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Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers
Committee to Place a Monument at
Vicksburg National Military Park

1990 US Senate legislation now allows a State of Connecticut monument to honor the Ninth Regiment
at the Vicksburg National Military Park Canal Area. The “expedition” to dig “Williams Canal”
resulted in the death of 150 men of the Ninth. While some 28 states have official monuments at the Park,
Connecticut is not yet represented. In May, 2005 Governor Rell signed a "proclamation letter" to the U. S. Department of Interior
authorizing the committee to proceed with a monument honoring the Ninth Regiment Connecticut
Volunteers at the Vicksburg National Military Park.

Progress Milestones
            4/18/05 - National Park Service letter sent to Gov Rell extending an invitation to place a
State of CT monument at the Vicksburg National Military Park
            5/20/05 - Letters from Gov Rell approves monument committee
            12/11/06 - Letter from Major General Thaddeus Martin, The Adjutant General, approves monument design
            5/9/07 - Dept of Interior (Washington DC) approves design with signature of Mary Bomar, Director of National Park Service
            6/19/07 - Contract Signed with Mathieu Memorial & Granite Works of Southington, CT           

Major Financial Donors

Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
Knights of Columbus
AT&T – Connecticut
            William and Alice Mortensen Foundation

Donated Time & Talent

            Kerry Sheldon – Casual Clicks, Durham, CT - Composite Design Artist
            Tom Callinan – former CT State Troubadour
Jim Sheehan - Claddah Carver - Model of Monument & other Artwork
Milone & MacBroom - Engineering Drawings - Monument Plaza
   Members of:
 Irish History Round Table
 Connecticut Irish American Historical Society
     Civil War Round Table of South Central Connecticut

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The following provides details of the monument proposal and design.