The 9th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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Service

The 9th Maryland Infantry was organized at

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, June-July 1863 for six months service under the command of

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Benjamin L. Simpson. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, Maryland Heights, Division of West Virginia, to December 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to February 1864. The 9th Maryland Infantry mustered out of the service at Baltimore on February 24, 1864.

Detailed service

Moved from Baltimore to western Maryland July 6, 1863. Occupation of Maryland Heights July 7, 1863. At Loudon Heights until August. Guard duty on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Company B at Duffield Station, Company C at Brown's Crossing, Companies A and B served provost duty at Harpers Ferry, Companies D, E, F, G, H, and I at Charles Town, West Virginia, until October 18. Attacked by

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and captured. Companies A, B, and C on duty in West Virginia until February 1864. Moved to Baltimore for muster out.

Commanders

* Colonel Benjamin L. Simpson

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 126 men during service, 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 124 enlisted men due to disease.

References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * Wilmer, L. Allison. ''History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5'' (Baltimore, MD: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil, & Co.), 1898. ;Attribution * {{Maryland in the Civil War Military units and formations established in 1863 Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Units and formations of the Union Army from Maryland 1863 establishments in Maryland

Service

Detailed service

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