Ninth Regiment Cavalry
Forward to battle for God and the right Hurrah for the banner!
Hurrah for the banner!
Hurrah for our banner, the flag of the free!”
The 9th cavalry began its organization in the fall of 1862 at Coldwater, under the direction of Colonel James I. David, of Trenton, who had been quartermaster in the 1st Michigan cavalry. The regiment, with the exception of two companies incomplete, was mustered into the service of the United States on the 19th of May, 1863, the muster rolls containing the names of 1,073 officers and men.
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, James I. David, Trenton. Lieutenant Colonel, George S. Acker, Kalamazoo. Majors, Michael F. Gallagher, Detroit, William B. Way, Pontiac and Solomon P. Brocfc-way, Flint. Surgeon, Alfred K. Nash, Trenton, Assistant Surgeons, Morgan L. Leach, Duplain, and William H. Young, Ann Arbor. Adjutant, Hobart Miller, Detroit. Quartermaster, Matthew H. Ward, West Point, N. Y. Commissary, Addison David, Trenton, Chaplain, William Benson, Adrian. The companies as mustered in were:
A. Captain, Dewitt C. Smith, Columbia. First Lieutenant, Clarence L. Miles, Com meree. Second Lieutenant, David P. Ingraham, Brooklyn.
B. Captain, Samuel Morey, Rome. First Lieutenant, James E. Cairns, Cambridge Second Lieutenant, James J. Lister, Trenton.
C. Captain, Willard C. Stevens, Whitmore Lake. First Lieutenant, Albert Hines, Plymouth. Second Lieutenant, Charles H. Saunders, Ecorse.
D. Captain, James G. McBride, Monroe. First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, William Neff, Monguagon.
E. Captain, John J. Hinchey, Antwerp. First Lieutenant, Eugene E. Smith, Antwerp. Second Lieutenant, William H. S. Banks, Porter.
F. Captain, Francis W. Leggitt, New York, N. Y. First Lieutenant, Cyrus D. Roys, Hudson (see Battery L). Second Lieutenant, Levi J. Mitchell, Detroit.
