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9th Pennsylvania Reserves

Organized: near Pittsburg, PA; mustered in 6/28/1861

 

Commanding Officers on the Antietam Campaign:
  LCol. Robert Anderson
  Capt. Samuel B. Dick

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - First Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 1st Corps
  Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps


Unit history

At its organization in June 1861 field officers elected were: Conrad F. Jackson, Colonel; Robert Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel, and James M'Kinney Snodgrass, Major. The two former had seen service in the Mexican war. The latter was at the time Major General of the Eighteenth Division of the State militia.

By the 2nd battle of Bull Run, Colonel Jackson had been promoted to be a Brigadier General, and had been assigned to the command of the Third Brigade, the command of the regiment devolving upon Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, who was subsequently commissioned Colonel, to date from 15th of July, 1862.

On the Antietam Campaign

On September 14th at South Mountain the brigade commander, Col Gallagher, was wounded and LCol Anderson of the 9th assumed the Brigade command. The regiment command devloved on Capt Dick, Company F (Major Snodgrass being at the time sick in hospital at Washington).

Maps Showing this Unit

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
Tablet #15: Meade's Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #31: Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #11: Meade's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
Tablet #24: Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

More on the Web

See a fine site about the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves.

References & Notes

Source: Bates, Samuel P., History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg, 1868-1871.; Extracted online at the Pennsylvania in the Civil War site.

We have 73 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtBussing, Thomas D.WIA   09/17
APvtChamberlain, H. H.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
APvtCopley, John SibbetMWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
ASgtDarlington, Edward PowellMWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
APvtForrest, William E.MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
APvtMcClurg, William MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
APvtMcElavey, James MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
A PvtRodgers, George W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtBoeing, Richard WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtDanner, Matthias KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
BPvtLerch, John MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
B LtLongbein, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtMiller, Edward WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtNaw, Jacob WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtRoab, George WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
B PvtSchumacher, A. KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtBarrett, John WIA   09/17
CSgtMahaffey, Robert KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C PvtScott, Alexander KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
C CorpSnively, Joseph KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
CPvtSwartzlander, Adam KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtAdams, Samuel KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
D PvtAunks, William WashingtonWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
D PvtBishop, John WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
D PvtConoby, Jacob WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
D PvtDowden, Samuel WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtFallenstein, Ernst HenryKIA   09/14     We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
D PvtJohnston, Robert WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtMarsh, Hiram KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
D PvtMcDonald, George WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
DPvtReed, William KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
D CorpShuster, John W. WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtBargesser, Walker WIA   09/17
E CorpBassett, Samuel KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtBeatty, Henry KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtBrogan, Edward WIA   09/17
E PvtCarnahan, Jerome KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
E PvtHopkins, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
E PvtMcClelland, Thomas KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
EPvtRichey, John KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
E PvtRodgers, Hugh KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtBarnes, Samuel Died (d)   11/02     We have some details for this person
FPvtBingham, Lewis W.WIA   09/17
F PvtChapman, Henry KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FCaptDick, Samuel Bernard        We have some details for this person
F CorpGrimes, William H.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
FPvtMcCormick, David BardDied (d)   10/07     We have some details for this person
GCorpChaffee, Charles H.WIA   09/17
G PvtChambers, William W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtJohnson, Samuel WIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
GPvtRothermel, Peter MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HCorpAnderson, J. P.WIA   09/17
HCorpAndrews, James B.WIA   09/17
H PvtBeatty, Walter L.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HSgtBlanchard, Henry W.WIA   09/17
H PvtLemmon, Robert W.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
H PvtMcClain, Andrew KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
HPvtNess, Robert MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
H CorpVanlier, Dennis KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtBaker, Samuel D.KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
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IPvtBurt, Thomas WIA   09/17
I PvtGraham, David P.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
IPvtMilligan, George KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
IPvtReiff, Jacob KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtBarnett, John KIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
K PvtChess, John A.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtChevalier, John KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
K PvtCochenaur, Jacob KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtDickson, William S.MWIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
KPvtKingsland, John W.MWIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
K PvtMullen, Jacob C.KIA   09/17     We have some details for this person
F&SLColAnderson, Robert         We have some details for this person

 

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