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9th Georgia Infantry

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Muster In: Organized June 11, 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652

Commander(s):
Colonel Edward F. Hoge
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Webb
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Major John W. Arnold, Sr.
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Captain S. Augustus Jameson
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Commander 5
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3

  • Commander: Captain (Major) John W. Arnold, Sr.4,5,6
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army7

  • Commander: Captain (Major) John W. Arnold, Sr.8,9,10
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Third Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army11

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Edward F. Hoge (on leave July 17, 1864 on)12
    • ? (July 17, 1864 on)13
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army14

  • Commander:
    • Captain John W. Arnold, Sr. (August 16, 1864)(wounded August 16, 1864)15
    • Colonel Francis H. Little (of the 11th GA)(commanded his own 11th GA as well as 9th GA on August 16, 1864 only)(wounded August 16, 1864)16
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army17,18

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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army19

  • Commander: Major (Lt. Col.) Joseph F. Webb20
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army21,22

  • Commander: Captain S. Augustus Jameson (November & December 1864)23,24
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army25,26,27,28,29

  • Commander:
    • Colonel Edward F. Hoge (no reason given for Hoge to be absent in February)(January & February 1865)30,31
    • Captain (Major) John W. Arnold, Sr. (January & February 1865)32,33,34
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army35,36

  • Commander: None listed. (March – April 2, 1865)37,38
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles39:

  • Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
  • Reams’ Station (August 25, 1864)
  • Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
  • Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
  • Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

Bibliography:

    Links:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 202-204 ↩
    2. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 202-204 ↩
    3. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
    4. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
    5. Krick, Robert K. Lee’s Colonels. Broadfoot Publishing, 2009.pp. 32-33: I am unsure which edition of Lee’s Colonel’s Sibley used in his book, so the page number may vary depending on the edition you have. ↩
    6. Henderson, Lillian (ed). Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Volume 1. Longina & Porter, 1959.  p. 1011. ↩
    7. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
    8. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
    9. Krick, Robert K. Lee’s Colonels. Broadfoot Publishing, 2009.pp. 32-33: I am unsure which edition of Lee’s Colonel’s Sibley used in his book, so the page number may vary depending on the edition you have. ↩
    10. Henderson, Lillian (ed). Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, Volume 1. Longina & Porter, 1959.  p. 1011. ↩
    11. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119 ↩
    12. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119 ↩
    13. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 119 ↩
    14. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
    15. “Letter from Anderson’s Brigade.” Augusta Daily Constitutionalist. August 26, 1864, p. ? col. ?: “Soon as this was done, the 9th and 11th Ga. being on the left of Lane’s Brigade, Col. Little, in his usual dashing style, formed them at right angle with the line of works, charged, and succeeded in capturing the entire line.  In this last charge the gallant Capt. Jack Arnold, commanding the 9th Ga., fell badly wounded on top of the works leading the regiment.” ↩
    16. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 128 ↩
    17. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 137 ↩
    18. Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship.  The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1311. ↩
    19. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146 ↩
    20. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 146: Webb was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on October 26, 1864 ↩
    21. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
    22. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
    23. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 154 ↩
    24. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 162 ↩
    25. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
    26. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1171: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General R. E. Lee, January 31, 1865”; This list contains many commanders who were not there.  They were the “official” commanders but may have been gone on leave.  I have used none of the leaders from this list as a result. ↩
    27. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1179: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
    28. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
    29. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1269: “Organization of the Infantry and Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, February 28, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from February 28, 1865.  However, leaders listed are from January.  I’ve chosen to ignore the leaders and just use this source for the organization of the order of battle. ↩
    30. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
    31. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
    32. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 171 ↩
    33. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 1179: “Organization of the Army of Northern Virginia, General R. E. Lee, C. S. Army, commanding, January 31, 1865”; This order of battle was based off of inspection reports from January 26-31, 1865, and the leaders should be accurate for this time frame. ↩
    34. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 181 ↩
    35. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
    36. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
    37. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 190 ↩
    38. The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 200 ↩
    39. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 202-204 ↩

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    • Neal Griffin September 8, 2011, 3:59 pm

      A few things you may be interested in. I am posting the URLs. Feel free to use what you wish.
      Newspaper Casualty report for K Company, with commentary, for 9th Ga. battles 30Sept.-7Oct. 1864 at: http://9thgeorgiainfantry.org/casualties.html
      (includes photo of soldier).
      Story of wounded 9th Ga. soldier, wounded at Deep Bottom, Va. at http://9thgeorgiainfantry.org/daniel.html
      Newspaper (Atl. Constitution and NY Times) relating capture of Col. (later Gen.) Walker (Hancock’s Adjutant) by my GGGrandfather, Pvt. Jacob Cobb of the 9th Ga. at http://9thgeorgiainfantry.org/capture.html
      Anything further, please advise…Thanks, Neal

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    • bschulte September 8, 2011, 10:08 pm

      Neal,

      Thank you very much for the links! I’ll be able to use quite a bit of this email. I also sent you an email with several questions.

      Brett

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