When the Civil War erupted, more than 1, 000 Irish Americans formed the North Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, the first of the state's ethnic regiments. This book is a history of the regiment, told by Daniel Macnamara, who served as its commissary sergeant and rose to become regimental quartermaster. | The History Of The 9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry June 1861-june 1864 by Daniel G. Macnamara, Paperback | Indigo Chapters