9th Louisiana Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the 17th Infantry Battalion

• June 15, 1861 - Organized at Camp Moore with 3 infantry companies and 1 cavalry company from (Stewart's) Louisiana Legion Infantry
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• July 1862 - Company D assigned
• August 5, 1862 - Baton Rouge
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
• July 8, 1863 - Surrendered at Port Hudson
  • July 1863 - Paroled
• May 1864 - Company A mounted and reassigned to (Gober's) Louisiana Mounted Infantry Battalion

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 3rd Sub-District (July 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 1st Sub-District (July 1862) [detachment]
• Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / Ruggles' Division / Allen's Brigade (July-August 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Mississippi / 1st Sub-District (August-October 1862)
• Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana (October 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Gregg's Brigade (October 1862-April 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Miles' Brigade (April 1863-July 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of Southwest Mississippi and East Louisiana (May-July 1864) [Company A mounted]

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Samuel Boyd (Lieutenant Colonel) [temporary]
• Thomas Bynum (Major)
• Bolling F. Chinn (Major)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 84-85, 102, 124)