United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
The 9th West Virginia Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 96 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 107 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| November 10 | Affair at Guyandotte |
| November 28 to April 30 | Organized at Guyandotte. Duty at Guyandotte, W. Va. attached to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia. Assigned to garrison duty in the Kanawha Valley by detachments at Fayette, Gauley Bridge, Summerville, Point Pleasant, Coalsmouth and Calhou. |
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1862
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| May | Attached to 4th Brigade, Kanawha Division, Mountain Department in West Virginia |
| May 8-21 | Scout in Roane and Clay Counties |
| July 25 | Affair at Summerville (Companies A & F) |
| July 28 | Moved to Flat Top Mountain |
| August 14 | To Summerville and Gauley |
| September 1-16 | Campaign in the Kanawha Valley. Attached to District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio. |
| September 10 | Repulse of Loring’s attack on Fayetteville |
| September 11 | Cotton Hill, Charleston and Gauley Ferry |
| September 13 | Charleston |
| September-January | At Point Pleasant |
| September 9 | Major Isaac Duval of the 1st Virginia Infantry transferred in and was promoted to Colonel of the 9th. |
| October 21-November 10 | Expedition up the Kanawha Valley |
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1863
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| January | At Winchester and Beverly. Attached to Milroy’s Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
| February | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps |
| April 25-30 | Scout to Wardensville, Strasburg, etc. |
| May 4 | Winchester |
| May 23 | West Creek |
| June 18 | Winchester |
| June 20 | West Virginia was admitted to the Union and the regiment was redesignated the 9th West Virginia Infantry Regiment. |
| June | Duty in the Kanawha Valley attached to 1st Brigade, Scammon’s Division, West Virginia |
| August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Scammon’s Division, West Virginia |
| December | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia |
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| April | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
| May | Crook’s Expedition against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
| May 2-19 | Action at Cloyd’s Mountain |
| May 9 | New River Bridge |
| May 10 | Cove Mountain or Grassy Lick near Wytheville |
| May 12-13 | Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain |
| May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Expedition against Lynchburg |
| June 11 | Lexington |
| June 17 | Diamond Hill |
| June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
| June 19-July 1 | Retreat to Charleston |
| June 20 | Buford’s Gap |
| June 21 | About Salem |
| July 12-15 | Moved to Shenandoah Valley |
| July 20 | Stephenson’s Depot |
| July 23-24 | Battle of Kernstown, Winchester |
| July 25 | Martinsburg |
| August 6-November 1 | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 24 and 26 | Halltown |
| September 3 | Berryville |
| September 19 | Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
| September 22 | Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October-November | At Camp Russell |
| November 9 | Consolidated with 5th West Virginia Infantry to form 1st West Virginia Veteran Infantry. |