetic news paragraph appeared in aNew Orleans paper late in Jan., 1894: Yesterday, whilethe laborers were at work digging the revetment leveeat West End, they found the skeleton of a man betweentwo pickets, and near the skeleton was found a brass but-ton with the initials U. S., on it. The skeleton is sup-posed to be that of one of the United States soldiersbelonging to the Ninth Connecticut Regiment, whichwas stationed at West End when General Butler was incommand of the city. The skeleton was taken in chargeby Mr. A. B. Messmer, the keeper of the city bridge, andwill be given a Christian
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