The Civil War in the East

9th West Virginia Infantry Regiment

 

The 9th West Virginia Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 96 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.

 

1861

November 10

Affair at Guyandotte

November 28 to April 30

Organized at Guyandotte. Duty at Guyandotte, W. Va. attached to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia. Assigned to garrison duty in the Kanawha Valley by detachments at Fayette, Gauley Bridge, Summerville, Point Pleasant, Coalsmouth and Calhou.

1862

May

Attached to 4th Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia

May 8-21

Scout in Roane and Clay Counties

July 25

Affair at Summerville (Companies A & F)

July 28

Moved to Flat Top Mountain

August 14

To Summerville and Gauley

September 1-16

Campaign in the Kanawha Valley. Attached to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio.

September 10

Repulse of Loring's attack on Fayetteville

September 11

Cotton Hill, Charleston and Gauley Ferry

September 13

Charleston

September-January

At Point Pleasant

October 21-November 10

Expedition up the Kanawha Valley

1863

January

At Winchester and Beverly. Attached to Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department

February

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps

April 25-30

Scout to Wardensville, Strasburg, etc.

May 4

Winchester

May 23

West Creek

June 18

Winchester

June

Duty in the Kanawha Valley attached to 1st Brigade, Scammon's Division, West Virginia

August

Attached to 2nd Brigade, Scammon's Division, West Virginia

December

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia

1864

April

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia

May

Crook's Expedition against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad

May 2-19

Action at Cloyd's Mountain

May 9

New River Bridge

May 10

Cove Mountain or Grassy Lick near Wytheville

May 12-13

Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain

May 26-July 1

Hunter's Expedition against Lynchburg

June 11

Lexington

June 17

Diamond Hill

June 17-18

Lynchburg

June 19-July 1

Retreat to Charleston

June 20

Buford's Gap

June 21

About Salem

July 12-15

Moved to Shenandoah Valley

July 20

Stephenson's Depot

July 23-24

Battle of Kernstown, Winchester

July 25

Martinsburg

August 6-November 1

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

August 24 and 26

Halltown

September 3

Berryville

September 19

Battle of Opequan, Winchester

September 22

Fisher's Hill

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

October-November

At Camp Russell

November 9

Consolidated with 5th West Virginia Infantry to form 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry.