Home
-Mission Statement - History
of Ninth - Soldiers Stories
Ninth Monument– New Haven -
Vicksburg National Military Park
Ninth Regiment Statistics -Knights
of Columbus -Links - Contact
Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers
The following are stories/information/photographs/family
connections about some of the men of the Ninth.
If you
have added detail, corrections or information on men not shown, please contact
us at robertolarkin@yahoo.com.
![]() |
Soldiers
Stories Lt Col Richard Fitzgibbons |
![]() |
LIEUT. COL. Richard Fitzgibbons His parents, Edmond and Johanna, left Youghal, County Cork, Ireland,
and emigrated to Montreal where Richard, one of six children, was born
in 1836. They subsequently moved to Albany and NYC before settling in
Bridgeport. In younger years he had a variety of jobs including work aboard
a steamer between NYC and France, and as a messenger for the Adams Express
Co. He recruited a company for the First Regiment C. V. and was commissioned
captain in April of 1861. After serving at Bull Run the regiment was mustered
out on July 31, 1861 and Fitzgibbons decided to join the Ninth regiment
as a Lt. Col. He was in command of the Ninth from June 24, 1863 to Oct.
26, 1864, when he mustered out. After the war he married Miss Nellie Barnum,
also of Bridgeport. Two brothers, Thomas and John, served in the Ninth
Regiment as well.
|
Pvt Albert
Andrews Cpl Michael Coen Lt John Curtis Capt Thomas Coates Lt Col Richard Fitzgibbons Capt Patrick Garvey Lt William Gleeson Capt James Graham Lt Col John G Healy Capt James Hennessey Lt. Joseph Lawlor Pvt John Marlow Capt Michael McCarten Sgt James T. Mullen Capt Lawrence O'Brien Lt William O'Keefe Sgt Phillip Reilley Lt Christian Streit |
Home
-Mission Statement - History
of Ninth - Soldiers Stories
Ninth Monument– New Haven -
Vicksburg National Military Park
Ninth Regiment Statistics -Knights
of Columbus -Links - Contact