Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1892 — The Ninth Regiment. [ARTICLE]

The Ninth Regiment.

And Especially Company Gr* The Ninth Indiana Infantry Regiment will hold its regimental re-un-ion in Rensselaer next Tuesday and Wednesday. This regiment was first mustered in at ladinapolis April 25, 1861 under the first call for troops, and as three months men. Company Gr., consisting of 78 men, was wholly from Jasper County. Its first captain was Robt H. Milroy who, being appointed colonel of the regiment, was succeeded by Gideon C. Moody. Milroy became a major general during the war, and Moody was U. S. ~ senator from South Dakota, a few years ago. The 78 rhea in Company G. were all mustered out July 29th, 1861, when their term of enlistment expired, except William Girard, who was killed in a skirmish at Laurel Hill, West V., July 7. He was probably the first Indiana man killed in battle in the war. Dyson Boothroyd, of Carroll Co., Company “A” died 6 days later, of wounds received in the same fight.

The Ninth Regiment was re-orga-nized for the tiiree years’ service at Laporte, on the 27th of August 1861,and was mustered in at the same place on the sth of September, 1861. Soon after it was moved, in Command of Cox,. Robert H Milroy, to Western Virginia, proceeding by rail to Webster, where it 1 * disembarked and marched to Elk water Valley, and from thence to Cheat Mountain Summit, where winter quarters were built, tbeßegimer.t remaining there until the 9th of January, 1862. During this time the Regiment participated in the battles of Green Brier, October 3d and of Allegheny on the 13th of December, 1861. It then marched to Fetterman, Virginia, where it remained till the 19th of February, when it was transferred to Gen.Buell’s Army, being transported by rail to Cincinnati and from thence to Nashville by steamer. Here it was assigned to Gen. Nelson’s division, and matched on the 26th of March for the Tennessee River, reaching there in time to participated in the second day’s engagement at Shiloh. From there it marehed to Corinth, Mississippi, and after the evacuation pursued the rebels to Boonville. It then marched to Nashville by way of Athens, Alabama, and Franklin and Murfreesboro, Tennessee. From there it moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, and back again to Nashville. From the latter place the Ninth marched to Louisville.Kentucky,and from there, in the pursuit of Bragg, through Bardstown, Perryville, Danville, Camp Dick Robinson, Crab Orchard and London to the Wild Cat Mountains, and turned to Nashville throtigh Crab Orchard, Somerset Columbia and Glasgow. During this march the Regiment was engaged in the battles Perryville, Danville and Wild Cat Mountain. The Ninth then marched to Murfreesboro, where it participated in the Battle of Stone River, December 31, 1862, and Ist and 2d of January, 1863; after which it marched across the Cumberland Mountains and the Tennessee River to Chattanooga. Oil the 19th and , 20th of September it was engaged in the battle of Chicamauga. After its return to Chattanooga it participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain November 24th, and Mission Ridge on the 25tlr of November, after which it v marched over the Cumberland Mountains to Bridgeport, Alabama, and from there to Whiteside Tennessee. At the latter plaie the Ninth re-enlisted as a Veteran organization, , on the 12th of December, 1863/ The Regmunt returned to the State on Veteran furlough, and on the 21st of February 1864, left Valparaiso, Indiana, for the front, passing through Indianapolis, Madison, Louisville, Nashville and CattanQOga to Cleveland, Tennessee. In the spring of 1864, the Atlanta campaign was commenced, the Ninth participating in all the marching of that campaign, through Ringold, Dalton, Resacca, Kingston, Calhoun, Cassville, around the Allatoona Mountains, through Ackworth, Big Shanty, Marietta, the nvesiment of Atlanta, in the flank movement around A'Dula. through Jonesboro and Lovejoy, and back ■ again to Atlanta, taking part In the

skirmishing on the way and in the engagements at Taylors Ridge,Buzzard’s Roost, Dalton, Res* ca, Cassville, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta. Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jbnesboro and Lovejoy. It then participated in the retrogade movement in the pursuit of Hood’s Army, to Dalton, and thence through Summerville, Ga., Galesville, Bridgeport, Stevenson and Huntsville to Athens, Ala. From thence it marched to Pulaski, Tenn., arriving there on the Ist of November, 1864. Falling bach before Hood’s advance, on the 26th of November, it was engaged in the fight at Columbia, in the heavy skirmiskingthat followed on the route to Franklin and in the severe engagement at that place. On the Ist of December, the Ninth entered Naihville, and on the 15 th, of December participated in the battle of Nashville; after which it set out with the Arrhy in pursuit of Hood’s retreating rebels, following them to Huntsville, Alabama, when the pursuit was abandoned. It remained at the latter place from the 6th of January to the 13th of March, 1865, when it marched into East Tennessee beyond Bull’s Gap, and back again, reaching Nashville on the 25th of May. Soon after it was transferred to the vicinity Of New Orleans and afterwards to Texas, where it remained as part of Gen. Sheridan’s army of occupation until September, 1865, when it was mustered out of service and returned to Indiana. Company “G” as re-organized consisted of 101 men; to these later were added 40 recruits, 32 drafted men and 6 substitutes, in all 179 men. None of the “cons” or “subs” were from Jasper Co. Of the original company and recruits, 85 were from Jasper County. Of these 85 JaSper County men, 9 were killed in battle or died soon after from wounds, 16 died from sickness, or from causes not specified and one died in Ander-sonvillc-prison; 24 were discharged for disability, some from wounds and others from sickness. Only one i§ recorded as a deserter, and he stayed with it nearly four years and until the fighting was Jail over. The following is the official program of exercises for ngxt Tuesday and Wednesday.