The National tribune., 1895-06-06
THEIR RECORDS.
Brief Sketches Of the Services Of
Various Regiments.

Brief Sketches Of the Services OF
Various Regiments.
THE, NATIONAL TRrsUsE has IN hand several
hundred requests for regiul erssa histories All such
requests viii be scceded to in due time although
those now received cannot be published for ~
leastsiI months, owing TO lack of space. Numerous
sketches have already beeh Published and OF these
none can DO found room for a second time.I
The 9th Conn.
This regiment was organized at New
Haven, Conn, Sept. 26, 1851, to serve three
years, at the expiration of which term the
original members, except veterans, were
mustered out and the veterans and recruits
consolidated into battalion of four COM
panies, and remained in the service until
Aug. 8, 1865 Col. Thos. w. Cahill was mus
tered out at the expiration of his term, Oct.
&c, 1854 Lieut.. Col. John G.. Healy was in
command at time of muster-out- The regi-
ment served in Growers Division, Nine
tenth Corps. Its loss was 10 men killed
aud three officers and $40 men died.
Tho 9Th Conn.
The regiment was organized at Hartford
Conn, July 26, 1861, 10 serve three years.
1t veteranized July %, 1854, and remained
in the service until July 10, 1865. Col.
Orris s. Ferry, the first commander, was pro-
NOTED Brigadier- General March II, 1852;
Lieut-Col Thomas II. G.. Kingsbury was
promoted Colonel of the 18th Conn; Col.
George ID. Chapman resigned Jan. %, 1868 (;
Col. Warren w. Packer was discharged Oct.
90, 1854; Brevet Col. Henry W. Daboll was
in command at muster-Out. Lieut.-Col.
Henry B. Stone died Jan. 90, 1868, of
wounds received at Cedar Mountain. Maj.
Edward f. Blake was killed at Cedar
Mountain Aug. 0, 1862. The heaviest loss
suffered by this regiment was at Cedar
Mountain, where, out of 424 men engaged,
49 were killed, or over IL per cent. At
Peach Tree Creek, while in Williams's Di-
vision, Twentieth Corps, it lost IA killed
and 80 wounded. The total loss of the
regiment was six officers and 104 men killed
and one officer and SO men died.
The gath Conn.
Organized at Middletown, Conn, Nov. IS,
1862, for nine months; mustered out Sept.
80, 1863 Col s. NJ Mansfield, the COM
mander of the regiment, was a graduate Of
West Point and an officer OF the Regular
Army. The command served in Growers
Division, Nineteenth Corps, and lost 16 men
killed and two officers and 81 men by dis
ease, in prison, and from other causes.
The esd Conn.
The regiment was organized at New
Haven, Conn.,, Nov. Ia, 1862, to serve nine
months, and was mustered out Aug. 81, 1868.
Col. Charles l.. E. Holmes was discharged
June 19, 1863. Lieut-CoI Charles w.
Worden assumed command and had charge
of the regiment until its muster-out- 1t
served in Growers Division, Nineteenth
Corps. It's loss was one officer and 10 men
killed and two officers and As men died.
The 9Th Battery, Ohio L. A.
This battery was organized at Cincinnati,
O., Aug. 81, 1861, to serve for the term of
three years; yeteranized and remained in
the service until July 81, 1866. Capt. An
drew Hickenlooper, the first commander of
the battery, was assigned to duty Sept. IA,
1864, as Assistant InspectOr-General of the
Seventeenth Corps, with the rank of Lien
tenant-C Colonel, and was reassigned to this
battery as Captain May IS, 1865. Capt
Theophilus Hates was in command during
Capt. Hickenlooper's absence. The COM
mand served in Humans Division, Six
tenth Corps. Its loss was five men killed
and 36 died.
The 18th Battery, Ohio L. A.
This battery was organized in January,
1862, to serve three years; veteranized and
remained in service until Aug. IL, 1866.
Capt. Silas A. Burnap, for whom the battery
was named, was mustered out at the expira-
ton of his term, Jan. 6, 1855. Capt. Harlow
p. McNaughton was in command during the
latter part of the service. The battery
served in Humans Division, Sixteenth
Corps, and lost one man killed and one OFF,
Ger and 81 men died.
The Cd ". j. Cav.
This regiment was oranized at Trenton,
N. j., Aug. Is, 1863, to serve three years. 1t
was also known as the sd N. j. JOS.
Karge was commissioned Colonel Sept. 25,
1866; was breyetted Brigadier-General
March IS, 1865, and was in command of
the regiment when mustered out The regi-
ment served in Gregg's Division, Cavalry
Corps, Army of the Potomac. It's loss was
GERS and 1S5 men died.
The 9th Battery, Ohio l.. A.
Organized at Camp Wood. Ohio, Oct. II,
remained in the service until July %, 1865.
Capt Henry s. Wetmore resigned Dec. II,
1862. Capt. Harrison B. York was in COM
mand during the remainder of the battery's
service. The command served in Williams's
Division, Twelfth Corps. Its loss was one
man killed and 20 died.
Battery G, LIST III. l.. A.
This battery was organized in July and
August, 1861, and served until July TO- 1865,
when it was mustered out. Capt. Charles
Houghialing was promoted Major of the
regiment, May 20, 1868; Capt. Mark III.
Prescott resigned, Nov. &c, 1864; Capt. JO-
seph r. Channel was in command during
latter part of service. At Stone River the
battery lost five killed and 90 wounded. 1t
served in Johnson's Division, Fourteenth
Corps. The entire loss of the command
was Is killed and 10 died.
The Sth Ill. Cav.
The regiment was organized at Camp
Kane, ILL.,, Sept. Is, 1861 to serve three
years; yeteranized ut the expiration of its
term, and remained in the service until
July II, 1865. There were large number
of promotions in this regiment. Col John
F. FarnswOrth was made Brigadier-G General |
Nov. %, 1862; Maj. Daniel Dustin was pre-
noted Colonel of the 105th ILL.,, Sept. 2,
1862; Maj. John L. Beveridge, Colonel of
the 18th ILL.,, Nov. 2, 1858; Capt. Elon J. |
Brigadier-General, June %, |
1863 Col. William Gamble was promoted |
Colonel of the regiment, Dec 3, 1862. He /
was brevetted Brigadier-General, Dee. IA,
1864, and was in command at time of
The Lieutenant-C Colonel of the
regiment, David r. Clendenin. was brevetted
Brigadier-General, Feb. 90 1866. The regi-