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9th New York State Militia "City Guard"
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Volunteered for three years' service. |
May 27, 1861 |
Left New York City for Washington, D.C. under Colonel John W. Stiles, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Halleck and Major William Atterbury |
June 8 |
Mustered in at Washington |
June 10 |
Attached to Stone's Command |
June 10-July 7 |
Rockville Expedition |
July 4 |
Harper's Ferry The regiment lost 2 men killed and 2 men wounded. |
July 7 |
Duty on the Upper Potomac attached to Stone's Brigade, Patterson's Army |
August 17 |
Attached to Stile's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac |
January 7, 1862 |
Major Atterbury promoted to lieutenant colonel |
March |
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley attached to Abercrombie's 2nd Brigade, Williams' 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps |
March 12 |
Occupation of Winchester |
March 24-April 27 |
Pursuit of and operations against Jackson |
April |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
April 6 and 16 |
Near Warrenton Junction |
April 18 |
Reconnaissance to Rappahannock River and North Fork and Rappahannock Crossing |
May |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
June to September |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain The regiment lost 1 man killed. |
August 20-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 28 |
Thoroughfare Gap |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run The regiment was commanded by Colonel Stiles and lost 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 39 men missing. |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain The regiment lost 2 enisted men wounded and 5 missing. |
September 16-17 |
Antietam The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William Atterbury. It lost 24 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 87 men wounded. |
September 30 |
Lieutenant Colonel William Atterbury was discharged. |
September-October |
At Sharpsburg |
October 30-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Moesch. It lost 3 officers and 32 men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 88 men wounded. |
December |
At Falmouth |
January 1863 |
Colonel Stiles was forced to resign his command due to illness. |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
January-April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 3 |
Operations about Fitzhugh's Crossing |
May 3-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Moesch. It brought 215 men to the field, losing 2 officers and 4 enlisted men killed, 2 men mortally wounded, 3 officers and 13 men wounded and 58 missing.
From the monument: "Engaged on this ground July 1st 1863, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. assisting in capture of Iverson's N.C. Brigade, C.S.A." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
August-September |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26- |
Mine Run Campaign The regiment lost 1 man wounded and 29 men missing. |
December |
Duty on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 9 |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 3-June 7 |
Campaign from the Rapidan |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness The regiment lost Colonel Joseph A. Moesch and 29 men killed or mortally wounded, 73 men wounded and 1 officer and 10 men wounded. |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House The regiment lost 3 officers and 37 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 6 officers and 76 men wounded, and 5 men missing. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 25 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy the regiment lost 1 man killed and 4 wounded |
May 30 |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
June 1-7 |
Cold Harbor The regiment lost 5 men killed and mortally wounded. |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 7 |
Relieved and ordered to the rear for muster out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 97th New York Infantry |
June 23, 1864 |
Mustered out of Federal service at New York City under Lieutenant Colonel William Chalmers and became the 9th New York National Guard |