The 9th United States Colored Troops lost 1 officer and 46 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 266 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War
1863 |
November 11-30 |
Organized at Camp Stanton, Md. |
December |
Duty at Benedict, Md. |
1864 |
March 3-7 |
Moved to Port Royal, S.C. Duty at Hilton Head, S.C. attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. of the South |
April |
At Port Royal Island, S.C. Attached to District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. of the South. |
May 24-27 |
Ashepoo Expedition |
June 30-July 10 |
Expedition to Johns and James Islands |
July 7 and 9 |
Engaged |
July |
Duty at Beaufort, S.C. |
August 4-8 |
Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
August |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
August 13-18 |
Demonstration on north side of James River |
August 14-15 |
Skirmishes at Deep Bottom |
August 16 |
Russell's Mills |
August 18 |
Moved to Bermuda Hundred front |
August 24 |
To Petersburg, and duty in trenches |
September 26-30 |
Demonstration on north side of James |
September 28-30 |
Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights |
September 29 |
Fort Gilmer |
October 13 |
Darbytown Road |
October 27-28 |
Battle of Fair Oaks |
November-April |
In trenches before Richmond |
December |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps |
1865 |
January |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps |
April 3 |
Occupation of Richmond |
April-June |
Duty at Richmond, Petersburg and City Point |
June 7-July 1 |
Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, then to Brownsville, |
July-October |
Duty at Brownsville and on the Rio Grande, Texas |
October 2 |
Ordered to New Orleans, La. |
1866 |
November 20 |
Mustered out |
