United States Regiments & Batteries > Michigan
The 9th Michigan Battery lost 5 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 27 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1862
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| August 29 | Organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in |
| December 4-11 | Moved to Washington, D.C.; Attached to Camp Berry, Defenses of Washington, |
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1862
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| March, | Artillery, Stahel’s Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| June 16 | To Triplett’s Bridge |
| Action at Triplett’s Corps, Dept. of Washington | |
| June 24 | Attached to 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac; At Fairfax Court House, Va. |
| June 24-July 2 | March to Gettysburg, Pa. |
| July 2-3 | Battle of Gettysburg.
The Battery was commanded by Captain Jabez J. Daniels. It brought to the field 119 men serving 6 Ordnance Rifles. From the monument at Gettysburg: This monument marks the position held by the Ninth Michigan Battery from 12:30 p.m. July 3rd, until 7 a.m. the following morning. 322 rounds of shot, shell and canister expended. Casualties one man killed and four wounded. Battery sustained the loss of 23 horses killed in the engagement. |
| July 8-24 | March to Warrenton, Va., thence to Culpeper Court House |
| August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Potomac |
| October 27- November 12 |
Moved to Nashville, Tenn. |
| November | Attached to Artillery Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
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1865
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| July 4 | Mustered out in Detroit |