attempt was abandoned on July 24 and the troops were moved downriver to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A boat, the Algerine, with 300 sick on board, was left behind with Surgeon Gallagher of the 9th in charge. In a four-month span from July to October 1862, 150 men from the Ninth Regiment alone died of disease. Subsequent service in Louisiana and Virginia At Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Williams was killed under a Confederate charge on August 5. Colonel Cahill took command of all the Union troops and repulsed the attack. The regiment was highly praised after the battle and subsequently assigned to the defenses of New Orleans through the end of 1863. In the spring of 1864, the regiment arrived home in New Haven on veteran furlough amidst great celebration and parades. The re-enlisted veterans landed at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, outside Richmond in July and participated in an engagement at Deep Bottom. After a brief trip to the Washington D.C. area, they saw action in the Shenandoah Valley area with battles at Opequon, Cedar Creek, and Fishers Hill. The final veterans were mustered out in August 1865. A total of 250 men from the regiment died during the war. John C. Curtis, the regiment's 17-year-old sergeant major, received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Baton Rouge in August 1862. See also List of Connecticut Civil War units References Bibliography Murray, Thomas H., History of the Ninth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry War of the Rebellion, 1861-65, New Haven, Conn.: Price, Lee & Adkins, 1908. External links Ninth Regiment Website Ninth Regiment at Fort Nathan Hale website Units and formations of the Union Army from Connecticut Irish regiments of the United States Army 1861 establishments in Connecticut Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865