1 (1911), 63. Pvt. The same issue was found in Northampton. Surgeon of the 9th Cav., 9/9/62 and present thru Oct. 1864. d. May 29, 1887 in other records. This individual was shown as surgeon of the regiment, with no other His only record is of being captured on 6/3/64 on the Chickahominy; ten days Though the 9th Virginia Regiment had effectively ceased to be a unit after Germantown, some of its officers and men continued to serve for the remainder of the war. Its major was congressman Kellian Whaley . Designated as the 9th Virginia, it was sometimes referred to early in the war as the Eastern Shore Regiment due to its station and the number of recruits from that region. Took the oath and went to The only record on this he resided in Wheeling and was captured at Petersburg, 4/24/65, and released Physician. E.J. History of the 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War, with timeline of important events, battles and movements. In 1970, students at Miami (Ohio) University formed a group called the 9th Virginia Regiment, and recreated part of George Washington's Continental Army that fought from Fort Pitt into Ohio . [11]General Orders, 9 June 1777, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0646. The counties of Accomack and Northampton constituted one district and was referred to as Accomack District Minute Battalion. No other records. It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, and Culpeper Court House. The 9th Virginia completed its organization at Portsmouth, Virginia, in July, 1861. HENRY: : var sc_project=1651399; Disbanded in November 1779. Included in the captured was Cpl. I am wondering, however, about the timing of Mr. Press Esc to cancel. The regiment was assigned to Cavalry, Aquia District, Army of Northern Virginia. : John Blair who had taken command of Captain Joynes old company. While there has been much research and many articles and books written on the Battle of Germantown and the confusion of the foggy morning, nearly all can agree that the Virginians under Muhlenberg, alongside Gen. Alexander McDougalls Connecticut brigade, pushed the furthest of any American unit and saw the most success over the whole day. b. Sept. 1814. att. Surgeon of the regiment, relieved of duties on 6/12/62, due to the The unit was adopted into the Continental Army on May 31, 1776. age 36. Its field officers were Colonels David J. Godwin, James J. Phillips, andFrancis H. Smith; Lieutenant Colonels James S. Gilliam,John T. L. Preston, and William J. Richardson; and MajorsStapleton Crutchfield, Mark B. Hardin, and John C. Owens. Resident dropped at the April 1862 reorganization. At the Winchester re-arrangement January 1, 1783, it was decided that the Virginia soldiers whose terms had not run out were more than sufficient to make one regiment, so a 2d was formed to be under a major-commandant, consisting of two . JOHN ALEXANDRIA: on oath on 5/30/65. 1861. [12] Both of these men, as well as the others in the regiment, were later engaged in the Philadelphia campaign of 1777. BOGGS, This man is shown as a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, in Aug.Sept. His only record is a slip showing his parole at Louisa C.H., 5/15/65. It opposed the Federal occupation of Fredericksburg. Physician in Buffalo, W.Va., postwar. Entered Valley Forge with the5th Virginia Regimentand the1st Virginia Regiment. Lakewood Cemetery, Bowling Green. The Brigade reached here about noon and took an active part in the fight until it ended. Surgeon of the 9th Cav., 9/9/62 and present thru Oct. 1864. d. May 29, 1887 in Major Scott who had his arm broken was with us and many others wounded and in short, it was a seane of carnage.[24] Surrounded and with much of the regiment already killed or wounded, the last of the 9th Virginia was captured. 5'6" tall. The company was called Fox, which was the sixth letter in the phonetic alphabet used during World War II.The Company participated in three major campaigns: Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. Our Union impression is rare in Oregon because Union troops are numerous and we are needed in gray but when attending other events in other states we wear blue quite a bit. Paroled at Mechanicsville, 5/2/65. CLARENCE LINDEN: Lt. Gen. James Longstreet. b. June 1838 in Albemarle Co. off. [19] In their new position, the Virginians under Mathews and Towles were attacked by the reorganized British regiments led by Maj. Gen. James Grant. Two days after the battle, the 1st Virginia State Regiment, which had been ordered to bolster the strength of the Virginia troops under Washington, marched into camp with over 200 officers and men. Your email address will not be published. At Germantown, under the command of Colonel George Mathews, the unit became separated from the remainder of General Nathanael Greene's division and over 400 men were taken prisoner by the British. Required fields are marked *. Private William B. Todd of Company E, 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. 35, No. Winder & Co., 142 Fourth Street, bet. The 9th Virginia, however, was soon replaced. : W.B. is probably garbled or bogus. Micajah Clark of Captain Woodsons Company who had attempted to escape capture by hiding under a barn. After the defeat at Brandywine and the capture of Philadelphia, Washington devised a bold plan to reverse the tide of the war. The 9th Virginia Cavalry is a founding member of Civil War reenacting in the northwest. This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub. : No Race and Elm, Cincinnati. on 6/12/64. At Germantown, under the command of Colonel George Mathews, the unit penetrated so deeply into the British lines that it was isolated from the remainder of General Nathanael Greene's division and over 400 men were taken prisoner by the British. Market Place, now Market Square, Germantown, PA, c. 1905 (Library of Congress). [21] The remainder of the Virginians were surrounded and fought on with Colonel Mathews on a spot now known as Kelly Hill. [26] The Goolsby brothers of Albemarle County were both captured as well. GARNETT, Paroled at Bowling Green, 5/5/65. After being attacked on all sides and Mathews wounded, the regiment surrendered near Kelly's Hill together with part of the 6th Virginia Regiment. [2] The unit was consolidated with the 1st Virginia Regiment on May 12, 1779, and the consolidated unit was designated as the 1st Virginia Regiment. Several things make the record suspect. [1] Four retreating companies of the 1st British Light Infantry Battalion found themselves in the rear of the Virginians and attacked. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Paroled 5/8/65 on Northern Though the 9th Virginia Regiment had effectively ceased to be a unit after Germantown, some of its officers and men continued to serve for the remainder of the war. Asst. Slowly the Virginia and Connecticut troops were driven off and attempted to fight a rearguard action but were overwhelmed by superior numbers. "Faithful colored cook," frequently mentioned in contemporary : While most of General Stephens division shifted toward the fighting around the Cliveden House, Muhlenbergs men, including the 9th Virginia, drove back the British 1st Battalion of Light Infantry. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. This possibly could have been Fifer James Parsons, who remembered escaping capture at the battle. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment in uniform] / J.W. var sc_security="5b2be6a1"; GALAHAN No other VMI and U.Va. The only document in Lacey's file is a parole slip dated at Richmond, 4/26/65. The Fleming Family (Continued), The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography24, no. [14]General Orders, 3 October 1777, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0403. It was subsequently organized between February 5 and March 16, 1776, and comprised seven companies of troops from easternmost Virginia. On a list of rebel deserters who took the oath at City Point on 4/12/65 and This man is shown as Capt, and AQM of the regimen, on one pay voucher. Benjamin Sadler, though captured unharmed at Germantown, broke his leg while stumbling around the Walnut Street Jail. Va. : W.A. RUTLEDGE, W.R.: : Bolstered by the success of the Northern Army near Saratoga around the same time, Washington challenged his men to not let themselves be out done by their northern Brethren.[14] Each soldier was ordered to prepare three days rations and given forty rounds with good flints. Some of the men serving as sharpshooters in the vicinity of theRummel Barnbut most of the Command participating in the charges made by the Cavalry during the afternoon. LELAND, here. It left the field after nightfall. Appointed 4/10/62. The 9th Virginia Regiment was authorized in the Virginia State Troops on January 11, 1776. Its members were from Portsmouth and the counties of Roanoke, Chesterfield, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Lunenburg, Dinwiddie, and Norfolk. LEWIS CARTER: d. October 20, 1915 in Stafford Co. age 82. b. Aug. 25, 1846. 1841 in Essex Co. att. Johnson served as Lt. Col. then Col. of the 9th Cav. Garnett served with the regiment as a surgeon, The field officers were Colonels Richard L. T. Beale, John E. Johnson, W.H.F. [27]McGuire, The Philadelphia Campaign, 2:133. Library of Congress. No other records. Lieutenant-colonel itth Virginia, November, 1776; colonel 2d Virginia, September 26, 1777. Va. : Philadelphia. By February 1777, Mathews was promoted to colonel of the 9th Virginia Regiment. The only record on Rankin is of his parole at Northumberland C.H., 5/8/65. Samuel Woodson brought his company from Goochland County, and Capt. Surprised, the 9th was driven farther into the British camp where it was beset by the brigade of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey and the 2nd British Light Infantry Battalion. Only record is of his parole on Northern Neck, 5/6/63. JOHNSON, but no dates or details are available. Levin Joynes had been promoted to major. : This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article "9th_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment" (); it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the CC-BY-SA. [31] He was furloughed to go home to Accomack County for three months. : A few years after his wife Peggy died, William married a second time, in April of 1809, this marriage being to Margaret Kirkpatrick of Little Calf . It was subsequently organized between February 5 and March 16, 1776 and comprised seven companies of troops from easternmost Virginia. The 9th attends both nationwide reenactments, as well as local historical preservation society and museum events. [24]Samuel Waples Pension, W6427, Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements and Rosters. At the age of 16, in 1775, William Armstrong enlisted in the 9th Virginia Regiment and fought in the Revolutionary War, later serving with General Washington; he fought in "The Battle of Guilford". Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel George Mathews, [3] Lt. The 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The 9th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Armyduring the American Civil War. 1862, A British officer recalled that Greenes men threw in a most severe fire upon the 4th Regt . Its members were from Portsmouth and the counties of Roanoke, Chesterfield, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Lunenburg, Dinwiddie, and Norfolk. Pvt. I have an ancestor who was in the 9th and captured at the Battle of Germantown, according to the Revolutionary War military records. [7]Sanchez-Saavedra, A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations,59. : Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The only record an this man is a rather peculiar Federal document stating that From the brigade monument on the East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg: July 3. JOHNSON, 2D REGIMENT, 1783. In their retreat, the Virginians lost nearly all their prisoners and the wagons that had been captured earlier. brigade of Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee, W.H.F. What struck me is the summary of the June 1777, I agree, and checked my source before submitting. Some think he died while imprisoned in 1778. 9th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Overview: 9th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Portsmouth, Virginia, in July, 1861. [9]This is calculated from the last monthly returns from each company, dated September 2, 1777. Transferred to the 9th Cavalry in Jan. 1865 (had served earlier in the 47th Four retreating companies of the 1st British Light Infantry Battalion found themselves in the rear of the Virginians and attacked. Deserted 9/7/64, sent to Philadelphia. This was very informative, thank you. No other record. Sign Our Guestbook. b. Aug. 25, 1846. : . Benjamin F. Winfield. The remaining six regiments (the 10th through 15th Virginia Regiments) were entirely new. The Virginians turned to fight the light infantrymen who charged upon them and pushed them into the British camps. THEODORE: The regiment surrendered 1 officer and 26 enlisted men. It was subsequently organized between February 5 and March 16, 1776, and comprised seven companies of troops from easternmost Virginia. Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. : Newspaper obituary identifies him had been a physician for 18 years. Four of them were recruited from the Eastern Shore, while the other three were raised from the mainland of Virginia. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. Pvt. The 9th Virginia Regiment was authorized in the Virginia State Troops on January 11, 1776. deserted at City Point on 4/12/65. JOHN H.: CARLY, HOWERTON, RUSSELL: Beale. The unit was adopted into the Continental Army on May 31, 1776. We are truly living historians portraying a portion of American history that was pivotal in forging our nation. [25] The pay rolls of the 9th Virginia taken after Germantown indicate that 185 officers and men were killed, wounded, or captured at Germantown. The 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment penetrated so deeply into the British lines that it was isolated. These companies and the two added were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond. Most of these men had enlisted in September 1777 and joined the army after Germantown. : After being attacked on all sides and Mathews wounded, the regiment surrendered near Kellys Hill together with part of the 6th Virginia Regiment. This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article "9th_Virginia_Infantry_Regiment" (); it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the CC-BY-SA. 9th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Portsmouth, Virginia, in July, 1861. 10th Virginia Regiment, 1778-1779 Box 6 Folder 2 Back to Top.