9th Ohio Infantry | Regimental History

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Organization

   
  • 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

   
  • West Virginia Campaign July 6-17, 1861.
  • Battle of Rich Mountain July 10.
  • Capture of Beverly July 12.
  • Duty at New Creek till August 27.
  • At New River till November 24.
  • Moved to Louisville, Ky., November 24-December 2, thence to Lebanon, Ky., and duty there till 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 till 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.
  • Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8.
  • 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 till January 14. 1863.
  • Duty at Nashville, Tenn., January 15-March 6.
  • Expedition toward Columbia March 6-14.
  • Moved to Triune and duty there till June.
  • Franklin June 4-5.
  • Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 27.
  • Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16.
  • Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22.
  • Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21.
  • Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
  • Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
  • Brown's Ferry October 27, Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
  • 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.
  • Reconnoissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill April 29.
  • Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-25.
  • Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
  • Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
  • Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
  • Left front May 25.
  • Mustered out at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 7, 1864, expiration of term.

Casualties

   
  • 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.