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The Ninth Vermont.
The Ninth Ncrmont-the fret re,nent OF
the 800 600 volunteers called forby the
President, after the disastrous treat of
Mcclellan from before Richmond vs. mus
tered into the service at BrattlebOr, ON the
; 9Th of July, 1862, under Col. Geo. Stan
nard, who had been promoted from te Lieu
tenant Colonelcy of the Second R,iment
to the command Of the Ninth. !, lml,er-
/ ell gls officers and men, and lett for e Seat
of War on the 18th of July. Its fir, active
service. was in the Shenandoah Niey in
September. 1862, when it formed 1rtion
Of Gen. Whites command at Winie ester.
which fell back to IlarIer's Ferrpeiore
General Lees advance, and was catured
there On the 18th OF September. Ae dis-
graceful surrender of Hurper's Fer was
made against the earnest protest of llonel
Stannard. who had previously peunally
urged the taking Of suitable meastcs Tor
holding the heights, and whose regimlt dld
it full share OF what little fighting p'cedci
the surrender. The Ninth WAS arol-
ed with the rest Of the garrison, and Ne Or
dercd Al once 10 parole camp at Chicaq. It
ws, declared exchanged January lOthls63,
hut was retained at Chicago guard the
rebel prisoners TIL April, when it VS. Or
dcr,d 10 Fortress Monroe, thence to Sdolk
and afterwards to Yorktown, where tiv re-
NAMED till October. 1868. suffering ,the
meantime 50 severely from malarial deatc,
that at one time Of $50 men present ;here
were but SO for duty. October 2it, The
regiment sailed for Newbern, y. { ami
were stationed at Newport Barracks. De
cember %, it suffered a severe los j the
death of Major Jarvis, a noble mar and
true soldier. who fell il skinish
with a small party of rebel troos.--
The regiment took part in sScral
successful expeditions down the Goa and
into the interior, but saw little fghtig till
February ID, when the enemy attackedIew-
port with a force OF infantry, a-tiller and
cavalry estimated at $500. The Nnth,
numbering but 900 muskets. under tnpo-
rary command Of Capt. Kelley. held i, out
post calamity till dark, when it iclIaek,
burning the bridge, behind it, TO Moihead
CITY. losing two hcutenant- and 6imcn,
most Of whom were captured On IN l5th
of September the regiment, recruited , SO
men Joined the 18th Corps at Bermuddiun-
dred. and did gallant servi,e in the ace ~ OF
September 29th. near Chapin's Farm. lars-
ing one OF the cDemy's works over eound
covered with fallen timber, and caIuring
two guns and fifty prisoners, with oss in
killed and wounded Of s. men. TheNinth
was subsequently, assigned to th 2ith
Corps, and held posts of danger an honor
in tn, front lines on the North I'D OF the
james. ami detachment undeI Capt
Leavenworth, who was subsequent iinadc
Asst. Prov Marshal in the city. wre tts
fra troops to enter Richmon The
regiment has since been doug gar
rison duty in Richmond. tracing
great admiration by the good coripct and
unsurpassed discipline and drill o it. men.
In April 1903, Col Stannard WIS promo
ted Brigadier General, and was succcded in
the Coloneicy 10y Lieutenant Color=l Andror.
Colonel Andres resigned in May. lS6S. and
Lieut.. Colonel f. II. Ripley wassppointed
Colonel. The present officers ares follows
Colonel-Edward H. Ripley.
Lieut.. ColoHsI-Valentne G. Buey.
.Wojor-J. C. Brooks.
.fijuiant, George ". Gould TartermaS-
ter, T. f. Rice Surgeon, ". ;. lncent Is
sisiazt Surgeon, E. z. Fairman Chaplain, L.
c. Dickinson Sergt. MAJOR, 5. Church
Quart Sergt., G. c. ChamberlaiH Com. Sergi.
H. a. Musk Hosp. Ste'card, II. +. French.
Co. Il, Captain. L. E. Sherma Isl Lieut.
E F. cleveland /; 2d Lieut., J. 7. Halbert.
Co. B, Captain, s II. Kells' (; u Lieut.,
W A. Dodge.
Co c, Captain, Herman Selisu 2f Lieut.,
Luman Smith
Co. d, Captain. Asa Clark Let Lieut.. c.
W. Haskell u Lieut., John W Carpenter.
Co. E, Captain, E. L. Kely I'd Lieut.,
R. F. Parker.
Co. F. Captain. Patrick Ho,on lst Lieut.,
E. L. Brownell ID Lieut.. JOIN W. Thomas
Co. G. Captain, J. o. livingston (; la
Lieut., W C. Holman ID Lsut, b. Cowdry
Co. n, CAPTAIN, J. 7. Gormm lsi Lieut,
C T Branch 2f Lieut., J. v. Roberts.
Co. I, Captain, Eugene hele ID Lieut.,
J. W. Stebbins.
Co. 4. Captain, 4. z. Leayenworth lst
Lieut. John Gray; ID Lieut. s. c. Burlingame-