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== Service ==
== Service ==
The 9th Iowa Infantry was organized at [[Dubuque, Iowa]] and mustered into Federal service on September 24, 1861. The Honorable [[William Vandever]], Representative from the [[Iowa's 2nd congressional district|2nd Congressional District]], Iowa, was authorized by President Lincoln to organize this regiment from the counties in his district, and he was commissioned by Governor [[Samuel J. Kirkwood]] as its first Colonel.<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
The 9th Iowa Infantry was organized at [[Dubuque, Iowa]] and mustered into Federal service on September 24, 1861. The Honorable [[William Vandever]], Representative from the [[Iowa's 2nd congressional district|2nd Congressional District]], Iowa, was authorized by President Lincoln to organize this regiment from the counties in his district, and he was commissioned by Governor [[Samuel J. Kirkwood]] as its first Colonel.<ref name="usgennet.org">[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>


'''Service History''': <ref>[http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UIA0009RI Regiment Details: Union Iowa Volunteers: '''9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry''']</ref>
'''Service History''':<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-regiments-detail.htm?regiment_id=UIA0009RI Regiment Details: Union Iowa Volunteers: '''9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry''']</ref>
* Ordered to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], Attached to Dept. of Missouri October, 1861, to January, 1862.
* Ordered to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], Attached to Dept. of Missouri October, 1861, to January, 1862.
* Unattached, [[Army of the Southwest|Army of Southwest Missouri]], to February, 1862.
* Unattached, [[Army of the Southwest|Army of Southwest Missouri]], to February, 1862.
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Total enrolment was 1,440. The regiment lost 12 officers and 142 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 230 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 386 fatalities.<ref>[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#9th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. '''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'''. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]</ref> 385 were wounded.
Total enrolment was 1,440. The regiment lost 12 officers and 142 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 230 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 386 fatalities.<ref>[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf2.htm#9th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. '''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'''. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]</ref> 385 were wounded.


== Companies with the Counties of Origin<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/9th_Regiment,_Iowa_Infantry '''9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry''']</ref> ==
== Companies with the Counties of Origin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/9th_Regiment,_Iowa_Infantry|title=9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki|publisher=}}</ref> ==
Company A - enrolled in [[Jackson County, Iowa]]<br>
Company A - enrolled in [[Jackson County, Iowa]]<br>
Company B - enrolled in [[Jones County, Iowa]]<br>
Company B - enrolled in [[Jones County, Iowa]]<br>
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== Notable Officers ==
== Notable Officers ==
* William Vandever. Residence Dubuque. Appointed [[Colonel]] Aug. 30, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], March 16, 1863. Resigned March 16, 1863. Brevet Major General June 7, 1865<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
* William Vandever. Residence Dubuque. Appointed [[Colonel]] Aug. 30, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], March 16, 1863. Resigned March 16, 1863. Brevet Major General June 7, 1865<ref name="usgennet.org"/>
* Francis J. Herron. Residence Dubuque. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 10, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Wounded March 7, 1862, Peas Ridge, Ark. Promoted Brigadier General July 30, 1862; Major General Nov. 29, 1863.<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
* Francis J. Herron. Residence Dubuque. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 10, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Wounded March 7, 1862, Peas Ridge, Ark. Promoted Brigadier General July 30, 1862; Major General Nov. 29, 1863.<ref name="usgennet.org"/>
* David Carskaddon. Residence Marion, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861. Appointed Captain Sept. 24, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted Colonel March 19, 1863. Wounded slightly July 29, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Discharged for disability Dec. 29, 1864.<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref><ref>[http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil401.htm owa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1]</ref>
* David Carskaddon. Residence Marion, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861. Appointed Captain Sept. 24, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted Colonel March 19, 1863. Wounded slightly July 29, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Discharged for disability Dec. 29, 1864.<ref name="usgennet.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil401.htm|title=1|publisher=iagenweb.org}}</ref>
* William H. Coyl. Residence Decorah. Appointed Major Aug 30, 1861. Mustered Sept 24, 1861. Wounded in shoulder severely March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge, Ark. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1862; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865; Major and Judge Advocate May 18, 1865<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
* William H. Coyl. Residence Decorah. Appointed Major Aug 30, 1861. Mustered Sept 24, 1861. Wounded in shoulder severely March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge, Ark. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1862; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865; Major and Judge Advocate May 18, 1865<ref name="usgennet.org"/>
* William Scott. Residence Independence, nativity England. Appointed Adjutant Sept 2, 1861, from Second Lieutenant of company C. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Wounded in leg March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge Ark. Resigned for ill health Oct. 11, 1862<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
* William Scott. Residence Independence, nativity England. Appointed Adjutant Sept 2, 1861, from Second Lieutenant of company C. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Wounded in leg March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge Ark. Resigned for ill health Oct. 11, 1862<ref name="usgennet.org"/>
* Ferdinand S. Winslow. Residence Marion. Appointed Quartermaster Sept. 4, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted Assistant United States Quartermaster, with rank as Captain, Jan. 30, 1862.<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
* Ferdinand S. Winslow. Residence Marion. Appointed Quartermaster Sept. 4, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted Assistant United States Quartermaster, with rank as Captain, Jan. 30, 1862.<ref name="usgennet.org"/>
* Jerome Bradley. Residence Dubuque, nativity Massachusetts. Appointed Quartermaster March 16, 1862 from Second Lieutenant of Battery. Commission declined March 16, 1862. Appears to have been appointed Captain A.Q.M. Volunteers Feb 19, 1863. See Official Army Registers, 1861-1867<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
* Jerome Bradley. Residence Dubuque, nativity Massachusetts. Appointed Quartermaster March 16, 1862 from Second Lieutenant of Battery. Commission declined March 16, 1862. Appears to have been appointed Captain A.Q.M. Volunteers Feb 19, 1863. See Official Army Registers, 1861-1867<ref name="usgennet.org"/>
* Benjamin McClure. Appointed Surgeon Sept. 19, 1861. Mustered Oct. 11, 1861. Promoted Assistant Surgeon of Volunteers Feb 4, 1864; Surgeon of Volunteers Sept. 30, 1864.<ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ia/county/linn/civil_war/9th/9th.htm UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; '''Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion''']</ref>
* Benjamin McClure. Appointed Surgeon Sept. 19, 1861. Mustered Oct. 11, 1861. Promoted Assistant Surgeon of Volunteers Feb 4, 1864; Surgeon of Volunteers Sept. 30, 1864.<ref name="usgennet.org"/>


== Medal of Honor Awardee ==
== Medal of Honor Awardee ==
Sergeant James M. Elson (later Lieutenant)<ref>[http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/elson_james.html Home of Heroes Iowa Grave page]</ref> received the [[Medal of Honor]] for his action during the [[Siege of Vicksburg]]. His citation notes that Elson, "Carried the colors in advance of his regiment and was shot down while attempting to plant them on the enemy's works." <ref>[http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwa/elson.html Medal of Honor Citation for James M. Elson]</ref>
Sergeant James M. Elson (later Lieutenant)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_af/elson_james.html|title=Photo of Grave site of MOH Recipient James Elson|publisher=}}</ref> received the [[Medal of Honor]] for his action during the [[Siege of Vicksburg]]. His citation notes that Elson, "Carried the colors in advance of his regiment and was shot down while attempting to plant them on the enemy's works." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwa/elson.html|title=James Elson, Medal of Honor|first=Doug|last=Sterner|publisher=}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 14:10, 23 October 2016

9th Iowa Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 24, 1861 – July 18, 1865
DisbandedJuly 18, 1865
Country United States
BranchUnion
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
EngagementsAmerican Civil War

The 9th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 9th Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque, Iowa and mustered into Federal service on September 24, 1861. The Honorable William Vandever, Representative from the 2nd Congressional District, Iowa, was authorized by President Lincoln to organize this regiment from the counties in his district, and he was commissioned by Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood as its first Colonel.[1]

Service History:[2]

The regiment was mustered out on July 18, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Total strength and casualties

Total enrolment was 1,440. The regiment lost 12 officers and 142 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 230 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 386 fatalities.[3] 385 were wounded.

Companies with the Counties of Origin[4]

Company A - enrolled in Jackson County, Iowa
Company B - enrolled in Jones County, Iowa
Company C - enrolled in Dubuque County, Iowa
Company D - enrolled in Jones County, Iowa
Company E - enrolled in Clayton County, Iowa
Company F - enrolled in Fayette County, Iowa
Company G - enrolled in Black Hawk County, Iowa; Bremer County, Iowa
Company H - enrolled in Winneshiek County, Iowa
Company I - enrolled in Howard County, Iowa
Company K - enrolled in Linn County, Iowa

Notable Officers

  • William Vandever. Residence Dubuque. Appointed Colonel Aug. 30, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted Brigadier General, March 16, 1863. Resigned March 16, 1863. Brevet Major General June 7, 1865[1]
  • Francis J. Herron. Residence Dubuque. Appointed Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 10, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Wounded March 7, 1862, Peas Ridge, Ark. Promoted Brigadier General July 30, 1862; Major General Nov. 29, 1863.[1]
  • David Carskaddon. Residence Marion, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861. Appointed Captain Sept. 24, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted Colonel March 19, 1863. Wounded slightly July 29, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. Discharged for disability Dec. 29, 1864.[1][5]
  • William H. Coyl. Residence Decorah. Appointed Major Aug 30, 1861. Mustered Sept 24, 1861. Wounded in shoulder severely March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge, Ark. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel July 1, 1862; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865; Major and Judge Advocate May 18, 1865[1]
  • William Scott. Residence Independence, nativity England. Appointed Adjutant Sept 2, 1861, from Second Lieutenant of company C. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Wounded in leg March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge Ark. Resigned for ill health Oct. 11, 1862[1]
  • Ferdinand S. Winslow. Residence Marion. Appointed Quartermaster Sept. 4, 1861. Mustered Sept. 24, 1861. Promoted Assistant United States Quartermaster, with rank as Captain, Jan. 30, 1862.[1]
  • Jerome Bradley. Residence Dubuque, nativity Massachusetts. Appointed Quartermaster March 16, 1862 from Second Lieutenant of Battery. Commission declined March 16, 1862. Appears to have been appointed Captain A.Q.M. Volunteers Feb 19, 1863. See Official Army Registers, 1861-1867[1]
  • Benjamin McClure. Appointed Surgeon Sept. 19, 1861. Mustered Oct. 11, 1861. Promoted Assistant Surgeon of Volunteers Feb 4, 1864; Surgeon of Volunteers Sept. 30, 1864.[1]

Medal of Honor Awardee

Sergeant James M. Elson (later Lieutenant)[6] received the Medal of Honor for his action during the Siege of Vicksburg. His citation notes that Elson, "Carried the colors in advance of his regiment and was shot down while attempting to plant them on the enemy's works." [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i UsGenWeb and the American History and Genealogy Project; Roster and Record of 9th Iowa Vol. Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion
  2. ^ Regiment Details: Union Iowa Volunteers: 9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
  3. ^ The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  4. ^ "9th Regiment, Iowa Infantry Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki".
  5. ^ "1". iagenweb.org.
  6. ^ "Photo of Grave site of MOH Recipient James Elson".
  7. ^ Sterner, Doug. "James Elson, Medal of Honor".

References

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