"The Irish Ninth in Bivouac and Battle" by Michael H. Macnamara   CONTENTS CHAPTER I The Response to the President's Call. -- Colonel Cass tenders his Services to the State. -- His Offer accepted. -- The Raising of the Regiment.  -- Recruits and Recruiting. -- Drilling Difficulties. -- Election of Officers. -- Original Muster Roll. -- Removal from Boston to Long Island. CHAPTER II Long Island, Description of. -- Arranging our Camp. -- Rapid Acquisition of Military Discipline. -- A Sunday at Long Island. -- Reflections. CHAPTER III Social Parties. -- The Valiant Sentinel. -- Plain, plain Tom. CHAPTER IV Leaving Long Island. -- A false Alarm. -- Arrival at Washington. -- Emmart's Farm. -- The Captain and his Dog; or, Discipline versus Sagacity. CHAPTER V Summary Treatment of Poachers. -- An Unfortunate Rencontre. -- Our Valiant Pickets, Pedlers, and Hawkers. -- Rumors of a Move. -- Bull Run. -- Our Night March, and Speedy Return to Camp. CHAPTER VI Our retreating Forces. -- Scenes on the Way. -- We march for Arlington. -- Our gratifying Reception. CHAPTER VII Arlington. -- General Lee's House. -- A Negress. -- How Lee kept a dying Wish. -- A good Breakfast. -- Negroes and Negro Minstrels. -- We resume our March. CHAPTER VIII We occupy the Heights. -- Fort Cass. -- The Cow Bell. -- Pleasant Society. -- "Balls Hamilton." -- We are presented with Colors. -- McClellan organizes the Army. -- Grand Review. CHAPTER IX We leave Arlington. -- Arrive at Miner's Hill. -- Painful Scene. -- Many killed and Wounded. -- Colonel Cass' Opinion. -- How we kept Christmas. -- Lieutenant-Colonel Peard dies. -- Fairfax. -- A March in the Rain. -- Alexandria. CHAPTER X Our Bonnie Green Flag. -- We reach Hampton, Va. -- A Reconnoissance. -- We march for Yorktown. -- Our Men dig Intrenchments. -- The Evacuation of Yorktown. -- We start for "West Point." -- Columbia Landing. -- White House. -- Gaines' Mills and Hanover Court House. -- An Engagement. -- A Noble Deed. CHAPTER XI Our Captain and the General. -- Mechanicsville. -- Battle of Gaines' Mills. -- Battle of the Chickahominy. -- Our Position after the Battle. -- Night Scenes. CHAPTER XII Malvern Hill. -- The Battle. -- Gallant Charges. -- Death of Colonel Cass. -- Is succeeded by Colonel Guiney. -- Harrison's Landing. -- A Scare. -- Straps and no Straps. -- A Night's Rest disturbed. CHAPTER XIII We leave Harrison's Landing. -- Visit Miner's Hill. -- Sad Recollections. -- McClellan again resumes Command. -- Invasion of Maryland. -- Battle of Antietam. -- Retreat of Lee. CHAPTER XIV Scenes at Antietam and South Mountain. -- The Doomed Legion. -- Insults offered to Union Soldiers. -- Hospital Scenes. -- Yankee Smartness. -- Be careful of your Stars. -- It is finished. -- A miscreant Regiment. -- Goteler's Mills. -- Picket Duty. -- End of first Maryland Campaign. CHAPTER XV Crossing the Potomac under Difficulties. -- Shepherdstown. -- Rebel Chaff. -- That was all it was fit for. -- A neat Thing in Shawls. -- We find the Enemy. -- Return to Camp. -- Sharpsburg. CHAPTER XVI A social Evening. -- Presence of Mind. -- A startling Narrative. -- A Cure for Bores. -- How it was effected. CHAPTER XVII How the Soldier leaves an old Camp. -- Maryland Heights. -- A Night March. -- Harper's Ferry. -- Surrounding Prospect. -- John Brown's House. -- Snicker's Gap. -- We march to Warrenton. -- McClellan superseded. -- Stoneman's Station. CHAPTER XVIII The Siege of Fredericksburg. -- The gallant Irish Brigade. -- First Day. -- The Second Day. -- In Position. -- General Humphrey. -- Expectation. -- We sleep on the Field. CHAPTER XIX The Continuation of the Siege. -- Very near. -- It takes an Irishman to crack a Joke. -- Our hopeless Position. -- We evacuate the Heights. -- The sacked City. -- How to be jolly under any Circumstances. -- A Presentation. -- We return to Falmouth. CHAPTER XX Winter Quarters. -- Those Pies. -- Punch. -- The Child of the Forest. -- A Reconnoissance to Barnett's Ford. -- Sharp Marching. -- Horse Racing. -- How we spent St. Patrick's Day. -- Fatal Accident. CHAPTER XXI The Regiment is presented with a new Flag. -- We leave Falmouth. -- Kelley's Ford. -- Ellis' Ford. -- The Battle of Chancellorsville. -- The Plank Road. -- A wrong Turn. -- How the Doctors were routed. -- Ellis' Ford. -- Sketch of Mr. Ellis. -- To Brandy Station. -- Encounter with the Enemy. -- Tough Marching. -- Bad Luck to this Marching. CHAPTER XXII General Meade assumes Command. -- Gettysburg. -- Following the Enemy. -- We reenter Virginia. -- The Professor's Excuse for Lagging. -- He could not rob the Dead. CHAPTER XXIII Incidents of a March. -- A dirty Musket. -- The Colonel and the Corporal. -- An ungrateful Man. -- Retaliation. -- More of the Professor. -- How he got his Larnin. CHAPTER XXIV Rectorstown. -- How to estimate Compliments. -- Wapping Heights. -- Warrenton. -- The Landlord played out. -- Beverly Ford. -- Our Camp. -- Arrival of Conscripts. -- We march for Culpepper. CHAPTER XXV Culpepper. -- Insinuating Females. -- Picket Duty. -- Drummed Out. -- Speculations. -- Guerrillas. -- "De ole Man's a grazing eber since." -- A "What is it?" -- A Negro Gymnast. == A crazy Professor. -- Uncle Jolly and his good kind Sisters. CHAPTER XXVI Rainy Weather. -- Damp Meditations. -- The Rapidan before. -- The Rappahannock behind. -- Counter Strategy. -- Bull Run. -- The old Battle-ground. -- The Death of Kearney. -- Graves of the gallant Dead. -- The dead Sentinel. -- Heroic Mementos. -- March to Gainesville. -- Army Wagons rolling over the Dead. CHAPTER XXVII A Rebel Camp. -- Rebel Sufferings and Rebel Sympathizers. -- Condition of Rebel Camps. -- Of Union Camps. -- Preserve us from the Attributes of Southern Chivalry. -- New Baltimore. -- Auburn. -- Three-mile Station. -- Rappahannock Station. -- Storming the Enemy's Works. -- Brandy Station. -- General Meade and his Movements. -- The Ninth in Position of Honor and Danger. -- The Invitation to Death. -- Description of Mine Run. -- Winter Quarters. -- Bealton. CHAPTER XXVIII Bealton Station. -- Winter Duties. -- Mosby's Guerrillas. -- Black Horse Cavalry. -- Cutting Railroads. -- Vigilance and Valor. -- A March. -- The coming Wilderness. -- The Battle of the Wilderness. -- Irish Heroism. -- Spottsylvania. -- Bethesda Church. -- Shady Oak. -- Cold Harbor. -- The Dead. -- Home and Muster-out. APPENDIX ROSTER OF OFFICERS.        "            ENLISTED MEN. Go to Title Page Return to Home Page Go to Chapter 1