The National tribune., 1891-10-15
THE 9TH IND.
Something About It's Organization, Services and
Losses

Something About It's Organization, Services and
losses.
HE NATIONAL tribune has been requested
TO settle controversy with regard 70 the 9TH
Ind, and in reply will give its history briefly
ms regiment was organized at Indianapolis
and mustered into the service Of tho United
states sept IL, l56l, for three years. It was
mustered out Sept 20, 1864. in front Of Peters,
burg, by reason of expiration of its term OF
service. The regiment as a whole did not vet.
eranlze, but q number of its members re-en=
listed, and these were formed into a provisional
company. This company is said to have been
attached 10 the 18th Ind. for about a month. or
unt! Oct. 20, when that regiment was also
mustered out. Its rc-enlisted men, together
with those from the 9Th, consolidated with the
10Th Ind. The first official record in which the
9Th appears is at Kernstown, or what is more
generally known as Shieldss battle of Win
chester, March %. 1862 when 10 formed part OF
Iyler's Brigade. Shields's Division the other
regiments Of the brigade being the 10th Pa,
lst w. Va. and Goth Ohio. The loss Of the 9TH
is given in this battle as 40, all killed or
wounded.
It next appears in the same brigade. but at
tached to Rickettss Division. Second Brigade,
at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 0. 1862. where it SUI
iered loss OF 43. IT'S next appearance was as
the second Bull Run i'm the Fourth Brigade
Second Division, McDowelPs Corps where it
was brigaded with the S4th and 10th Pa. and
lst w. Va. It's loss at the second Bull Run
Is given as %. but appended to this account OF
casualties is foot note stating that the loss
of the regiment was evidently ineompletely
reported, as the State records show a loss OF
more than 60 in that battle
Upon the breaking up Of POpe's army the
9Th found It's way into the Second Brigade,
First Division, First Corps. where il was bril-
gaGed with the 10th aud 9Jth N. Y. and 18th
Pa. It's loss at South Mountain aud Antietam
was Is At Fredericksburg it appears in the
same brigade, but does not seem to have been
seriously engaged. the loss being reported at
six wounded. At Charlottesville il was still
in the same brigade, then, for the first time,
commanded By Gen. Lysander Cutler, with the
Nth N. Y. added. No loss was reported for
the 9Th. The total loss Of the brigade was four
two each from the 10th and 95th Ny
At Gettysburg il appears in the same brigade.
with the 14th Brooklyn added. The regiment
was not heavily engaged at Gettysburg its loss
being only two killed and eight wounded. Is
was due to the fact that when Cutters Brigade
left the Emmitsburg pike and moved TO Ia
left, following the Seminary road, the 9TH, ae-
cOrding to the report of Col. Grove. command
ing the regiment, was detached by personal
order of Gen. WadsWOrth and directed TO follow
the Emmitsburg pike to the brow Of the hill
in front of the Cemetery and seize and intrench
all that position, then forming the extreme
right of our line at Gettysburg the first day.
It is a little singular that in the disputes be-
tween the friends respectively of Gen. Hancock
and Gen. Howard, each claiming the honor Of
selecting or seiZing that position, which after
ward formed the key Of our line Of battle, that
this fact OF the original seizure of the point by
the 9Th under orders from Gen. WadswOrth
should have been entirely overlooked. That
it is a fact is clearly attested by Col. Groves
report to Gen. WadswOrth, which refers to it,
and of the acknowledge ent Of the performance
of that duty in his tWadsworths) own report
of that battle.
From Gettysburg until the reorganization Of
the army under Grant in March, 1864, the 7th
remained in Cutters Brigade. About the 1ss
of April, 1861 it was transferred 90 the First or
Iron Brigade, of the Fourth Division, Filth
Corps. the other regiments being the ID, 9th
and 9TH Wis, 10Th Ind, 9th Mich. aud the
New York SharpshoOsers. With this brigade
it went into the battle of the Wilderness, losing
there 1872 men. At SpOttsyvania ID lost AZ; as
North Anna River, AZ; at Bethesda Church, 10;
on the great assault on Petersburg, June l9. 55;
in the siege Of operations during the month OK
July, 1861, H. and in the battle Of the Weldon
Railroad, Aug. 10 and n, so men.
This was the end of the actual service of the
7th as a regimental organization. After the
battle of the Weldon Railroad 10 went into
camp near where Fort WadswOrth was subse-
quently built. and remained there until sent
home to be mustered out. This is as complete
a record of the services of the 9Th Ind. as can be
given in this space.-A. G.. il.