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The 9th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years'
infantry
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regiment
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in the
Union Army
During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...
during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
. It served in the
Eastern Theater, from July 1862 to December 1865. It served in the
VII VII or vii may refer to: the Roman numeral 7
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* vii, leading-tone triad, see diminished triad
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,
XVII
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and
XXIV Corps.
History
The 9th Vermont Infantry was captured at the
Battle of Harpers Ferry
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during the 1862
Maryland Campaign, but later fought well with the
VII VII or vii may refer to: the Roman numeral 7
Art and entertainment
* The Vii, a video game console
* vii, leading-tone triad, see diminished triad
* ''VII'' (Blitzen Trapper album)
* ''VII'' (Just-Ice album)
* ''VII'' (Teyana Taylor album)
* ...
,
XVIII and
XXIV Corps in eastern
Virginia
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and
North Carolina
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, and was one of the first units to enter
Richmond, Virginia
(Thus do we reach the stars)
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, in April 1865.
The regiment was mustered into Federal service on July 9, 1862, at
Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border with New Hampshire, which is the Connecticut River, Brattleboro is located about no ...
.
It was engaged in, or present at,
Harper's Ferry
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,
Newport Barracks
Newport Barracks was a military barracks on the Ohio River, across from Cincinnati, Ohio in Newport, Kentucky. It was operational from 1803 until 1894.
History
In 1803, James Taylor Jr. solicited the help of his cousin, James Madison, who was th ...
,
Chaffin's Farm,
Fair Oaks and the
Fall of Richmond
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.
The regiment lost during its term of service: 23 men killed and mortally wounded, 5 died from accident, 2 committed suicide, 36 died in Confederate prisons and 232 died from disease; for a total loss of 298 men.
The regiment mustered out of service on December 1, 1865.
Commanders
*
George J. Stannard
* Dudley Kimball Andross
*
Edward H. Ripley
Edward Hastings Ripley (November 11, 1839 – September 14, 1915) was a Vermont businessman and Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He attained the rank of brevet brigadier general while commanding brigades in the XVIII and XXIV Cor ...
* Valentine G. Barney (Acting)
Notable members
*
Erastus W. Jewett, Medal of Honor.
*
Abel E. Leavenworth, Capt. Co. K; Assistant Adjutant General, District of Appomattox.
*
Josiah O. Livingston, Medal of Honor.
*
Theodore S. Peck
Theodore Safford Peck (March 22, 1843 – March 15, 1918) was an American Civil War veteran who received the Medal of Honor. He also attained the rank of major general (United States), major general as Adjutant General#United States, Adjutant Ge ...
,
Medal of Honor
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recipient,
Adjutant General
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France
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of the
Vermont National Guard
The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. Together, they are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys. Both units use the original Revolutionary War-era Flag of the Green Mo ...
.
[Walter F. Beyer, Oscar Frederick Keydel, Henry Martin Duffield]
Deeds of Valor
Volume 1, 1907, page 301
References
External links
{{VTCivilWarRegiments
Units and formations of the Union Army from Vermont
1862 establishments in Vermont