9th Vermont Infantry Regiment

The 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment^[1][2][3][4] in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater, from July 1862 to December 1865. It served in the VII, XVII and XXIV Corps.

9th Vermont Infantry Regiment
Active	July 9, 1862, to April 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry

Erastus W. Jewett, Civil War Medal of Honor recipient with the 9th Vermont.

History

The 9th Vermont Infantry was captured at the Battle of Harpers Ferry during the 1862 Maryland Campaign. The regiment later fought well with the VII, XVIII and XXIV Corps in eastern Virginia and North Carolina. The 9th Vermont Infantry was one of the first units to enter Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865.^[5]

The regiment was mustered into Federal service on July 9, 1862, at Brattleboro, Vermont.^[6]

It was engaged in, or present at, Harper's Ferry, Newport Barracks, Chaffin's Farm, Fair Oaks and the Fall of Richmond.^[6]

The regiment lost during its term of service: 23 men killed and mortally wounded, 5 died from accident, 2 committed suicide, 36 died in Confederate prisons and 232 died from disease; for a total loss of 298 men.^[3][7]

The regiment mustered out of service on December 1, 1865.^[8]

Commanders

• George J. Stannard^[9]
• Dudley Kimball Andross^[10]
• Edward H. Ripley^[11]
• Valentine G. Barney (Acting)^[12]

Notable members

• Erastus W. Jewett, Medal of Honor.^[13][14]
• Abel E. Leavenworth, Capt. Co. K; Assistant Adjutant General, District of Appomattox.^[15]
• Josiah O. Livingston, Medal of Honor.^[16]
• Theodore S. Peck, Medal of Honor recipient, Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard.^[13]

References

Citations

1. Dyer (1908), p. 1652; Federal Publishing Company (1908), p. 115.
2. Civil War in the East, 9th Vermont Volunteer Infantry.
3. VCW, 9th Vermont (2004).
4. NPS 9th Regiment, Vermont Infantry.
5. Hutchins (1912), p. 461.
6. Zeller (2010), p. 82.
7. Dyer (1908), p. 1652.
8. Wickman (2005), p. 451.
9. Beath (1889), p. 401.
10. Ullery et al. (1894), pp. 213–214.
11. Reunion Society of Vermont Officers (1885), pp. 19, 27, 68–70.
12. U.S. War Dept., Official Records, Vol. 46/3, Sec.1, p. 578 - Organization of Union Forces commanded by Lieeut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865, pp.564-580
13. Beyer, Keydel & Duffield (1901), pp. 301–304.
14. Wallace et al. (1896), pp. 375-376.
15. Beyer, Keydel & Duffield (1901), pp. 301–304; Ullery et al. (1894), pp. 243–244.
16. Beyer, Keydel & Duffield (1901), pp. 301–304; Hinckley & Ledoux (2010), pp. 12–13.

Sources

• Beath, Robert Burns (1889). History of the Grand Army of the Republic (pdf) (1st ed.). New York, NY: Bryan, Taylor, & Co. p. 401. LCCN 70031310. OCLC 259975265. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
• Beyer, Walter F.; Keydel, Oscar F.; Duffield, Henry Martin (1901). Deeds of Valor: From Records in the Archives of the United States Government; How American Heroes Won the Medal of Honor (pdf). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Detroit, MI: Perrien-Keydel Company. pp. 301–304. OCLC 4546894. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
• Dyer, Frederick Henry (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (PDF). Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co. pp. 34, 233, 333. 340, 391, 393, 397, 400, 402, 403, 1652. ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. Retrieved August 8, 2015. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware (PDF). The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Vol. I. Madison, WI: Federal Publishing Company. pp. 114–115. OCLC 694018100. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Hinckley, Erik S.; Ledoux, Tom (2010). They Went to War: A Biographical Register of the Green Mountain State in the Civil War. Bloomington, IN: Trafford Publishing. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-1-4269-3436-0. OCLC 647671227. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
• Hutchins, Edward R., ed. (1912). The War of the Sixties (pdf) (1st ed.). New York, NY: The Neale Publishing Company. pp. 460–461. LCCN 12007036. OCLC 2537735. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
• Reunion Society of Vermont Officers (1885). Proceedings of the Reunion Society of Vermont Officers ... with addresses delivered at its meeting (pdf). Annual Meerting Proceedings. Burlington, VT: Free Press Association. pp. 19, 27, 68–70. OCLC 7921877. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
• Ullery, Jacob G.; Proctor, Redfield; Davenport, Charles H.; Huse, Hiram Augustus; Fuller, Levi Knight (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated (pdf) (1st ed.). Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp. 213–214, 243–244. LCCN 04002423. OCLC 728957364. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
• U.S. War Department (1894). Operations in Northern and Southeastern Virginia, North Carolina (January 1–31), West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. January 1 – June 30, 1865. Section 1 – Union and Confederate Correspondence. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Vol. XLVI-LVIII-I. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/coo.31924079618785. OCLC 857196196. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Wallace, Lewis; Howard, Oliver Otis; Webb, Alexander; Hampton, Wade; Lee, Fitzhugh & Mosby, John S. (1896). The Story of American Heroism: Thrilling Narratives of Personal Adventures During the Great Civil War as Told by the Medal Winners and Roll of Honor Men (pdf). Chicago, IL: The Werner Co. pp. 375–376. OCLC 1085307831. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
• Wickman, Donald H. (2005). We Are Coming Father Abra'am: History of the 9th Vermont Volunteer Infantry (pdf). Lynchburg, VA: Schroeder Publications. p. 451. ISBN 978-1-889246-23-9. OCLC 61156352. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
• Zeller, Paul G. (2010). Williamstown, Vermont, in the Civil War (pdf) (2011 (e-book) ed.). Charleston, SC: History Press. pp. 35, 82, 110. ISBN 978-1-61423-102-8. OCLC 945745892. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
• "9th Vermont Volunteer Infantry". The Civil War in the East. 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
• "Battle Unit Details, 9th Regiment, Vermont Infantry". nps.gov. U.S. National Park Service. January 19, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
• Vermont in the Civil War (2004). "10th Vermont Infantry". vermontcivilwar.org. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2020.

External links

• Vermont National Guard Library and Museum