By your order I detailed companies B, G and K, to assist the provost guard on the occasion, which duty they performed with alacrity, assisting to work the engines and guarding the, prisoners till two o'clock on the morning of the fourteenth. Here it became a part of the Army of the Potomac; was active at South Mountain and Antietam, with a loss in the latter battle of 233 killed, wounded and missing. [6] Enrolled on April 23, 1861, at New York City, New York, for two years service; mustered into service as major of the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on May 4, 1861, at New York City, New York; promoted to lieutenant colonel on February 14, 1862; killed by Brigadier General Michael Corcoran, U.S. Phone: (518) 581-5100 | Fax: (518) 581-5111. [15] It also participated in the major attack on June 3, being placed second and third in the line of battle in Keifer's Brigade (110th Ohio and 122nd Ohio Infantry in the first line of battle, and 6th Maryland, 126th Ohio, and 138th Pennsylvania Infantry in the fourth line) in the 3rd Division, where they were ordered at 6 am to proceeded to advance 200 yards, where upon they entrenched under heavy fire. of History, 2003. 634p. Houghton Library, Harvard University. Military papers. Enrolled on April 23, 1861, at New York City, New York, for two years service, at the age of 34; mustered into service as Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment on May 4, 1861, at New York City, New York; detailed to the regimental recruiting service from July 20th, 1861; commanding the regiment from October 22nd, 1861; resigned his commission and was honorably discharged on February 14, 1862. During its period of service the regiment had 1,380 men. [1] Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin 62nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment . The 9th New York was commanded at Antietam by Lieutenant Colonel Edgar A. Kimball. 22nd INDEPENDENT BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY. 9th New York Infantry "Hawkins' Zouaves" Organized: New York City, NY; mustered in 04/23/1861 Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign: LCol. It lost thirteen men wounded in this action, three of whom subsequently died. Heritage Books, 2004. On the 29th of May, 1863, (Special Orders 252), [Assem. (Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, c1992), New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. Volunteers, on April 12, 1863, at Suffolk, Virginia. Whitney, John Henry Ellsworth. Located at New York Public Library. In an hour after we took up our line of March on the Middletown road, and proceeding about ten miles at a quick pace, we found the enemy in a very strong position, high up in what is called the South Mountain, where we arrived at about four o'clock in the afternoon. Hattaway and Jones, pp. Again I have to thank all officers and men of the regiment for the discipline exhibited on this occasion, and cheerful obedience to every order, although nearly exhausted with fatigue, hunger and want of sleep. [1] [2] The regiment got its nickname, Jersey Muskrats, during the Battle of Roanoke Island when they successfully "sloshed through shoe sucking mud . 740, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXXVI, pg. New York, 1897. Print. They numbered 1,944 men on May 26, 1864, as reported by Maj. Charles Burgess, before commencement of combat operations.[14]. Looking west at the monument to the 83rd New York from across Doubleday Avenue. Bureau of Military Statistics. It brought 373 men to the field in eight companies of infantry, with Company F detached in North Carolina and Company K operating as Whitings Battery of Artillery. Based upon "The Century War series.". In this engagement it rendered distinguished service in a splendid charge along the causeway, and carried the enemy's works at the point of the bayonet. After the war, the soldiers of the Regiment not eligible for discharge from service were transferred to the 2nd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, October, 1862. Murray reflects on his two years in service and how he believes the war is almost over. This collection consists chiefly of official records of army regiments and individual soldiers of New York State who participated in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. near this position, where the Regi- Army. [9], Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864Siege of Petersburg, The regiment was originally mustered in on September 8, 1862, as the 138th New York Infantry Regiment, was quickly taken to Washington D.C. to be used in the defenses of the nation's capital. Lebair, of company F, seized one, and Capt. Print. It brought 215 men to the field, losing 6 killed, 18 wounded and 58 missing. Owing to the treachery of a guide who misled his command, Col. Hawkins' brigade failed to get in the rear of the rebel forces. Volunteers was a regiment in the American Civil War. Taken from New York (State). For this purpose Col. Hawkins' brigade was to move by a circuitous route to a point some twenty miles distant, and thereby cut off the retreat of the enemy, while a force of two regiments, under Gen, Reno, was to attack them from the front. Whiting, to open fire on the enemy's battery, across the creek, which we did, soon silencing it. The 9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, U.S. Our troops had already engaged the enemy's right wing, and were forcing him back with great slaughter, when your brigade was ordered to take position on the left of the road and support a battery of four pieces, which it did successfully, the Eighty-ninth regiment resisting, at the point of the bayonet, a charge of the enemy, in the most gallant and admirable manner. It left the State, June 6, 1861; served at Newport News, Va., from June 8, 1861; Companies C, G and H at Hatteras, N. C., from August 27, 1861; the regiment from September 10, 1861; in the 3d Brigade, Burnside's Expeditionary force, from January, 1862; at Roanoke, N. C, from February 3, 1862; in 4th Brigade, Hawkins' Coast Division (3d), 9th Corps, from March, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 9th Corps, from July, 1862. May 6, 1863 the three years' men of the regiment, which latter had left for New York city, May 3, 1863, were assigned to the 3d Infantry, and May 20, 1863, the regiment, under Colonel Hawkins, was honorably discharged and mustered out at New York city. At Castle Garden till May 15, and Riker's Island, N. Y., till June 5. The walkway then heads 420 yards east and then north to the monument. 1861 The 83rd New York Infantry was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Moesch. Captain James Cavanaugh was the Commander . Letters from John England to William Kelby, dated between December 12, 1861 and November 8, 1862, describing his service with the 9th New York in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia. (Harpers Ferry Road tour map) It was dedicated in 1897. Murray, George. On the 16th the regiment embarked on the transport " Ocean Wave," started for Elizabeth city, and landed the same night at a point some three miles below. The 9th numbered in all 1,380 members and lost 71 by death from wounds, and 29 by death from other causes. Parisen, to act as picket guard and skirmishers, which duty was most admirably performed, our pickets frequently engaging the enemy's sharpshooters during the night and keeping them at bay. Located at the New York Historical Society. John England Letters to William Kelby. Appointed as captain of Infantry in the United States Army on March 8, 1847; assigned to the 9th United States Infantry Regiment on April 9, 1847; brevetted to major on August 20, 1847, for his conduct in the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico; honorably discharged from service on August 26, 1848, at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. Parisen and Lieut. Personal Narratives Rhode Island soldiers and sailors historical society 3d ser, no 10, 1885. The 9thNew York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 69 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 23 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. Autographed signed letter from George Murray to "Seth", dated Off [Roanoke Island], N.C., Aboard Grenade, March 4, 1862. this position and held it until England, John, and William Kelby. Download the official NPS app before your next visit. Papers, 1861-1891, bulk 1861-1864. 35 x 26 cm. They formed four companies, I, K, L and M.[37]. Military Collector and Historian. Other letters, written while he was serving with the 9th New York (Hawkins' Zouaves), and later with the 3rd New York, describe army life, mainly in Virginia and South Carolina, and discuss news of family and friends, with occasional political comments. This ended the second day's campaign from Frederick. After proceeding about two hundred yards you ordered the charge to be made, when we rushed forward with a wild huzzah, peculiar, to the Zouaves, and immediately received the fire of thousands of the enemy's fresh troops, consisting of artillery and infantry, which had been brought forward to meet us. Mustered out: May 20, 1863. It was one of the nine Heavy Artillery regiments to suffer over 200 killed. Thank you. Zouaves who fought on 16, 1891. ], 9th New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Newspaper Clippings, A 'Rush Hawkins' Zouave' At General Gillmore's Headquarters, 1863, 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 The 9th corps now became a part of the Army of the Potomac. Organized at Auburn, N. Y., as the 138th Regiment New York Infantry and mustered in September 8, 1862. On February 5, 1863, an additional Company M was created within the regiment with the transfer of the 22d N.Y. Volunteer Battery. of Virginia, to January, 1862. Located at the New York Historical Society. They would remain at Plymouth until November, missing the Battle of Antietam. The letter is taken from the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. [12], In May 1864, Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant took command of the Union Army, embarking on an aggressive campaign, called the Overland Campaign, against the south. Mitchell, Heather. On the 13th of September, the regiment advanced beyond Jefferson, Md., as skirmishers to clear the road of the enemy, and returned the same night; September 14th, marched to Middletown, and afterwards to South Mountain, during which action it was engaged in supporting a battery of the left center; September 15th moved forward and encamped near the enemy's lines; September 16th, took position in line of battle, at Antietam, on the left center, and, on the 17th, forded Antietam creek, charged on the enemy, and was heavily engaged during the entire day, with a loss of forty-four killed, one hundred and seventy-five wounded, and eighteen missing. Edgar A. Kimball This Regiment's Chain of Command: Army - Army of the Potomac Corps - Ninth Army Corps Division - 3rd Division, 9th Corps Brigade - 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Corps Although fully appreciating the motive which prompted this appeal, the regiment declined the request, and the officers passed a resolution, upon which Colonel Hawkins based his reply to General Dix that the regiment had honorably fulfilled every requirement made, upon its entering the service; that its activity had been such that not five per cent of its members has visited their homes on furlough; that it had "changed its camp twenty-nine times, spent five months upon the sand-banks of Hatteras, and lost over four hundred men (killed and wounded) in two years," and that it could with justice require that transportation to New York should be furnished on the 3d of May. The plan of this movement was to surprise and destroy the canal locks at South Mills. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. 68th Ohio Infantry. Annual reunion of the Hawkins Zouaves Association, 9th Regiment New York Volunteers. (2nd Battalion detached with Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, May 31 to July 10, 1864. Note(s): Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-120)./ Dissertation: Thesis (M.A.) The regiment served in the 3d Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expedition, from January, 1862; at Roanoke Island, from February 3, 1862; in 4th Brigade, Hawkins' Coast Division (3d), 9th Corps, from March, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 9th Corps, from July, 1862. At this time our color-bearers and guard had all been shot down, when Capt. Download the official NPS app before your next visit. Description: 137 items. [1] It was my intention to cut off the retreat of the enemy's cavalry, at the junction of the roads between Middletown and Jefferson, but the pursuit and fire of Capt. At this time the gallant Cooper fell. 734, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXXVI, pg. YORK VOLS., NEAR SHARPSBURGH, MD., Sept. 20, 1862. New York, 1900. About 2 P.M. having forded the Antietam Creek, the regiment meeting with desperate resistance, advanced to this position and held it until ordered elsewhere. The monument to the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Antietam is on the east side Harpers Ferry Road. New York : H. De. Second Auburn Regiment, Second Wayne and Cayuga Regiment, Seward's Pets, September 1862-August 1863: The Regiment stationed near Washington DC, October through December: Duty at Kernstown, April through June: Duty at Danville and Richmond. The 9th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 69 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 23 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. Many of the items concern the history and activities of the regiments. The governor of New York accepted the offer of the company, and also granted the authorization to Hawkins to raise a regiment of Zouaves. The greatest mortality occurred Organized at Auburn, N. Y., and mustered in September 8, 1862. Marsan, 1862. their battles and marches. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 23, 1862. Concerning the Battle of Antietam: letter of Lieutenant M.J. Graham to Colonel Rush C. Hawkins, 9th N.Y.V. 71.] New York volunteer infantry, mustered in the United States service at Camp Washington, Staten Island, N.Y., November twenty-eighth . After remaining in this position for a short time we were positively ordered to withdraw from the greater part of the field we had won. After a few hours rest, it marched back to the steamer and returned to the island. 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. (See report of Lieut. Letter discusses illness, weather, troop movements and fighting in Kentucky and North Carolina relating to the 9th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. HEADQUARTERS NINTH NEW. At daylight on the morning of the 17th, six of the rebel guns commenced shelling us, with such effect as to compel us to change our position. 2nd Brigade, Defences north of the Potomac, Defences of Washington, to December, 1862. 22nd New York Battery assigned to Regiment as Company "M" February 5, 1863. V35 N4 (Winter 1983) pps. With the men and equipment loaded onto the Marion she steamed out to a point between Bedloe's Island and Castle Williams where she dropped anchor for the night. Abstract: Pocket diary, 1861 Aug.-1862 Jul., kept by Union soldier William Rothert while serving in the 9th New York Volunteer Regiment (Hawkins Zouaves), Company "D." Rothert writes of his military experiences, engagements with the enemy, battles at Roanoke Island and South Mills, Virginia; daily activities and events in camp, etc. Enrolled on April 23, 1861, at New York City, New York, for two years service; mustered into service as colonel of the regiment on May 4, 1861, at New York City, New York; on detached service from August 26th, 1861; absent, in arrest, from October 22nd, 1861; absent, in arrest, from November 5th, 1861; wounded in action on April 19, 1862, at South Mills near Camden, North Carolina; commanding the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, in 1862; mustered out of service with the regiment on May 20, 1863, at New York City, New York; brevetted to the rank of brigadier general of United States Volunteers on March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious conduct during the war of the Rebellion. (Commissioned as colonel on June 20, 1861, with rank from May 13th, 1861, original)[3][4], 34 years old. Thompson, David L. "With Burnside at Antietam." Cornell Universityhttp://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/mayantislavery/30902803. Designation changed to 9th Heavy Artillery December 9, 1862. The 9thNew York was commanded at Antietam by Lieutenant Colonel Edgar A. Kimball. Defense of Washington D.C. (September 1862 May 1864), May 18, 1864: Joines the Army of the Potomac, begins to march torwards it, Overland Campaign (May through June 1864), Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864 (August 7 November 28), Siege of Petersburg (December 1864-April 1865),[31] 15 killed. The 159th regiment infantry : New York state volunteers, in the War of the Rebellion, 1862-1865: 165th: Infantry: 973.7447 H673: History of the Second Battalion Duryee : Zouaves : One hundred and sixty-fifth Regt. The regiment was now acting as a part of the 12th brigade (Col. Hawkins), 3d division (Gen. Rodman), 9th army corps (Gen. Burnside). 52728; Salmon, p. 252; Eicher, pp. New York: Century Co, 2 c1887. After these presentations the regiment marched down the Avenue onto Broadway and down to Pier Four on the North River. The two companies went into camp as a battalion at Fort Hamilton, New York, where training and recruiting was continued. Private John McCosker was killed, 8 enlisted men were wounded and 6 were missing, 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, War Department marker for Fairchilds Brigade, Organized at New York City from the nucleus of the old Company of New York Zouaves, Mustered into State service under Colonel Rush HawkinsandLieutenant Colonel George F. Betts, Mustered into United States service at Castle Garden. Attached to Parkes 3rd Brigade, Burnsides North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, Reconnaissance to Nags Head (Cos. A and H), Lt. "Recollections of Monocacy." 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With the mustering out of the 9th Regiment in May 1863, the governor of New York authorized Major Edward Jardine to re-organize them as the 9th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and appointed Major Jardine as colonel of the newly organizing regiment. Shortly thereafter the steamer George Peabody arrived and 400 men of the regiment were transferred from the Marion to her. Corcoran was inspecting his lines at 3 in the morning during a threatened Confederate attack when he was accosted by Kimball, who demanded the countersign. Located at the California State Library. (Commissioned as a captain on July 4, 1861, with rank from May 13th, 1861, original; as major on February 24, 1862, with rank from February 14, 1862, vice Major E.A. 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to September 23, 1864. It can be reached from a walkway that starts from the east side of Harpers Ferry Road 530 yards south of High Street in Sharpsburg. New York, Latimer Brothers & Seymour, 1863. Upon seeing the arrival of fresh troops, the rebels broke and fled in disorder. Libaire picked up the regiments colors after the color bearers had been killed or wounded and led the charge up the hill. 61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 They had landed in the night and waded on shore through water waist deep, stood in line of battle until two o'clock A. M., and then marched about thirty miles in their wet clothes, and finally, although weary and exhausted, led the charge on the enemy that changed the whole order of battle and accomplished decisive results. Frederick Phisterer. On the 11th December, the regiment moved across the Rappahannock river at Fredericksburg, as a part of Colonel Hawkins' brigade of General Getty's division, Ninth corps (then under General Wilcox), in General Sumner's right grand division, and on the 13th was engaged in supporting a battery in the center. Albany: The Bureau, 1866, 88-101. Print. [New York: 1860-1865]. United States Regiments & Batteries>New York>Infantry. With this authorization in hand he returned to New York City and opened a recruiting office which soon had drawn over 2,000 volunteers, this large number of recruits quickly outgrew the size of the recruiting office. Horner, James B.James B. Horner papers, 1861-1915. From there, it departed for Cold Harbor on May 29, guarding the wagon train along the way, where it saw its first offensive action on June 1, 1864, at the Battle of Cold Harbor, where the brigade they were part of charged at 6 pm and captured several hundred prisoners, and also managed to hold against several counterattacks on June 2. The two companies were called out to help protect the city. Army. It was mustered out at New York City, May 20, 1863, when the three years men were assigned to the 3d N. Y. infantry. Abstract: Civil War letters from brother Henry P. Clare, a soldier in the 9th Regiment, New York Infantry, describing camp life and the battle of Gettysburg. 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