NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS.

Ninth Regiment – Infantry – Volunteers.

The Ninth Regiment was organinized under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July 22, 1861, as set forth in an official letter from War Department, Washington, D. C., dated September 5, 1861, authorizing the raising and organizing of a Regiment of Riflemen. In accordance with the authority above mentioned, recruiting was commenced, and as soon as the Companies were raised they reported at Camp Olden, Trenton, N. J., and were immediately mustered into the service of the United States by Charles H. Brightly, First Lieutenant Fourth Infantry, U. S. Army. The first Company was mustered September 13th, the last Company October 15, 1861. The Regiment consisting of twelve Companies remained at Camp Olden, engaged in drilling and perfecting its organization until the 4th of December, 1861, at which time it left the State with a full complement of men. Officers, 44; Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, 1,115. Total, 1,159. Upon arrival at Washington, the Regiment went into Camp on the Bladensburg turnpike, about a mile from the city, and remained there until the 4th of January, 1862, at which time it was assigned to the First Brigade, (Gen. Jesse L. Reno,) Burnside’s Expedition, proceeded to Annapolis, Md., and joined the troops assembled there, awaiting transportation for service in North Carolina. On January 9th, the expedition embarked, in due time arrived at their destination, and the Regiment entered upon an active and brilliant career. Their operations were confined to the States of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. On the 18th of November, in compliance with General Orders, No. 126, Par. 1, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., September 6, 1862, the Regiment was reduced from twelve to ten Companies. Companies A and L were disbanded and the enlisted men transferred to different Companies in the Regiment. Company M was designated Company A. Under the provisions of General Orders, No. 191, War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, D. C., June 25, 1863, the greater part of the enlisted men re-enlisted in the field for three years or during the war. Those who did not re-enlist and whose term of service having expired reported by order at Trenton, N. J., and were mustered out by James W. Long, Captain Second Infantry, U. S. Army, December 7, 1864. At different times during the years 1863, 1864 and 1865, the strength of the Regiment was increased by the joining from Draft Rendezvous, Trenton, N. J., of a large number of recruits, with a few substitutes. The Regiment continued its organization and remained in active service until the close of the war, and those coming under the provisions of General Orders, No. 73, Head Quarters Department of North Carolina, dated Raleigh, N. C., June 2, 1865, were mustered out at Greensboro, N. C., June 14, 1865, by A. B. Smith, Captain 100th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Commissary of Musters, Twenty-third Army Corps. The remainder were mustered out of service by the same officer, at Greensboro, N. C., July 12, 1865, in compliance with Special Orders, No. 113, Department of North Carolina, July 6, 1865.

This Regiment was first attached to the Second Brigade, Casey’s Division; then to the First Brigade, Ninth Corps, Burnside’s Expedition; then to the First Brigade, Second Division, Eighteenth Corps; then to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Tenth Corps; then to the First Brigade, Second Division, Tenth Corps; then to the First Brigade, Foster’s Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina; then to the Second Brigade, First Division, Eighteenth Corps; then to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Eighteenth Corps; then to the First Brigade, Second Division, Eighteenth Corps; then to the First Brigade, Carter’s Division, District of Beaufort, N. C.; then to the Second Brigade, Second Division, District of Beaufort, N. C.; then to the Second Brigade, Third Division Twenty-third Corps.

The Regiment took part in the following engagements: Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8, ’62; Newbern, N, C., March 14, ’62; Fort Macon, N. C., April 25, ’62; Young’s Cross Roads, N. C., July 27, ’62; Rowells’ Mills, N, C., Nov. 2, ’62; Deep Creek, N. C., Dec. 12, ’62; South West Creek, N. C., Dec. 13, ’62; Before Kinston, N. C., Dec. 13, ’62; Kinston, N. C., Dec, 14, ’62; Whitehall, N. C., Dec. 16, ’62; Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 17, ’62; Comfort Bridge, N. C., July 6, ’63; Near Winton, N. C., July 26, ’63; Deep Creek, Va., Feb. 7, ’64; Deep Creek, Va., March 1, ’64; Cherry Grove, Va., April 14, ’64; Port Walthall, Va., May 6 and 7, ’64; Procters, Va., May 8, 64; Swift Creek, Va., May 9 and 10, ’64; Drury’s Bluff, Va., May 12 to 16, ’64; Cold Harbor, Va., June 3 to 12, ’64; Free Bridge, Va., June 16, ’64; Before Petersburg, Va., June 20 to August 24, ’64; Gardner’s Bridge, N. C., Dec. 9, ’64; Foster’s Bridge, N. C., Dec. 10, ’64; Butler’s Bridge, N. C., Dec. 11, ’64; South West Creek, N. C., March 7, ’65; Wise’s Fork, N. C., March 8, 9 and 10, ’65; Goldsboro, N. C., March 21, ’65.

Field and Staff, Ninth Regiment.

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