http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 20 February 2009 COOGAN story appearing in "History of the Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry: The Irish Regiment" (T. H. Murray, 1903) [PAGE 326]: "COOGAN, LIEUT. JOHN (also written Cogan), a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, born in 1826. He came to this country when quite young, with his parents, and settled in New Haven, Ct. He married Ellen Shanna-han [sic] and became the father of nine children, - three daughters and six sons. Their names: Mary, Nellie L., Julia, James J., Richard T., John F., William H., Edward R., and Henry F. Lieut. Coogan enlisted from New Haven, in the Ninth, Aug. 16, 1861, and was mustered second lieutenant Oct. 30, that year. He was promoted first lieutenant April 10, 1862, and resigned Jan. 31, 1863." http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/ABL/etext/9reg/bio-sket.html