9th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:
- Organized in April 1861.
- Field consolidation with the 7th Infantry Regiment at various times (November 1863 - April 9, 1865).
- Consolidated with the 7th, 10th, 41st, and 44th Infantry Regiments and the 9th Sharpshooters Battalion and designated as the 9th Infantry Regiment Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina on April 9, 1865.
- First Commander: James R. Chalmers (Colonel)
- Field Officers: James L. Autry (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
Albert R. Bowdre (Major)
Solomon S. Calhoon (Lieutenant Colonel)
J. M. Hicks (Major)
Thomas H. Lynam (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
Andrew G. Mills (Major)
William A. Rankin (Lieutenant Colonel)
William C. Richards (Colonel)
lesse E. White (Major)
Thomas W. White (Colonel)
Francis E. Whitfield (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Department of West Florida (September - October 1861)
- Department of Alabama and West Florida (October 1861)
- Army of Pensacola, Department of Alabama and West Florida (October 1861 - February 1862)
- Chalmers' Brigade, 1st Corps, 2nd Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March 1862)
- Chalmers' Brigade, Withers' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (March - June 1862)
- Chalmers' Brigade, Reserve Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (June - July 1862)
- Chalmers' Brigade, Withers' Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (July - August 1862)
- Chalmers' Brigade, Withers' Division, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (August - October 1862)
- Jackson's Brigade, Withers' Division, Right Wing, Army of Northern Virginia (November 1862)
- Jackson's Brigade, Withers' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1862)
- Chalmers' - White's - Anderson's Brigade, Withers' - Hindman's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee (November 1862 - December 1863)
- Anderson's - Tucker's - Sharp's Brigade, Hindman's - Anderson's - Johnson's - D. H. Hill's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee (December 1863 - April 1865 )
SERVICE:
- Santa Rosa Island (October 9, 1861)
- Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862)
- Corinth Campaign (April - June 1862)
- Kentucky Campaign (August - October 1862)
- Munfordville (September 17, 1862)
- Murfreesboro (December 31, 1862 - January 3, 1863)
- Rover (February 13, 1863)
- Tullahoma Campaign (June 1863)
- Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863)
- Chattanooga Siege (September - November 1863)
- Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863)
- Atlanta Campaign (May - September 1864)
- Resaca (May 14-15, 1864)
- New Hope Church (May 25 - June 4, 1864)
- Atlanta Siege (July - September 1864)
- Franklin (November 30, 1864)
- Nashville (December 15-16, 1864)
- Carolinas Campaign (February - April 1865)
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