9th Kentucky Infantry (U)

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Camp Boyle, Adair County, Ky., and mustered in November 20, 1861. Attached to Thomas' Command, Army of Ohio, November, 1861. 11th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 11th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Ohio, to March, 1862, 11th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. 11th Brigade, 5th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to December, 1864.

SERVICE.--Duty at Columbia, Ky., until February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 15-March 8. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6.

• April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Engaged May 21, 28 and 29. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 1. March to Stevenson, Ala., via Iuka, Miss., Tuscumbia, Florence, Huntsville and Athens, Ala., June 12-July 24; thence to Battle Creek, Tenn., and duty there until August 20. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 20-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22.

• October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky (Reserve)
• October 10-22 - Pursuit from Perryville to London, Kentucky

Nelson's Cross Roads October 18. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7 and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. At Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. At McMinnville 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
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Orchard Knob November 23-24.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27.
• March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8.
• Operations in East Tennessee December, 1863, to April, 1864.
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • May 9-13, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Georgia
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • May 17, 1864 - Engagement at Adairsville, Georgia
  • Near Kingston May 18-19.
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Pickett's Mills May 27.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27, Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
  • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
  • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
• Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama October 1-26.
• Moved to Nashville, thence to Pulaski, Tenn.
• Ordered to Kentucky November 22.
• Mustered out December 15, 1864.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 96 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 250 Enlisted men by disease. Total 357.

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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, 706, 707, 715, 733, 846, 860, 862, 866, 1201)