9th Kentucky Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as:
  • (Hunt's) 5th Kentucky Infantry

• October 3, 1861 - Organized at Camp Boone, Montgomery County, Tennessee
• December 1, 1861 - Company K assigned form Texas
• December 1, 1861 - Whippoorwill Creek (detachment)
• April 1862 - Companies E and F re-designated 23rd Tennessee Infantry Battalion / Companies A/B, respectively
• April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• April 25, 1862 - Company K merged with Company H, thus reducing total number of companies to 6
• May 18-July 27, 1862 - Vicksburg Bombardments
• August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge
• December 7, 1862 - Hartsville
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• May 27, 1863 - Per Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #126, two companies detached to form (Desha's) Kentucky Infantry Battalion
• July 1863 - Siege of Jackson
• September 19-20, 1863 - Chickamauga
• September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
  • November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
• May-September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
  • May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
  • May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
  • May 15-18, 1864 - Adairsville
  • May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
  • June 25-27, 1864 - Dallas
  • June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
  • July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
  • July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
  • July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
  • July-September 1864 - Atlanta Siege
• August 5-7, 1864 - Utoy Creek
• August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• September (4?), 1864 - Unit mounted at Barnesville, Georgia
• May 6, 1865 - Surrendered at Washington, Georgia
• November-December 1864 - Savannah Campaign
• February-April 1875 - Carolinas Campaign
• May 6, 1865 - Surrendered at Washington, Georgia

DESIGNATIONS

• October 1861 - Department #2 / Central Geographical Division of Kentucky
• October 1861-February 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Buckner's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• February-March 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Reserve / Kentucky Brigade
• March-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Reserve Corps / Kentucky Brigade
• June-July 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• July-August 1862 - Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Breckenridge's Command / Clark's Division / Helm's Brigade
• October-November 1862 - Department #2 / Army of Middle Tennessee / Kentucky Brigade
• November-December 1862 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• December 1862-May 1863 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• May-July 1863 - Department of the West / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• July-August 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• August 1863-February 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckenridge's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• February-September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Bate's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• September 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Jackson's Cavalry Division / Kentucky Brigade
• September-November 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• November 1864-February 1865 - Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Iverson's/Young's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• February 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes' Division / Kentucky Brigade
• February-April 1865 - Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Humes'/Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / Hampton's Cavalry Command / Wheeler's Cavalry Corps / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade
• April-May 1865 - President Davis' Escort / Dibrell's Division / Kentucky Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Thomas H. Hunt (Colonel)
• John W. Caldwell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• A. Casseday (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Benjamin Desha (Major)
• Robert A. Johnston (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John C. Wickliffe (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Davis, William C., The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 39, 44-46, 47)