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Murray’s History (pages 40 – 42) describes the Ninth’s makeup as follows:
the Connecticut places represented in the regiment were the following:

 

Berlin,
Bethany,
Bethel,
Bloomfield,
Branford,
Bridgeport,
Bridgewater,
Bristol,
Brooklyn,
Burlington,
Canaan,
Cheshire,
Clinton,
Colebrook,
Cromwell,
Danbury,
Derby,
East Haven,
Easton,
East Windsor,
Enfield,
Fairfield,

Farmington,
Greenwich,
Griswold,
Groton,
Guilford,
Hamden,
Hampton,
Hartford,
Huntington,
Litchfield,
Lyme,
Manchester,
Meriden,
Middletown,
Milford,
Monroe,
Morris,
Naugatuck,
New Britain,
New Hartford,
New Haven,
New London,

Newtown,
Norfolk,
North Canaan,
Norwich,
Plainfield,
Plymouth,
Portland,
Redding,
Ridgefield,
Salisbury,
Saybrook,
Seymour,
Simsbury,
Southington,
Stafford,
Stamford,
Sterling,
Stonington,
Stratford,
Torrington,
Trumbull,
Vernon,

Wallingford, Waterford, Waterbury, Westbrook, Westport, Weston, Wethersfield, Wilton, Winchester, Windsor, Wolcott, Woodbridge,Woodbury.

A few facts relative to the composition of each of the ten companies* in the regiment, in 1861, are here presented:
Company A, Capt. John Duffy, was composed principally of New Haven men, but Danbury, Derby, Hartford, Enfield, Branford and Waterbury were also represented. Later during the war, other Connecticut places had representatives in the company.

Company B, Capt. Patrick Garvey, had a large number of Meriden and New Haven men in 1861. Other places represented in the company, at this time, were Middletown, Windsor, Cheshire, Waterbury, Woodbridge, Hamden, Farmington, Portland, Norfolk, New Britain, Wallingford and Southington.

Company C, Capt. Michael McCarten, was chiefly made up of New Haven men, though Bridgeport, Hartford, Norwich, Waterbury and New London were also represented.

Company D, Capt. Thomas C. Coates, was composed principally of Bridgeport men. Other localities represented in the company, at the outset, were New Haven, Plymouth, Norwalk, Fairfield and Meriden. Company E, Capt. James P. Hennessey. This was another New Haven company, with a sprinkling of members from Derby, Hartford, New Britain, Middletown, Hamden and elsewhere.

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