9th Illinois Infantry Regiment (Mounted)

The 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry was a mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry (3 Years)
Illinois state flag
ActiveMarch 15, 1863, to July 9, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchMounted Infantry
EquipmentSpencer carbine
EngagementsBattle of Fort Donelson
Battle of Shiloh
Siege of Corinth
Battle of Corinth
Vicksburg Campaign
Central Mississippi Campaign
Battle of Athens
Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Peachtree Creek
Siege of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesborough
March to the Sea
Carolinas Campaign
Battle of Jonesborough

Service

The 9th Illinois Infantry was converted to the 9th Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment on March 15, 1863. The regiment fought in the Battle of Athens (1864).

The regiment was mustered out on July 9, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 5 officers and 211 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 200 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 417 fatalities.[1]

Commanders

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm#9th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/009-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls
  3. Awarded rank of Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers

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