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U. S. Civil War
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY
The regiment participated in engagements at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13 1862; Lavergne, Tenn., December 27, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., December 29 to 31, 1862, January 1 and 2, 1863; Chickamauga, Ga., September 19 and 20, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863; Rocky Face, Ga., May 8, 1864; Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864; Kenesaw, Ga., June, 25, 1864; Chattahoochee River, Ga., July 5 and 6, 1864; siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 22 to August 25, 1864; Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864..
The records show a membership of 2, 272 officers and men during its entire
service.
It suffered severely from sickness in the early part of its service, and lost in all 292, of which 2 officers and 11 men were killed in action, 7 men by wounds* 4 officers and 268 men by disease.
" On mountain sides
In ocean's tides, Our slumbering heroes calmly wait,
Till years are run,
Time's work all done,
One Mighty Hand shall swing death's
And bear them up beyond the sun. "
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