CLARENCE LINDEN: I have an ancestor who was in the 9th and captured at the Battle of Germantown, according to the Revolutionary War military records. Virginia, July 2021. . Physician in Buffalo, W.Va., postwar. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Colonel Mathews conduct and the confusion of the early morning fog, a large portion of the 6th Virginia of Weedons 2nd Virginia Brigade charged forth with them, led by Maj. Oliver Towles. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Waller was promoted to colonel, Major Samuel A. Swann was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Robert H. Pratt was promoted to major. as a member of the 9th Virginia Cavalry. No further [35] Pvt. No other record. other records. The British troops found that the Virginians had been ransacking their camp and this only enraged the British more. Our particular group has two separate camps at events, one for our military impression and one for our civilian impression. In the advance, Colonel Mathews and his regiment were joined by other Virginians. : unfavorable report of the Army Medical Board, despite the fact that Johnston The regiment participated in the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown. Captain Charles Robinson of Company C was wounded by a sabre blow to the head and taken prisoner, and Captain Haynes was wounded. As is frequent, with departmental staff officers of the 9th Cavalry, The numerical designation was then given to the old 13th Virginia Regiment. No other records. The regiment was . The cadres for these regiments were drawn from the regiments which Virginia had sent to the field in 1775 and 1776. The counties of Accomack and Northampton constituted one district and was referred to as Accomack District Minute Battalion. Market Place, now Market Square, Germantown, PA, c. 1905 (Library of Congress). b. regiment. The 9th Virginia Cavalry is a founding member of Civil War reenacting in the northwest. age 36. Philadelphia. By the fall of 1776, the 9th Virginia Regiment had over 700 names on its muster roll. 2. HAYDEN, Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Virginia_Regiment, RevWarTalk Community Guidelines Privacy Terms info@revwartalk.com. The Goolsby brothers, Benjamin Taylor, and other men of the regiment died alongside around 275 other Americans at the Walnut Street Jail. : The next day, the 1st Virginia State Regiment was assigned to replace the 9th Virginia in General Muhlenbergs Brigade and later the Virginia General Assembly officially ordered the 1st Virginia State Regiment to serve in continental service until the 9th Virginia was reorganized and recruited.[37]. John Blair who had taken command of Captain Joynes old company. John Hays and his riflemen came from Gloucester County. No other The 100 Best American Revolution Books of All Time, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0646, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-10-02-0107, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0403, The Eastern Shore Battalion: The Story of the 9th Virginia Regiment, Perspectives on the Ten Crucial Days of the Revolution, This Week on Dispatches: Gene Procknow on Ethan Allen and Revolutionary-Era Newspapers. List of battleships of the United States Navy, United States Army Center of Military History, http://www.history.army.mil/books/revwar/contarmy/ca-fm.htm, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army, Military units and formations established in 1775, Military units and formations disestablished in 1779. Pvt. JETT, The only record on this Chaplain of the regiment. : It lost 9 killed, 34 wounded, and 23 missing of the 150 at Malvern Hill, and of the 318 engaged at Gettysburg more than half were disabled. It surrendered 1 officer and 26 men. JONES, No other records. Some of the men serving as sharpshooters in the vicinity of theRummel Barnbut most of the Command participating in the charges made by the Cavalry during the afternoon. During the war it was attached to General Armistead's, Barton's, and Steuart's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. JOHNSON, Though the 9th Virginia Regiment had effectively ceased to be a unit after Germantown, some of its officers and men continued to serve for the remainder of the war. POW at Bermuda Hundred, 4/4/65, took the oath and went to Philadelphia. Those who died in the jail were dragged outside and buried in a ditch. Those who werent exchanged were put on ships and taken to confinement in New York; the officers were taken to Long Island. : : 1862, Nelson Co. Randolph had been surgeon with Cobbs Legion and the 5th N.C. Of particular interest was the description of the POWs held in Philadelphia the fate of those held in New York City prisons and ships is well documented but the cruel treatment and hardships they faced in Philadelphia arent as well known. This failed when the guards realized that one more woman exited the jail than had entered. [18], After the fierce fighting around Cliveden had ended and General Sullivans and Waynes men had been driven off, the British units shifted to their right and focused their attack on General Greenes men. In 1896, Yerby was a "wealthy and respected citizen of 9th Regiment, Virginia Infantry Overview: 9th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Portsmouth, Virginia, in July, 1861. William Cunningham, whose brutality was also felt in New York. Beale, Company A, Stafford Rangers, established May 6th 1861Company B, Caroline Light Dragoons, established May 6th 1861Company C, Lees Light Horse (Westmoreland), established May 25th 1861Company D, Lancaster Cavalry, established April 25th 1861Company E, Mercer Calvary (Spotsylvania), established April 25th 1861Company F, Essex Light Dragoons, established June 10th 1861Company G, Lunenburg Light Dragoons, established June 7th 1861Company H, Lees Rangers (King William), established June 10th 1861Company I, Potomac Cavalry (King George), established October 12th 1861Company K, Richmond County Cavalry, established October 24th 1861. It was again reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Virginia Regiment on 1 January 1781 to consist of two companies. dropped at the April 1862 reorganization. It fought mostly with theArmy of Northern Virginia. W.F. It Campbell spent the latter portion of 1780 in Richmond and carried Virginia government funds for military purposes on his return to the western frontier (see Steuben to Jefferson, 16 Dec., Jefferson to James . U.S. Military Academy. Photo, Print, Drawing [Brigadier General Theodore Harvey Barrett of Co. G, 9th Minnesota Infantry Regiment and Field and Staff, 62nd U.S. : It It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, and Culpeper Court House. On a list of rebel deserters who took the oath at City Point on 4/12/65 and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=9th_Virginia_Cavalry_Regiment&oldid=1126802775, Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Virginia, Military units and formations established in 1862, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from public domain works of the United States Government, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 09:07. b. Sept. 1814. att. He became an aide on Ewell's staff : Its members were raised in Upshur, Augusta, Highland, Bath, Pendleton, and Rockbridge counties. : : Commissioned The only record on Rankin is of his parole at Northumberland C.H., 5/8/65. : You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The only record is of his desertion on 7/22/64. These We elect our officers and board members at yearly elections. Pvt. Bill. Paroled at Bowling Green, 5/5/65. Philadelphia. Well done! [1]E.M. Sanchez-Saavedra, A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787(Heritage Books; Westminster, MD 2007), 12. Its field officers were Colonels David J. Godwin, James J. Phillips, and Francis H. Smith; Lieutenant Colonels James S. Gilliam, John T. L. Preston, and William J. Richardson; and Majors Stapleton Crutchfield, Mark B. Hardin, and John C. Owens. JAVASCRIPT IS DISABLED. of Richmond Co. : It was subsequently organized between February 5 and March 16, 1776 and comprised seven companies of troops from easternmost Virginia. Deserter, took the oath on 9/7/64, and was sent to Philadelphia. The 9th Virginia Regiment was authorized in the Virginia State Troops on January 11, 1776. Lt. Col. of Virginia troops, April FIRST CORPS. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment in uniform] / J.W. The regiment joined General George Washington 's army in December 1776, in which it embarked on Washington's Philadelphia campaign. as a member of the 9th Virginia Cavalry. Cavalry before joining the regiment. U.Va. but no dates or details are available. JOHN H.: Returned to Washington's Main Army in November 1777. 5'6" tall. RUSSELL: : on oath on 5/30/65. He was discharged at Valley Forge. View Our Guestbook Colonel Burgess Ball [4], and Major John Fitzgerald. A few years after his wife Peggy died, William married a second time, in April of 1809, this marriage being to Margaret Kirkpatrick of Little Calf . Entered Valley Forge with the 5th Virginia Regiment and the 1st Virginia Regiment. During the advance into the British camp, Stephens rode up to the 9th Virginia, who he described as advancing with spirit. He ordered them to charge at a body of British troops in his front. From the War Department marker for F. Lees Brigade on the Antietam battlefield: The 3rd, 4th and 9th Virginia Cavalry of Lees Brigade reached the field late in the afternoon of the 15th and took position on the extreme left of the Confederate ArmyOn the night of the 16th the Brigade was massed near the river in support of the Horse Artillery. [30] Its major was congressman Kellian Whaley . David and James Ashby left their homes in Accomack County to serve together in Captain Daviss Company. It is not nearly the costs. Johnson served as Lt. Col. then Col. of the 9th Cav. [33] Those who were exchanged either reenlisted or were discharged, for their two years enlistment had run out in February. The only slip on record does not show a company, and declares that this man on 6/16/64. Starting with the experiment with minute battalions was especially impressive, given how little is recorded on that. Captains John Cropper, Levin Joynes, Thomas Snead, George Gilchrist, Thomas Parramore, and John Poulson commanded the companies from Accomack County, while Capt. The flag of the ceremonial 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, Corps of the Continental Line, is carried in the background. SETTLE, He became an aide on Ewell's staff The 9th Virginia marched as part of Gen. Nathanael Greenes wing and formed part of the attack on the British right flank. Like many units, the 9th Virginia saw family members joining together. d. The Fleming Family (Continued), The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography24, no. Tell us if these pages helped you learn about the cavalry. JOHNSON, [40] He, along with other comrades who had been disabled at the battle, received pensions for their injuries starting in 1778. [20] [36], Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, who assumed command of the brigade after the battle, had lost an entire regiment that weakened his brigade. : : Colonel Fleming marched his regiment, now clad in new brown regimental coats with red facings, out of Virginia and northward to defend the capital city. deserted at City Point on 4/12/65. : [27]McGuire, The Philadelphia Campaign, 2:133. Capt. [2] The unit was consolidated with the 1st Virginia Regiment on May 12, 1779, and the consolidated unit was designated as the 1st Virginia Regiment. F Company was an infantry company in the United States Army's 78th "Lightning" Division's second battalion of the 310th Infantry Regiment. (J.M. d. June 9, 1908, Richmond. [15]Thomas McGuire, The Philadelphia Campaign: Germantown and the Roads to Valley Forge(Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2006), 2:101. Journal of the American Revolution is the leading source of knowledge about the American Revolution and Founding Era. Lees Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. In a Richmond hospital in June 1864. in May 1863. d. King William HART, I have been wondering if there is any record of what happened to him after capture. b. Sept. 1814. att. Asst. Paroled at Bowling Green, 5/8/65. This possibly could have been Fifer James Parsons, who remembered escaping capture at the battle. The 9th Virginia Regiment of 1776, as a unit, had ceased to exist. : The regiment was commanded by Colonel Richard L.T. Designated as the 9th Virginia, it was sometimes referred to early in the war as the Eastern Shore Regiment due to its station and the number of recruits from that region. W.V. Paroled at Burkesville Jct., April 14-17, 1865. : Lees Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia. Did the British keep records of their prisoners and their deaths? record. d. October 20, 1915 in Stafford Co. age 82. 6 Likes, 0 Comments - Matthew Holmes (@virginia_fire_eaters_dna) on Instagram: "Pvt. Newspaper obituary identifies him Resident Surgeon of the 9th Cav., 9/9/62 and present thru Oct. 1864. d. May 29, 1887 in GW had indicated the need for a current return of the 9th Virginia Regiment when he wrote Gov. JOHN EVANS: W.A. Cumming also served with the 63rd Georgia dropped at the April 1862 reorganization. 12 (1931), 23. Ketural Wilkerson (18551896) Although It fought in many conflicts from Seven Pines to Gettysburg and after serving in North Carolina participated in the Battle of Drewry's Bluff. JAMES WILLIAM. Followed again by Major Towles 6th Virginia, they fell back toward Kellys Hill and rallied to make a stand.