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9th Connecticut Infantry

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Muster In: Mustered in November 1, 18611,2

Muster Out: Mustered out August 3, 1865.3,4

Commander(s):

Colonel Thomas W. Cahill
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:

Second Offensive Order of Battle:

Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | XIX Corps | Union Army (July 20-30, 1864)9,10

  • Commander: Colonel Thomas W. Cahill (at least July 4 & 20, 1864)11,12,13
  • Unit Strength: 294 officers and men PFD (July 20, 1864)14,15,16
  • Weapons:
  • Note: The 9th Connecticut moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 16-20, arriving on the 20th. They were on the Bermuda Hundred front from July 20-28, and at Deep Bottom July 28-29. They left Bermuda Hundred and moved to Washington, D.C., July 30-August 1, thence to Tenallytown August 1.17,18,19

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.20

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.23

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.24

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.25

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.26

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info: Siege of Petersburg Battles27:

  • On veteran furlough in Connecticut April 15-July 16, 1864.
  • Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 16-20.
  • On Bermuda Hundred front July 20-28.
  • Deep Bottom July 28-29.
  • Moved to Washington, D.C., July 30-August 1, thence to Tenallytown August 1.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

      Sources:

      1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      2. Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1866 (Hartford, CT: A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers, 1866), p. 227 ↩
      3. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      4. Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1866 (Hartford, CT: A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers, 1866), p. 227 ↩
      5. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      6. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 9th Connecticut Entry, Page 10; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
      7. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      8. Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 9th Connecticut Entry, Page 10; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
      9. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 267 ↩
      10. Margaret Cahill and Thomas Cahill, “‘My plan is to get home and there if I have a choice express it’: July-October 1864,” in The Greatest Trials I Ever Had: The Civil War Letters of Margaret and Thomas Cahill, ed. Ryan W. Keating (University of Georgia Press, 2017), 189-190: “It seems Barge (sic, Henry W. Birge) has command of Our Brigade. it is said to be Composed of the 26th Mass 9th Conn 12th Maine 14th Maine 14th New Hampshire.” ↩
      11. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLI, Part 2 (Serial Number 84), pp. 66-67 ↩
      12. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), p. 358 ↩
      13. Margaret Cahill and Thomas Cahill, “‘My plan is to get home and there if I have a choice express it’: July-October 1864,” in The Greatest Trials I Ever Had: The Civil War Letters of Margaret and Thomas Cahill, ed. Ryan W. Keating (University of Georgia Press, 2017), 190: ““we have only 294 Enlisted men present with us counting Band and Drum Corps and all not a very heavy force to commence a campaign with, but of course we have nothing to say only that the Regiment will the sooner get through unless the state sends on more men which I hardly think she can.”” ↩
      14. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), p. 358 ↩
      15. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), p. 358 ↩
      16. Margaret Cahill and Thomas Cahill, “‘My plan is to get home and there if I have a choice express it’: July-October 1864,” in The Greatest Trials I Ever Had: The Civil War Letters of Margaret and Thomas Cahill, ed. Ryan W. Keating (University of Georgia Press, 2017), 190: ““we have only 294 Enlisted men present with us counting Band and Drum Corps and all not a very heavy force to commence a campaign with, but of course we have nothing to say only that the Regiment will the sooner get through unless the state sends on more men which I hardly think she can.”” ↩
      17. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      18. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), p. 358 ↩
      19. Margaret Cahill and Thomas Cahill, “‘My plan is to get home and there if I have a choice express it’: July-October 1864,” in The Greatest Trials I Ever Had: The Civil War Letters of Margaret and Thomas Cahill, ed. Ryan W. Keating (University of Georgia Press, 2017), 189-195 ↩
      20. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      21. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      22. Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 9th Connecticut Entry, Page 10; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
      23. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      24. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      25. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      26. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
      27. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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