The 9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

(The 1st German Ohio Regiment)


NOTE THIS WEBSITE WILL BE CLOSED LATER THIS YEAR. THE NEW ADDRESS IS http://9thohioinfantry.yolasite.com

Recruiting Advertisement published in the Cincinnati Volksfreund on February 15, 1862


The Ninth Ohio Infantry was composed principally of native Germans from Cincinnati and had the honor of being the first Ohio regiment mustered into Federal service for three years. German Americans often referred to the regiment as die Neuner (�the Niners�). The regiment was especially noted for its successful bayonet charges at the battles of Mill Springs in Kentucky and Chickamauga in Georgia.

Col Gustav Kaemmerling
Die Neuner

Maj. August Willich,
Library of Congress

Col. Robert L. McCook
Cincinnati Central Turners

Capt. Adam Schuhmacher,
Company G,
Cincinnati Central Turners

Capt. Gustav Richter,
Company G,
Cincinnati Central Turners

Sgt.-Maj. Raimund Herrmann,
Die Neuner



Rosters, including over 100 photographs
Field Officers and Staff Band Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company G Company H Company I Company K


Average Age
Field Officers
35.0		 Staff

28.2		 Band

25.6		 Company A
24.4		 Company B
26.3		 Company C
26.1		 Company D
25.6		 Company E
24.6		 Company F
27.5		 Company G
26.3		 Company H
26.6		 Company I
27.1		 Company K
26.3

Birth Place of Officers and Enlisted Men

Germany, 1,014---Switzerland, 56
United States, 55--- France, 25
Russia, 3--- Holland, 1
At Sea, 1


Organization and Service

From Dyer's Compendium


Battles

Rich Mountain, W. Va. , July 10, 1861 ( Click Here)

Carnifex Ferry, W. Va., September 10, 1861 ( (Click Here)

Mill Springs, Ky., January 19, 1862 ( Click Here)

Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862 ( Click Here)

Hoover's Gap, Tenn., June 26, 1863 ( Click Here)

Chickamauga, Ga., September 19 and 20, 1863 ( Click Here)

Missionary Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863 ( Click Here)

Buzzard Roost, Ga., February 25, 1864

Resaca, Ga., May 13-16, 1864


Losses

Killed by the enemy, 56
Died later of wounds, 32
Missing, 12
Died of illness, 31
Discharged for disabilities, 164
Ordered discharged, presumed dead, etc., 89
Resigned, 18
Transferred to other units, 79
Mustered out June 7, 1864, 674

Source:"We Were the Ninth" pages 198-99.

Listing of Soldiers Killed, Died From Wounds and Missing.


Andersonville Prison

Listing of Soldiers Imprisoned at Andersonville, Georgia


"Niners" from Kentucky

Listing of "Niners" from Kentucky


Burial Places of Officers and Enlisted Men"

Listing of Grave Sites�A to K

Listing of Grave Sites�L to Z


Bibliography

See Bibliography


Images


9th Ohio Monument on Snodgrass Hill, Chickamauga National Military Park

Courtesy of Harry Smeltzer

Battle of Mill Springs

March, camp and fight with two Germans of the 9th Ohio Infantry. In the fall of 2009 With a Strong German Hurrah: Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and William Staengel, 9th Ohio Infantry will be released by a noted university press. This will the first book of translated and edited letters authored by members of this intepid regiment ever published.


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