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9th Virginia Infantry

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Company Unknown

General

Brigadier General took command of the Armistead Brigade after General Armistead was killed at Gettysburg. Later he commanded 1st Brigade in the 2nd Corp (Stonewall's Brigade), until his capture at Sayler's Creek. He is buried in the Confederate Memorial Cemetary in Fredricksburg VA.
Contributor David BartonDate added 1/18/2006

Company Unknown

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Joseph ParsellDate added 4/25/2015

Company A

2nd Lieutenant

Enlisted in 1862. Captured at Five Forks on April 1, 1865. Sent to Johnson Island. Released in June 1865 and returned to Petersburg
Contributor Richard E. H. WentzDate added 7/3/2026

Company A

Corporal

Enlisted as a Corporal in Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 14 May 1861. Courtmartialed and demoted to Full Private on 12 September 1861. Absent/sick on 08 May 1862 (on Surgeon''s Certificate). Transferred from Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment Virginia to Salem Flying Light Artillery Regiment Virginia on 08 May 1862. Returned on 18 July 1863. Transferred from Salem Flying Light Artillery Regiment Virginia to Company C, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 17 September 1863. Hospitalized on 04 June 1864 at Richmond, VA with dysentery. Returned on 15 June 1864. Absent/leave on 12 February 1865 at Salem, VA. (No further record) (Was married to Martha Epes White, sister of my great-great-grandfather Samuel White.)
Contributor Diane FordDate added 3/17/2004

Company A

Private

Enlisted as a Private in Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 14 May 1861 at the age of 19. Transferred from Company A, 9th Infantry Regiment Virginia to Salem Flying Light Artillery Regiment Virginia on 08 May 1862. POW on 14 September 1862 at Hagerstown, MD. Exchanged on 06 October 1862. (Sent home) Transferred to Company C, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 15 May 1863. Absent/sick on 15 June 1863. (On Surgeon''s Certificate) Transferred to Salem Flying Light Artillery Regiment Virginia on 15 August 1863 in Fredericksburg, VA. Detailed on 01 April 1864. (On horse detail) Returned on 30 April 1864. POW on 24 May 1864 at Fort Kennon, VA. Confined on 15 June 1864 at Fort Monroe, VA. (Held hostage for colored troops) Confined on 15 July 1864 at Point Lookout, MD. Exchanged on 06 March 1865. (Samuel was my great-great-grandfather.)
Contributor Diane FordDate added 3/17/2004

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Al WashingtonDate added 7/22/2009

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charlie OatesDate added 6/13/2013

Company C

Private

John Thomas Morrissett is my great great great grandfather
Contributor Edward ThomasDate added 9/23/2018

Company C

Sergeant

Enlisted Chesterfield CH. Discharged Chimborazo Hosp. Dec. 7, 1862. Prpvided sub.
Contributor Donald WellsHomepage http://www.geocities.com/ninthva/9thVADate added 11/26/2006

Company C

Private

Enlisted Craney Island, Norfolk, Va. Apr. 11, 1862. Sent to Petersburg from Chimborazo Mar. 25, 1865.
Contributor Don WellsHomepage http://www.geocities.com/ninthva/9thVADate added 11/26/2006

Company C

Private

Archer D. Wooldridge was from Chesterfield County, Virginia. He enlisted in Co. C, 9th. Virginia Infantry. He was paroled April 21, 1865 at Burkeville Station, Va. He is not my direct kin, his later Wooldridges were joined by marriage.
Contributor Jerry DunfordDate added 3/13/2017

Company D

1st Sergeant

Wounded at Pickett's Charge. Kept his right hand attached in spite of the injury. Captured and sent to Ft. Delaware POW camp. After the war, was a carpenter and ran an orphanage. Helped to build 1st Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth, VA. Buried in Portsmouth. My great-granddaddy
Contributor Jeff JamesDate added 3/23/2012

Company D

Major

Captured at Gettysburg 3 July 1863 sent to Fort Delaware then transferred to Point Lookout Prison in Maryland on 14 March 1865. He survived Point Lookout to return to Portsmouth, Va.
Contributor Peg RichardsonDate added 2/5/2008

Company D

Sergeant

Enlisted 27 April 1861 at Portsmouth, VA. Age 22 when enlisted
Contributor Randolph HerrmannDate added 12/4/2009

Company D

Private

Enlisted 27 April 1861 at Portsmouth, VA. with his brother George Walton. John was 20 years of age when he enlisted. Mustered out 01 April 1862
Contributor Randolph HerrmannDate added 12/4/2009

Company E

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jeff WaggenerDate added 4/18/2015

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor David ButlerDate added 4/26/2007

Company E

Rank unknown

I am not a relative but was researching a cemetery and came across a grave stone for AB Clay 9 VA Company E- CSA 1847-1913. It is located at the corner of Genito and Old Hundred Road at an old Baptist Cemetary in Midlothian VA 23112
Contributor Greg HainesDate added 12/7/2008

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jeri MoxleyDate added 6/5/2011

Company F

Private

Died a prisoner of war on November 17, 1863 at Fort Delaware, Delaware.
Contributor Arturo E. LaraDate added 4/6/2015

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ronnie RanewDate added 11/11/2007

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ronnie RanewDate added 11/11/2007

Company H

Private

great great grandfathers brother captured @ Five Forks,Va Apr,5 1865
Contributor David CabanissDate added 4/13/2017

Company H

Private

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 View Record Name John R. Pamplin Side Confederate Regiment State/Origin Virginia Regiment 9th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Company H Rank In Private Rank Out Private Film Number M382 roll 42 Other Records 9th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Contributor Jesse HartleDate added 4/18/2018

Company H

Private

Was my 2x gr.uncle. Captured at Five Forks, Dinwiddie, Virginia 1 April 1865. POW taken to City Point, Virginia 5 April 1865,then taken to Point Lookout, Maryland. Took Oath of Allegiance 19 June 1865.
Contributor Vonda WhirleyDate added 6/17/2015

Company H

Private

Was my 2x gr.uncle.Captured Five Forks,Dinwiddie, Virginia 1 April 1865. POW arrived City Point, Va. 5 April 1865 then taken to Point Lookout, Maryland. Too Oath of Allegiance 19 June 1865.
Contributor Vonda WhirleyDate added 6/17/2015

Company H

Private

David Francis Wells was a Hargrave Blue from Dinwiddie, VA. He enlisted June 11, 1861 in Petersburg, VA under Captain Arthur M. Goodwyn. Enlisted for 12 months service. Reinlisted Aprl 30, 1862 for 3 years. Admitted to Wayside Hospital/General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond, VA on Dec 9th 1863. Transferred to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond Dec 12, 1863 for pneumonia. Treated at CSA General Hospital in Danville, VA for Catarrhus Feb 29, 1864. Returned to duty March 15, 1864. August 23, 1864, admitted to CSA General Hospital, Danville, VA for chronic ulcer of the leg. Returned to duty Sept. 20, 1864. Arrives at City Point, VA (presently Hopewell, VA) on April 5, 1865 after being captured at the Battle of Five Forks on April 2, 1865. Released June 22, 1865 after signing (with an 'X') the Oath of Allegiance to the United States from Point Lookout, MD. Resident of Dinwiddie Co., VA. Complexion fair; hair light; eye blue; height 5 ft 8 in.
Contributor Kristen AlgerDate added 6/5/2011

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Stuart WHEELHOUSEDate added 7/12/2018

Company I

Sergeant

http://www.9thvirginia.com/coi.html My maternal great-great grandfather (1824-?) Occupation: Farmer Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson (1829-1893)
Contributor Tom WilliamsDate added 2/26/2016

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Linda MorseDate added 7/9/2014

Company K

Sergeant

TJ Dashiell was captured unwounded at the Angle July 3, 1863, exchanged, recaptured at Five Forks, parolled 1865.
Contributor Dan LimbDate added 4/20/2004

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