(II) 9th Ohio Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, May 27 to June 13, 1861. Ordered to West Virginia June 16. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, W. Va., to August, 1861. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division West Virginia, to November, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Army Ohio, to December, 1861. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to May, 1864.

SERVICE.--

• July 6-17, 1861 - The West Virginia Campaign

Battle of Rich Mountain July 10. Capture of Beverly July 12. Duty at New Creek until August 27. At New River until November 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., November 24-December 2, thence to Lebanon, Ky., and duty there until January, 1862. Advance to Camp Hamilton January 1-17. Battle of Mill Springs January 19-20. March to Louisville, Ky., thence moved to Nashville, Tenn, via Ohio and Cumberland Rivers February 10-March 2. March to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 20-April 7. (Presented by ladles of Louisville with a National flag for gallantry at Mill Springs.) Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Ordered to Tuscumbia, Ala., June 22, and duty there until July 27. Moved to Decherd, Tenn., July 27, thence march to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Hood into Kentucky October 1-15.

• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky

March to Nashville, Tenn., via Bowling Green, Lancaster, Danville and Lebanon October 16-November 7. Duty at South Tunnel opening communications with Nashville November 8 26. Guard fords of the Cumberland until January 14. 1863. Duty at Nashville, Tenn., January 15-March 6. Expedition toward Columbia March 6-14. Moved to Triune and duty there until June. Franklin June 4-5. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

• August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
  • September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• Brown's Ferry October 27,
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Battles of Orchard Knob November 23.
  • Mission Ridge November 24-25.
• Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864.
• Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25.
• Reconnaissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29.
• May 1-May 25, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
• Left front May 25.
• Mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 7, 1864, expiration of term.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 85 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 60 Enlisted men by disease. Total 153.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 701, 703, 704, 705, 733, 860, 862, 866, 970, 1500)