The 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

The 9th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Concord, New Hampshire

Concord, New Hampshire

The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....

 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on August 15, 1862.

The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...

, to March 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Department of the Ohio

Department of the Ohio

The Department of the Ohio was an administrative military district created by the United States War Department early in the American Civil War to administer the troops in the Northern states near the Ohio River.General Orders No...

, to June 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Tennessee

Army of the Tennessee

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, to September, 1863. District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to February 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Ohio

Army of the Ohio

The Army of the Ohio was the name of two Union armies in the American Civil War. The first army became the Army of the Cumberland and the second army was created in 1863.-History:...

, to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865.

The 9th New Hampshire Infantry mustered out of service June 10, 1865. Recruits whose enlistments had not expired were transferred to the 6th New Hampshire Infantry

6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry

The 6th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Service:The 6th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Keene, New Hampshire and mustered in for a three year enlistment on November 27, 1861.The regiment was attached to...

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Detailed service

Left New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 for Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, August 25, 1862. At Arlington Heights, Va.

Arlington County, Virginia

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, until September 6. March to Monocacy River

Monocacy River

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 to join army September 6-13. Battle of South Mountain

Battle of South Mountain

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, Md., September 14, 1862. Battle of Antietam

Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam , fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000...

, September 16-17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Md.

Pleasant Valley (Maryland)

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, until October 27, 1862. Movement to Falmouth, Va.

Falmouth, Virginia

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, October 27-November 19. Waterloo Bridge November 9-10. Battle of Fredericksburg

Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside...

, December 12-15.

Burnside's

Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...

 Second Campaign, "Mud March

Mud March (American Civil War)

The Mud March was an abortive attempt at a winter offensive in January 1863 by Union Army Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside in the American Civil War....

," January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va.

Newport News, Virginia

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, February 11; then to Lexington, Ky.

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

, March 25-31. Duty in central Kentucky

Kentucky

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 until June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg is a city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is the only city in Warren County. It is located northwest of New Orleans on the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, and due west of Jackson, the state capital. In 1900, 14,834 people lived in Vicksburg; in 1910, 20,814; in 1920,...

, June 3-14. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss.

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...

, July 4-10. Siege of Jackson

Jackson Expedition

The Jackson Expedition occurred in the aftermath of the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi in July 1863. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman led the expedition to clear General Joseph E. Johnston's relief effort from the Vicksburg area.-Background:...

, Miss., July 10-17. At Milldale, Miss., until August 10. Moved to Covington, Ky.

Covington, Kentucky

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...

, August 10-21; then to Camp Nelson, Ky., August 25. Duty guarding railroad between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Camp Nelson, Ky., until January 1864.

Moved to Camp Burnside January 15, 1864. March to Knoxville, Tenn.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

, February 19-March 17. March across Cumberland Mountains

Cumberland Mountains

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 to Camp Burnside and Nicholasville, Ky.

Nicholasville, Kentucky

Nicholasville is the 11th largest city in state of Kentucky and the county seat of Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 19,680 at the 2000 census...

, March 21-31. Moved to Annapolis, Md.

Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...

, April 2-5. Campaign from the Rapidan

Rapidan River

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 to the James River

James River

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, Va., May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness

Battle of the Wilderness

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 May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

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 May 12-21. Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House May 12. North Anna River

Battle of North Anna

The Battle of North Anna was fought May 23–26, 1864, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. It consisted of a series of small actions near the North Anna River in central Virginia, rather than a...

 May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey

Pamunkey River

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 May 26-28. Totopotomoy

Battle of Totopotomoy Creek

The Battle of Totopotomoy Creek , also called the Battle of Bethesda Church, Crumps Creek, Shady Grove Road, and Hanovertown, was a battle fought May 28–30, 1864, in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E...

 May 28-31. Cold Harbor

Battle of Cold Harbor

The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864 . It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles...

 June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg

Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...

 June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg

Siege of Petersburg

The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War...

 June 16, 1864 to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion

Battle of the Crater

The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg. It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade The...

, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad

Battle of Globe Tavern

The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, was the second attempt of the Union Army to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. A Union force under...

 August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church

Battle of Peebles' Farm

The Battle of Peebles' Farm was the western part of a simultaneous Union offensive against the Confederate works guarding Petersburg and Richmond, during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.-Background:...

 September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road

Battle of Boydton Plank Road

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, October 27-28. Garrison, Fort Alexander Hays, until April 1865.

Appomattox Campaign

Appomattox Campaign

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 March 28-April 9, 1865. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee

Robert E. Lee

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 April 3-6. Detached to guard Ewell's

Richard S. Ewell

Richard Stoddert Ewell was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E...

 Army April 6. Moved to Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia

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 April 20-27 and duty there until June. Grand Review of the Armies

Grand Review of the Armies

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 May 23.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 409 men during service; 10 officers and 145 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 251 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Colonel
  Colonel (United States)
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   Enoch Q. Fellows
• Colonel Herbert B. Titus
• Lieutenant Colonel
  Lieutenant Colonel (United States)
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   John W. Babbitt - commanded at the battles of Fredericksburg and the Wilderness
• Captain John B. Cooper - commanded at the battle of the Crater

See also

• List of New Hampshire Civil War units
• New Hampshire in the American Civil War