9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
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|unit_name= 9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
|image=Flag of Rhode Island.svg
|caption=
|dates= May 26, 1862 to September 2, 1862
|country= United States
|allegiance= Union
|branch= Infantry
|equipment=
|battles= American Civil War
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| title=Rhode Island U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
| previous=7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment{{NoteTag|The 8th Regiment never completed its organization.{{sfnp|Dyer|1908|p=1635}}}}
| next=10th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
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The 9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War; raised in Rhode Island and seeing service between May and September 1862.{{sfnmp|1a1=Dyer|1y=1908|1p=1635|2a1=Federal Publishing Company|2y=1908|2p=249}}
History
Organized at Providence May 26, 1862, the 9th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment moved to Washington, D. C., by detachments on May 27 and 29. Duty at Camp Frieze, Tennallytown, till July. Moved to Fairfax Seminary, Va., July 1. Garrison duty in the Defences of Washington till September. Company "A" at Fort Greble, "B" at Fort Meigs, "C" at Fort Ricketts, "D" at Fort Snyder, "E" and "K" at Fort Baker, "F" at Fort Carroll, "G" at Fort Dupont, "H" at Fort Wagner, "I" at Fort Stanton and "L" at Fort Davis. Mustered out September 2, 1862.
Service
Garrison duty in Washington, D.C.
Losses
The Regiment lost 4 soldiers by disease.
See also
Notes/References/Sources
Notes
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References
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Sources
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- {{cite book|last=Dyer|first=Frederick Henry|author-link=Frederick H. Dyer|title=A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion|publisher=Dyer Pub. Co.|place=Des Moines, IA|date=1908|asin=B01BUFJ76Q|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OBkNAQAAMAAJ/page/1225/mode/1up?view=theater|format=PDF|access-date=August 8, 2015|pages=33, 229, 353, 354, 356, 357, 1635, 1787 }}{{PD-notice}}
- {{cite book |last1=Eicher |first1=David J. |author1-link=David J. Eicher |last2=McPherson |first2=James M. |author2-link=James M. McPherson |last3=McPherson |first3=James Alan |author3-link=James Alan McPherson |name-list-style=amp |title=The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=1st |date=2001 |location=New York, NY |pages=990 |language=en |url=https://archive.org/details/longestnightmili00eich |access-date=6 July 2020 |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-7432-1846-7 |oclc=231931020 |lccn=2001034153 |format=PDF}}
- {{cite book |last=Esposito |first=Vincent J. |title=West Point Atlas of American Wars |publisher=Frederick A. Praeger Publishers |date=1959 |location=New York City |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3701sm.gcw0097000/?sp=1&st=grid |isbn=978-0-8050-3391-5 |oclc=60298522 |access-date=6 July 2020 |url-access=registration}}
- {{cite book |author=Federal Publishing Company|title=Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, And Delaware|publisher=Federal Publishing Company|series=The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers.|volume=I|date=1908 |location=Madison, WI |url=https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory01madi/page/53/mode/1up|oclc=694018100 |format=PDF |page=248}}{{PD-notice}}
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Category:Military units and formations established in 1862
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1862
Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Rhode Island
Category:1862 establishments in Rhode Island
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