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Organized at New York City from the nucleus of the old Company of New York Zouaves |
April 23 |
Mustered into State service under Colonel Rush Hawkins, Lieutenant Colonel George F. Betts |
May 4 |
Mustered into United States service at Castle Garden. Edgar A. Kimball mustered in as major |
May 15 |
At Riker's Island, N.Y. |
June 6 |
Left State for Newport News, Va. and duty there; Attached to Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia |
June 10 |
Forced march to Big Bethel |
June 29 |
Baker Lee's, Va. (Co. A) |
July 5 |
James River, near Newport News (Co. F)
Company F lost 5 men captured |
July 8 |
Near Bethel (Co. A) |
August 26-29 |
Expedition to Hatteras Inlet (Cos. C, G and H) |
August 28-29 |
Bombardment and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark (Cos. C, G and H) |
September 10 |
Companies A, D, E, F and I moved to Fort Clark and duty there; Cos. B and K at Newport News |
October 5 |
Companies A, D, E, F and I rejoin Regiment at Fort Clark. |
October 5-6 |
Relief of 20th Indiana at Chickamicomoco |
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January |
Attached to Parke's 3rd Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expeditionary Corps |
February 5-8 |
Burnside's Expedition to Roanoke Island |
February 8 |
Battle of Roanoke Island
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men mortally wounded, Lieutenants George Debvoise and Preston Webster and 13 enlisted men wounded |
February 10-11 |
Reconnaissance to Nag's Head (Cos. A and H) |
February 14 |
Lt. Colonel Betts resigns and Major Kimball is promoted to lieutenant colonel |
February 18-20 |
Expedition up Chowan River to Winton |
April |
Attached to Hawkins' 4th Brigade, Roanoke Island, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina |
April 7-8 |
Expedition to Elizabeth City, N. C. (Cos. H and I) |
April 12 |
Lt. Colonel Kimball killed |
April 19 |
Battle of Camden, South Mills
Adjutant Charles Gadsden and 10 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Colonel Hawkins, Major Jardine, Captains Andrew Graham and W.W. Hamill, 3 other officers and 51 enlisted men wounded, and 6 men captured. |
April - July |
Duty at Roanoke Island |
May 7-9 |
Expedition up Chowan River (Co. C) |
May 14 |
Captain Edward Jardine of Company G promoted to major |
July 10-24 |
Moved to Norfolk, then to Newport News, Va.; Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June |
Co. F detached at Plymouth, N. C. |
July 9 |
Co. F - Capture of Hamilton |
August 3-5 |
Moved to Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg and duty there |
August 10 |
Lieutenant William Ennis died of disease |
August 15-16 |
Expedition to Port Royal (Co. H) |
August 15 |
Rappahannock River (Co. H) |
August 31-
September 5 |
Moved to Brooks' Station, then to Washington, D. C, |
September 2 |
Co. F - Plymouth |
September 13 |
Near Jefferson |
September 14 |
South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
From the monument: "Toujours Pret (Always ready)
Erected by the State of New York to the memory of the 9th New York Infantry - Hawkins' Zouaves - who fought on this Field, Sept. 17, 1862.
Members present for duty in action 373, killed 54, wounded 158, missing 28, total loss 240. Two Companies were detailed and engaged elsewhere and did not participate in the advance.
The greatest mortality occurred near this position, where the regiment contended with a superior force of infantry and artillery.
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."
Among the casualties were Lieutenant Edward Cooper, killed, and Lieutenant Matthew Graham, wounded |
September -
October |
Duty in Pleasant Valley |
October 28-
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
October 30-
November 12 |
Co. F - Expedition to Tarboro |
October 31 |
Co. G at Burnside's Headquarters |
November 2 |
Co. F - Rawle's Mills; Rejoined Regiment at Fredericksburg |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
Provate John McCosker was killed, 8 enlisted men were wounded and 6 were missing |
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January |
Company G returns to regiment |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 6 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. |
March 10 |
to Suffolk |
April 12-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
April 12 |
Lieutenant Colonel Kimball killed at Suffolk. |
May 3-5 |
Moved to New York |
May 6 |
Three years' men assigned to 3rd New York Infantry |
May 20 |
Regiment mustered out, expiration of term, under Colonel Hawkins and Major Jardine. |
