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Alabama 9th Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:

    The Ninth Alabama infantry, organized at Richmond in May, 1861, enjoyed the distinction of having a joint resolution of thanks given it by the Confederate Congress in February, 1864. It was engaged in the siege of Yorktown, April 5 and May 2, 1862; at Williamsburg, May 5th, and at Seven Pines, May 31st and June 1st. This regiment won imperishable renown at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm, was under fire at Second Manassas, and assisted at the capture of Harper's Ferry, September 12 to 15, 1862. It was also engaged at Chancellorsville and Salem, May 1-3, 1863, and suffered very heavy loss at Gettysburg. It was in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864, Cold Harbor, June 1st to 12th, and fought in the trenches at Petersburg for nearly 9 months.

OFFICERS:

    Colonels:
    Samuel Henry
    J.H. King
    Cadmus M. Wilcox
    Lieutenant Colonels:
    Stephen F. Hale
    E.A. O'Neal
    Gaynes C. Smith
    Majors:
    James M. Crow
    Jere H.J. Williams

ASSIGNMENTS:

    Brigaded under General Edmund Kirby Smith

BATTLES:

    Dranesville
    Yorktown
    Williamsburg
    Seven Pines
    Gaines' Mill
    Frazier's Farm
    2nd Manassas
    Harper's Ferry
    Sharpsburg
    Hazel River
    Fredericksburg
    Salem
    Gettysburg
    The Wilderness
    Spotsylvania
    2nd Cold Harbor
    Petersburg
    Hatcher's Run
    High Bridge
    Farmville
    Appomattox

ROSTERS:

    · Co. "A", Beauregard Rifles (Mobile): F. H. Ripley (resigned, 12 April 62); W. C. Murphy (wounded, Williamsburg, and captured; KIA, Salem Church); Arthur H. Hays
    · Co. "B", Railroad Guards (Jackson and Marshall): Jeremiah Henry Johnston Williams (promoted); E. Blake Moore (resigned, 2 May 63); Elias Jacobs (wounded, Gettysburg; KIA, 30 Aug 64); Patrick Seward (captured)
    · Co. "C", Pope Walker Guards (Lawrence): James M. Warren (resigned); M. G. May (wounded, Sharpsburg); W. T. Couch
    · Co. "D", Lauderdale Rifles (Lauderdale): J. Butler Houston (resigned, 29 Aug 61); William C. Reeder (promoted to major, 26th AL Regt); James M. Crow (wounded, Gaines' Mill; promoted); William James Cannon
    · Co. "E", Decatur Sons of Liberty (Morgan): Joseph Horace King (promoted); James Mat. Todd (retired, 28 June 64); James H. Sharp
    · Co. "F" (Limestone): Thomas H. Hobbs (KIA, Gaines' Mill); John C. Featherston (wounded, Gettysburg; dropped from rolls, Jan or Feb 65)
    · Co. "G" (Butler): Edward Young Hill (KIA, Gaines' Mill); Thomas H. Mills (resigned, 3 Sept 63); Mathew Patton
    · Co. "H", Limestone Grays (Limestone): David Houston (resigned, 24 Sept 61); Gaynes C. Smith (captured, Gettysburg; promoted); Rufus C. Jones
    · Co. "I", Calhoun Guards (Lauderdale): Edward Asbury O'Neal (promoted); Dougle W. Gillis (KIA, Williamsburg); Samuel Spencer Ives (transferred to 35th AL Regt, May 62); John N. Chisholm (captured, Gettysburg; died as POW); Benjamin F. Taylor (wounded, Sharpsburg; captured, Petersburg)
    Co. "K" (Marshall): James Lawrence Sheffield (promoted to colonel, 48th AL Regt); John Rayburn (KIA, Sharpsburg); T. J. Eubanks; A. W. Ledbetter (wounded, Salem Church, Petersburg); Samuel Henry (promoted to lt. colonel, 3 July 61)

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