9th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry

Brief History
Organized at Camp Stanton, Maryland, November 11-30, 1863. Duty at Benedict, Maryland, till March, 1864. Moved to Port Royal, South Carolina, March 3-7. Designation changed to 81st U.S. Colored Troops, April 4, 1864. Mustered out November 26, 1866.


 * History of the Nineth USC Troops from its organization til muster out: with list of names of all officers and enlistd men who belonged to the regiment. by John A. Balch and George M. Dennett. FHL|item|819837microfiche 6118605


 * 9th Regiment United States Colored Troops, Volunteers of Maryland, Civil War, 1863-1866. By Anges Kane Callum C. 1999. Mullac publishers in {Baltimore, Md.]

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.

Company A

Company B Organized at Benedict, Charles County, Maryland

Company C Mustered in at Benedict, Charles County, Maryland

Company D Mustered in at Camp Stanton, Benedict, Charles Co., Maryland

Company E Mustered in at Camp Stanton, Benedict, Charles Co., Maryland

Company F Men from the easter shore of Virginia and the counties of Worcester, Somerset, Calvert, and St. Mary's Maryland

Company G One third of the men in this company were free at enlistment. Worcester County, Marland

Company H Camp Stanton, Benedict, Charles Co., Maryland

Company I

Company K Somerset County, Maryland

National Archives Catalog

 * Regimental and Company Books of the 9th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Union Volunteers 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.


 * Union Volunteers in the Civil War describes many Union sources, specifically for the Union Volunteers, 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 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.


 * Balch, John A. History of the Ninth U.S.C. Troops, from its organization till muster out : with list of names of all officers and enlisted men who have ever belonged to the regiment. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1994),.


 * FamilySearch Wiki: Maryland in the Civil War and South Carolina in the Civil War


 * Maryland Military and  South Carolina Military