9th Regiment, Ohio Infantry

Brief History
The 9th Regiment, Ohio Infantry mustered in May 27 to June 13, 1861 at Camp Dennison, Ohio. They were mustered out June 7, 1864 at Camp Dennison, Ohio.

For more information on the history of 9th Ohio Infantry see the following:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 9th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 29 August 2012).
 * The wikipedia article, 9th Ohio Infantry (accessed 12 October 2011)
 * Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War, 9th Ohio Infantry
 * Ohio Civil War Central, 9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (Three Years Service) (1861 - 1864), (accessed 2 November 2016).

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 2561 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

County listing from Steve Ward's Buckeyes All, Part I Revised, is given on Larry Stevens' Ohio in the Civil War web page, 9th Ohio Infantry.

Other Sources

 * 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 ‘Ohio 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.


 * Ohio in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Ohio, 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.


 * Grebner, Constantin. We were the ninth : a history of the Ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April 17, 1861, to June 7, 1864. (Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1987), and Die Neuner : eine Schilderung der Kriegsjahre des 9ten Regiments Ohio Vol. Infanterie, vom 17 April 1861 bis 7 Juni 1864. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, 1993),


 * Wittke, Carl. The Ninth Ohio Volunteers : a page from the Civil War record of the German Turners of Ohio. (Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Historical Society, 1988),