The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-08-18

NJ the ID Of September. The feet. 1t daghghs
next morning, moved down tho Mississippt
The troops were finally landed at Duvalb Blu
,n White River, Arkansas. Hero commences
he famous chase after Price, who at that tlms
was moving north into Missouri After par
;ially outftting at Brownsville, twenty-touf
ni3es west of the Bluff, the march was COM
nenced north-the fiery and intrepid NOW
n having command of the Division, and the
lew other troops which from this point accom-
panied it. Three hundred and thir ty.two
miles were passed over in nineteen days.
Heavy rains fell during the march roads were
Of the most miserable kind, through swamps,
ND over mountains and swollen streams. But
oe boys came through in good shape to Cape
.e-ieau, where the command arrived on the
9TH OF October
Alsee svoor three days rest, they were again
eeo :, transports and sent up the Mis-
'lS''ppi aoa Aisouri to Jefferson City. Price,
eaIAt@e' om nad Lsde his raid through Eastern
n.'' "''o was Ven going west pursued by
fleasanton with A>ayy cavalry force. The
infantry followed, beinsconyeved bv rail to LIE,
Nine Bridge, seventy mi.a west of JefFe raon.
Here commenced tbs hardst march that the
|. Ninth or any other Regiment Sf the .ou mand
ever experienced The details at>known to our
readers, and they need not be re..ated bare.
After marching to the western bo,r,d arv of
Missouri and some twenty miles into Kansas
news came from the front that Gen. Pleasanton,
had succeeded in almost using up Price, and
the faces iof the infantry were conseqa ently
turned eastward. The command, after a long,
tedious and suffering march of three hundred
miles at an inclement season of the year-mov-
ing through snow during two or three days
over foot deep-arrived at st. Louis on the
18th of November. The troops took quarters
at Benton Barracks, and the Ninth, with other
regiments. were here newly clothed and paid.
But there was no rest for the soldiersat thia
eventful stage of the war. On the Ath the
command started for
NASHVILLE,
where it arrived on the morning of the 30th.
The Ninth Regiment participated and did it's
share in the operations about that city, which
eliminated in the utter rout and almost ami
hilation of Hoods army on the 10th of Decen,.
Der.
Thence in the pursuit of Hood across the
State of Tennessee; q brief rest of four weeks
at Eastport, Miss, in midwinter; down to
New Orleans and across to Mobile Bay in Feb
ruary and March; at the siege and capture of
Spanish Fort from the 9th of March till the
9th of April !; thence with the other troops of
the 18th corps, By marches, to Montgomery,
Ala, the Ninth was ON hand" sharing the
dangers, tolls and glories Of their comrades
from their own and other States.
Fhe Ninth some two months since was OF.
dered to Marion, Ala, where and at TAscaloss,
it remained doing garrison duty until Or
Present Roster.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel. r. Marsh.
Lieut. Colonel-William Markham.
Major-H. B. Strait.
Adjutant-E. b. Couse.
Quartermaster-Wm. j. SWanwick.
Surgeon-R. H. Bingham.
Assistant Surge0n-E G. Pugsley.
NoN-Cos1xrssIoNED STAFF.
t SkuoEtcIIudotoI OCIYt.-Wm u. 1. oWouWECk.
Com. Sergt.-Andrew G. Anderson.
Principal Musician-A. 81. Chaplin.
Hospital Steward-Saml. P. TomAnson.
LINE oFvIcERs
Co. A-Capt Harrison Jones.
Co. B-Capt. VIM. A. Clark.
Co. C-First Lieut. Francis Merchant
Co. Q-First Lieut.. John Sinclair.
Co.. First Lieut. Clark Keyser.
Co. Second Lieut.. A. j. Mcmillan.
20. @No officers.
Co. H-Capt. B. P. Schular; First Lieut..
Allen w. Tiffany; Second Lieut. John ".
Foreman.
Co. First Lieut. Moses Greenleaf
Co. K-Capt. D. W. Wellman; First Lieut.
Jules CapFOn.