Dennis Deegan, Musician

Soldiers:

Dennis Deegan of Middletown, CT was born around 1846 to Martin and Bridget Deegan who immigrated to this country from Vicarstown, Ireland (County Laois). He enlisted in Company G of the Ninth as a 17 year old musician on May 1, 1863 and was quickly exposed to the war as the Ninth was engaged twice in a four day period shortly after his arrival in Louisiana. He re-enlisted on January 6, 1864 only to die of illness at the age of 18 on July 30, 1864 while the Ninth was on furlough in New Haven. He is buried in Old Saint Johns Cemetery, Middletown, CT.

Dennis Deegan photo courtesy of Middlesex County Historical Society.

Dennis was the younger brother of Pvt Martin Deegan of the 24th CV who was wounded at Port Hudson, Louisiana on June 27, 1863 and was mustered out later in 1863. Martin died two month later in Thibodeaux, Delaware and is also buried in Old Saint Johns Cemetery in Middletown, CT near another Deegan cemetery plot.

Martin Deegan gravesite

Cpl John Alexander
Pvt Albert Andrews
Mus Charles Andre
Pvt Josiah Barker
Pvt David Barry
QM Nathan Bennett
Lt John Bolger
Sgt William Brown
Pvt Dominick Burns
Sgt Bernard Caffrey
Col Thomas W. Cahill
Pvt John I. Cain
Pvt Ambrose Carney
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Pvt John Carroll
Lt Patrick T. Claffee
Capt Thomas Coates
Cpl John P. Coen
Cpl Michael P. Coen
Sgt Michael Cronan
Pvt Patrick Cullen
Capt Elliot Curtis
Lt John Curtis
Mus Dennis Deegan
Pvt Levi S. Drew
Capt John Duffy
Lt Fredrick M. Fairchild
Pvt Daniel Farrell
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Pvt Patrick Flanagan
Mjr Frederick Frye
Surg Charles Gallagher
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Pvt John Hazlett
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Pvt Edward Heffernan
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Lt James Lawler
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