Battle of Seven Pines

Battle of Malvern Hill

Captain James J. Phillips of Company f saved the regimental colors.

Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)

Capture of Harpers Ferry

Battle of Sharpsburg

Commanded by Captain William J. Richardson.

From the War Department marker for Anderson’s Division on the Antietam battlefield:

Anderson’s Division comprising the Brigades of Cumming, Wright, Pryor, Mahone, Featherstone and Armistead crossed the Potomac at Blackford’s Ford about daybreak and between 8 and 10 A. M. arrived upon this part of the field. Armistead’s Brigade was sent to the support of McLaws in the Dunkard Church Woods and the other five Brigades were disposed in the Apple Orchard and on open ground either side of it, between this and Piper’s Lane. The Division advanced in support of a part of D.H. Hill’s Division, then heavily engaged and after a stubborn contest in which portions of the Division reached this point, it was repulsed with heavy loss and fell back to Piper’s Lane and the Hagerstown Pike.

Battle of Shepherdstown

The regiment covered the river bank at Pack Horse Ford. Colonel Hodges, commanding the brigade since Armistead was wounded at Sharpsburg, reported that the brigade consisted of no more than 50 to 60 men.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Commanded by Lt. Colonel James Skelton Gilliam

Suffolk Expedition

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Major John Crowder Owens and brought about 250 men to the field. It awoke at 3 a.m. and moved to Seminary Ridge, then took part in Pickett’s Charge on July 3 as the support brigade on the right flank of the attack, breaking the Union line at The Angle before being thrown back with heavy casualties. The regiment lost 24 men killed, 70 wounded and 83 missing or captured.

There were many casualties among the officers. Major Owens was mortally wounded, and Captain James J. Phillips of Company F took command of the regiment, then was also wounded. Lieutenant John Niemeyer was killed, and Lieutenants Walter Butts, Richard Chapman and James Robinson were mortally wounded and captured. Lieutenants James Crocker, John Hack and Henry S. Wilkinson were wounded and captured. Captains Henry Allen, Jules Crocker, Marcus Gregory and William Richardson and Lieutenants Henry Britton, Mathew Clay, Henry Gwynn, John Lewis, Edward Varnier, John Vermillion and Samuel Weaver were captured.

From the monument to Armistead’s Brigade on the Gettysburg battlefield:

July 2. Arrived about sunset and bivouacked on the western border of Spangler’s Woods.

July 3. In the forenoon formed line behind Kemper and Garnett east of the woods. When the cannonade ceased advanced to support Kemper’s and Garnett’s Brigades forming the right of Longstreet’s Corps. Its losses being less at first than those of the other brigades it passed the Emmitsburg Road in compact ranks and as the front line was going to pieces near the stone wall pushed forward and many of its men and some from other commands responding to the call and following Gen. L. A. Armistead sprang over the wall into the Angle and continued the desperate struggle until he fell mortally wounded beyond the stone wall.

July 4. Spent the day in reorganization and during the night began the march to Hagerstown.

Battle of Chester Station

The successful attack of the brigade was halted by a Federal flank attack.

Drewry’s Bluff

The regiment lost 47 casualties.

North Anna

Battle of Cold Harbor

Petersburg Siege

Battle of Five Forks

Commanded by Captain John P. Wilson

Battle of Sayler’s Creek

Much of the regiment was captured, including Colonel James J. Phillips.

Appomattox Court House

The 9th Virginia surrendered 2 officers and 37 enlisted men.