Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. JOHNSON, The 9th Virginia Cavalry was assigned to Stuarts Cavalry Brigade. This man is shown as a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, in Aug.Sept. Pvt. If you can't find your ancestor in the rosters, perhaps he is here. The unit was captured on May 12, 1780 by the British Army at the Siege of Charleston and was disbanded on November 15, 1783. Please enable JavaScript on your browser to best view this site. 35, No. F Company, 310th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia Surgeon of the regiment, relieved of duties on 6/12/62, due to the The Valley Forge Park Alliance maintains the Muster Roll Project and helps to inspire appreciation of and support for Valley Forge National Historical Park. LACEY, This man is shown as Capt, and AQM of the regimen, on one pay voucher. The 9th Virginia marched as part of Gen. Nathanael Greenes wing and formed part of the attack on the British right flank. No further Johnson served as Lt. Col. then Col. of the 9th Cav. This was very informative, thank you. The unit served in W.H.F. [40] He, along with other comrades who had been disabled at the battle, received pensions for their injuries starting in 1778. We also do a Union impression as the 2nd US Cavalry. GW had indicated the need for a current return of the 9th Virginia Regiment when he wrote Gov. are the names of the men who have no company notation in their records or whose The British troops found that the Virginians had been ransacking their camp and this only enraged the British more. : His only record is a slip showing his parole at Louisa C.H., 5/15/65. The only record is of his desertion on 7/22/64. JOHNSON, Inf.). Army Confederate Armies & Departments Confederate Regiments & Batteries Arkansas Alabama The regiment penetrated so deeply into the British lines that it was isolated. Returned to Washington's Main Army in November 1777. Before the battle, orders were given that twenty men from each brigade who were unfit for march or lacked shoes to remain in camp. For many who marched out of Accomack County into Maryland, this was their last time seeing their homeland. : The 1st Cavalry, detached on the 10th, rejoined on the morning of the 17th and the Brigade took position on the left of Jacksons Command, which it assisted in resisting the Union advance. The regiment was . W.R.: Disbanded in November 1779. Its members were from Portsmouth and the counties of Roanoke, Chesterfield, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Lunenburg, Dinwiddie, and Norfolk. It was subsequently organized between February 5 and March 16, 1776, and comprised seven companies of troops from easternmost Virginia. The division was now commanded by General Muhlenberg, and Col. William Russell of the 13th Virginia assumed command of Muhlenbergs Brigade. I have been wondering if there is any record of what happened to him after capture. Many were captured at Five Forks and Sayler's Creek, and surrendered 2 officers and 37 men on April 9, 1865. [2] While the other eight regiments being raised for continental service in Virginia were raised with ten companies, the 9th Virginia was originally raised with only seven companies. The charge that day earned the regiment the nickname the brave and rash 9th.[16] The advance of the 9th Virginia also passed by the British 1st Battalion of Light Infantry and forced them to withdraw. While some accounts claim that Colonel Mathews ordered the attack, there is also evidence that he was ordered to the attack by General Stephens. The only slip on record does not show a company, and declares that this man Its members were from Portsmouth and the counties of Roanoke, Chesterfield, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Lunenburg, Dinwiddie, and Norfolk. Four retreating companies of the 1st British Light Infantry Battalion found themselves in the rear of the Virginians and attacked. unfavorable report of the Army Medical Board, despite the fact that Johnston on 6/16/64. HAYDEN, While there has been much research and many articles and books written on the Battle of Germantown and the confusion of the foggy morning, nearly all can agree that the Virginians under Muhlenberg, alongside Gen. Alexander McDougalls Connecticut brigade, pushed the furthest of any American unit and saw the most success over the whole day. Organized February-March 1776 on Eastern Shore from Accomac, Northampton, Goochland, Albemarle and Augusta Counties. It was subsequently organized between February 5 and March 16, 1776 and comprised seven companies of troops from easternmost Virginia. History of the 9th Virginia Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War, with timeline of important events, battles and movements. JETT, RANDOLPH, : 5'6" tall. Some found their way back to the American lines after being prisoners for some time. The unit was captured on May 12, 1780, by the British Army at the Siege of Charleston and was disbanded on November 15, 1783. No other records. Many survivors of the 9th Virginia were amongst the exchanged soldiers. 1862, A British officer recalled that Greenes men threw in a most severe fire upon the 4th Regt . The commanding officer of the Jail, Capt. No other records. Upon discovery, the soldier told Clark to come out damned Rebel and Clark became a prisoner of war. F Company was an infantry company in the United States Army's 78th "Lightning" Division's second battalion of the 310th Infantry Regiment. This article about a specific military unit of the American Civil War is a stub. GARNETT, . Paroled at Bowling Green, 5/5/65. No further record. J.W.E. Scout in King William, King and Queen, and Gloucester Counties (detachment), The Cavalry Division of the Army of Northern Virginia was created under the command of Major General James E.B. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. : He was discharged at Valley Forge. This United States military history article is a stub. d. June 9, 1908, Richmond. The unit reported 47 casualties at Drewry's Bluff, and many captured at Five Forks and Sayler's Creek, and surrendered 2 officers and 37 men on April 9, 1865. After being attacked on all sides and Mathews wounded, the regiment surrendered near Kelly's Hill together with part of the 6th Virginia Regiment. Stirlings Division|Muhlenbergs Brigade| 9th Virginia Regiment. : [11] Pvt. B. J.: [7] Disease had taken scores of men in the winter of 1777, and most of the men from Captains Walkers and Hays Companies were taken and placed in Morgans Rifle Corps. VMI and U.Va. The only record is of his desertion on 7/22/64. The 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The 9th Virginia completed its organization at Portsmouth, Virginia, in July, 1861. [37]Orderly Book of Gen. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, 67. Lee's, Chambliss', and Beale's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Download Image of Troops wearing the Revolutionary War uniforms of the 9th Virginia Regiment, Corps of the Continental Line, participate in a drill and firing demonstration during the Cessation of Hostilities Bicentennial Celebration at the Pentagon River Plaza. [30]Based on a survey of American and British muster rolls by Todd W. Braisted. [9]This is calculated from the last monthly returns from each company, dated September 2, 1777. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. The 9th Virginia were placed under the command of Brig, Gen, Peter Muhlenberg, alongside the 1st, 5th, and 13th Virginia Regiments, as well as the 8th Maryland (also referred to as the German Battalion). [12] Both of these men, as well as the others in the regiment, were later engaged in the Philadelphia campaign of 1777. I have an ancestor who was in the 9th and captured at the Battle of Germantown, according to the Revolutionary War military records. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. man is a U.S. file showing that he deserted in April 1865. VMI and U.Va. Those who could march were taken to a church near the market house in Germantown, where young boys in the town came out to see the battalion of tall Virginians.[27] One witness remarked that the faces of the prisoners and their guards were well blackened about their mouths with gunpowder, in biting off their cartridges.[28] The prisoners spent the night at the church and were marched the next day to Philadelphia. During the war it was attached to General Armistead's, Barton's, and Steuart's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Captains John Cropper, Levin Joynes, Thomas Snead, George Gilchrist, Thomas Parramore, and John Poulson commanded the companies from Accomack County, while Capt. Pvt. The charge of the 9th Virginia, though often noted, has been clouded with confusion. William Cunningham, would take the food women brought for the prisoners and toss it onto the floor to watch the prisoners fight over the scraps. Two days after the battle, the 1st Virginia State Regiment, which had been ordered to bolster the strength of the Virginia troops under Washington, marched into camp with over 200 officers and men. Those men who got outside to the prison yard ate grass and roots, and caught rats for food. Both counites raised only one company each for the minute service. d. October 20, 1915 in Stafford Co. age 82. Obituary notice declared that Stanley had served in the 9th Virginia Cavalry, In the winter, the men were not given blankets and they suffered from exposure. Levin Joynes had been promoted to major. Captain Charles Robinson of Company C was wounded by a sabre blow to the head and taken prisoner, and Captain Haynes was wounded. At either location, the officers and men suffered under harsh conditions, but the Walnut Street Jail was infamous for the treatment of American prisoners. Resigned 3/28/64. Unlike the recruitment for the minute service, recruiters for the 9th Virginia had no problem recruiting for continental service. CARLY, until he was LEWIS CARTER: The 9th Virginia Regiment was authorized in the Virginia State Troops on January 11, 1776. but he has no official record. He took the oath and was sent to Baltimore. David and James Ashby left their homes in Accomack County to serve together in Captain Daviss Company. Chaplain of the regiment. The unit was adopted into the Continental Army on May 31, 1776. Our work has been featured by the New York Times, TIME magazine, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Smithsonian, Mental Floss, NPR, and more. 9TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT Stirling's Division | Muhlenberg's Brigade | 9th Virginia Regiment History Organized February-March 1776 on Eastern Shore from Accomac, Northampton, Goochland, Albemarle, and Augusta Counties.
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