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Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

|Chelsea History
NINTH REGIMENT
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Regiment lost during
service 15 Officers and 194 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3
Officers and 66 Enlisted men by disease. Total 278.
3 YEARS SERVICE
COMPANY A ROSTER – 3
years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered
               
Hennessey, James F. Private 30 currier Chelsea June 11, 1861 June 11, 1861 Discharged for disability on August 18, 1861 at
Arlington, Virginia.
Lynch, Maurice Private 29 printer Chelsea June 11, 1861 June 11, 1861 Killed in action at Gaines’ Mills, Virginia on
June 27, 1862.
McMahon, Thomas Private 24 laborer Chelsea July 7, 1861 July 7, 1861 Wounded on May 5, 1864 at Wilderness, Virginia.
Mustered out on June 21, 1864.
COMPANY B ROSTER – 3
years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered
               
Farley, Patrick Private 34 laborer Chelsea June 11, 1861 June 11, 1861 Discharged for disability on June 15, 1863 at
Washington, D. C.
McDonald, Donald Private 30 farmer Chelsea June 11, 1861 June 11, 1861 Discharged for disability on January 6, 1863 at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
COMPANY C ROSTER – 3
years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered
               
Williams, George Private 18 store tender Chelsea Nov. 9, 1861 Nov. 9, 1861 Discharged for disability on December 4, 1862
at Boston, Massachusetts..
COMPANY E ROSTER – 3
years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered
               
Farmer, Charles Private 33 laborer Chelsea June 11, 1861 June 11, 1861 Wounded in July of 1863. Appointed Sergeant on
May 12, 1864. Mustered out on June 21, 1864.
Grimes, Michael Private 18 blacksmith Chelsea Aug. 22, 1862 Aug. 25, 1862 Returned to duty from the hospital on June 17,
1863 – no further record.
COMPANY I ROSTER – 3
years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered
               
McGuire, Michael Corporal 19 printer Chelsea June 11, 1861 June 11, 1861 Wounded
on June 27, 1862 at Gaines’ Mills, Virginia. Deserted on September 1, 1862.
Enlisted in the Stratford Guards, New Hampshire Militia. Mustered out on July
28, 1864.
Moran, Martin Private 18 currier Chelsea June 11, 1861 June 11, 1861 Deserted on August 28,1862 at Centreville,
Virginia.
COMPANY K ROSTER – 3
years service
NAME RANK AGE Occupation Residence Enlisted Mustered
               
Columbus, Anthony Private 32 marble cutter Chelsea Aug. 22, 1862 Aug. 22, 1862 Drafted. Deserted on April 5, 1864 from
hospital.