9th Regiment, Georgia Infantry - Confederate

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Brief History

"Organized during the late spring of 1861, contained men from Wilkinson, Walton, Chattooga, Clay, Talbot, Baldwin, Fayette, Brooks, Troup, and Sumter counties.

For more information on the history of the 9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, see the following:

The Wikipedia article, 9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, (accessed 18 October 2011)

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 790 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

• Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see -  Roster on page 993
  
• Company A - ("Irwin Guards") Wilkes County - see - Roster on page  995; USGenWeb
  
• Company B - ('Chattooga Volunteers") Chattooga County - see - Roster on page 1003; USGenWeb
  
• Company C - ("Hillyer Rifles") Walton County - see - Roster on page 1011;  USGenWeb
  
• Company D - ("Fort Gaines Guards") Clay County - see - Roster on page 1020;  USGenWeb
  
• Company E - ("Baldwin County Volunteers") Baldwin County - see - Roster on page 1026;  USGenWeb
  
• Company F - ("Atlanta Greys") Fulton County - see - Roster on page 1034;  USGenWeb
  
• Company G - ("LaFayette Volunteers") Walker County - see Roster on page 1040;   USGenWeb;  USGenWeb
  
• Company H - ("Brooks County Rifles") Brooks County - see Roster on page 1048;  USGenWeb
  
• Company I - ("Toombs Guards") Bulloch County - see Roster on page 1054;  USGenWeb
  
• Company K - ("Americus Volunteer Rifles") Sumter County - see Roster on page 1060;  USGenWeb
  

Georgia, and Lillian Henderson. 1959. Roster of the Confederate soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Hapeville, Ga: Longina & Porter. WorldCat  FHL Collection  HATHI TRUST Digital Library; also on USGenWeb

Other Sources

• Croom, Wendell D.The war-history of Company "C", (Beauregard volunteers) Sixth Georgia regiment (infantry): with a graphic account of each member. (Atlanta, [Georgia]: Georgia Department of Archives and History, 1964). FHL Film 847855 Item 3

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Georgia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc
  

• The 9th Georgia Volunteer Infantry website at: http://9thgeorgiainfantry.org contains photos of men in uniform from the regiment, a history, newspaper articles, regimental battleflag, and a searchable roster of the soldier.

• Cobb, Angela W. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Burke County, Georgia 1861-1865. (Baltimore, Maryland : Gateway Press, c1998), FHL book 975.865 M2c