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 912
 * Company A - ("Rome Light Guard") Floyd County - see - Roster on page 916
 * Company B - ('Oglethorpe Light Infantry") Chatham County - see - Roster on page 923
 * Company C - ("Macon Guards") Bibb County - see - Roster on page 934
 * Company D - ("Echols Guards") Meriwether County - see - Roster on page 941
 * Company E - ("Miller Rifles") Floyd County - see - Roster on page 947
 * Company F - ("Atlanta Greys") Fulton County - see - Roster on page 955
 * Company G - ("Pulaski Volunteers") Pulaski County - see Roster on page 963 (History on page 971)
 * Company H - ("Floyd Infantry") Floyd County - see Roster on page 972
 * Company I - ("Stephens Light Guards" or "Greene Light Guards") Greene County - see Roster on page 980
 * Company K - ("Oglethorpe Rifles") Oglethorpe County - see Roster on page 986

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

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).


 * 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.