Colonel Thomas Cass and the 9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry - Boston, MA
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A memorial that honors both Colonel Thomas Cass and the 9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry is located in the south side of the Boston Public Gardens near Boylston Street in Boston, MA.
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Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2014
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Thomas Cass was born in Ireland in 1821. He and his family emigrated to Boston. At the start of the Civil War, on June 11, 1961, Boston Pilot publisher Patrick Donohue funded the formation of the predominately Irish-American Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry under the command of Colonel Thomas Cass.
On June 30, 1861, the Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry arrived in the Washington, D.C. to join the Army of the Potomac under the command of Major General George B. McClellan. On June 26, 1862 the regiment participated in the Battle of Mechanicsville, VA and on July 1, 1862 they took part in the Battle of Malvern Hill, VA where Colonel Thomas Cass was severely wounded. He died from his wounds, on July 12, 1862, in Boston, MA and was buried with military honors in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
An 8' high by 2.25' square bronze statue of Thomas Cass stands on a 6.5' high by 3.75' square granite base. Colonel Thomas Cass is wearing a Civil War uniform with a knee length coat and a broad brimmed hat. His arms folded across his chest. The sculpture was created by Richard Edwin Brooks and cast at the E. Gruet Jne Fondeur of Paris.
The monument was dedicated on September 14, 1899.
The front of the base has the following inscription:
THOMAS CASS
COL NINTH MASS
INFANTRY USV
FELL AT MALVERN
HILL VIRGINIA
JULY FIRST 1862
The rear of the base has the following inscription:
ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON
IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS
AND MEN OF THE NINTH REG
MASS VOLUNTEERS
ORGANIZED MAY 3, 1961
MUSTERED OUT JUNE 21, 1864