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| 9th Kentucky Infantry, CSA Field and Staff |
The following is the roster of the Field and Staff for the 9th Kentucky Infantry, CSA. Our thanks to Don McReynolds, who took the
time to transcribe this for us.
| LAST_NAME | FIRST_NAME | MI | RANK | COMMISSION | ENLISTED | PLACE_ENLISTED | ADJ_NOTES | WHERE_FROM | ORPH_BRIG_NOTES |
| Caldwell | John | W | Colonel | 4/22/1863 | 9/22/1861 | Russellville KY | Was promoted successively from Capt of Co "A", was wounded at Shiloh 4/16/1861 , wounded again at Chickamauga 9/20/1863 | Russelville KY | Pg 434 In Thompson's History of the Orphan Brigade This gives a complete history of not only Colonel John W. Caldwell but of the Regiment. After the war he returned to Russellville and to his Law practice, represented 3rd District in KY Congress |
| Wickliffe | John | C | Lieutant Colonel | 4/22/1863 | 10/2/1861 | Camp Green River | Was promoted successively from Captain of Co "B" | Bardstown KY | Pg 447 In Thompson's History of the Orphan Brigade This gives a complete history of not only Lt Colonel John C Wickliffe but of the Regiment. |
| Hunt | Thomas | H | Colonel | 10/3/1861 | 10/1/1861 | Bowling Green KY | Organized regiment at Bowling Green KY was designated as the Fifth KY Inf. Gallant conduct on the field at Shiloh, Baton Rouge LA, was wounded at later place, meritorious conduct at Hartsville 12/7/1862 declined commission as Brig Gen. & resigned 4/1863 | Lexington KY | Pg 429 Thompson's History of the Orphan Brigade, In command of the 9th at Baton Rouge, Resigned toward the end of April 1863 do to his sense of duty to his family After the war he was located in New Orleans and died there 5/6/1884 |
| Gray | Henry | W | Assistant QM | 11/4/1861 | 11/4/1861 | Bowling Green KY | Served as Assistant QM of this regiment until 2/1862 when he resigned | Louisville KY | was appointed captain and assistant quartermaster, September 1861 and served with the regiment till February, 1862 when he resigned. |
| Perry | James | Mort | Assistant QM | 5/17/1862 | 9/22/1861 | Russellville KY | Was 1st Lt of Co. "A", promoted to Captain and Assistant QM 5/17/1862 | Russellville KY | Elected 1st Lt at organization and again at re-organization. Was assigned duty in QM Dept. 4/17/1862, fought at Shiloh but was confined to legitimate duties of his office tilll the close. Died in Louisville 4/1885 |
| Vacaro | Phil | Assistant CS | 11/14/1861 | Bowling Green KY | Was a member of Co "B" and appointed Assistant CS dropped 8/2/1862 | Louisville KY | Was appointed Captian and A. C. S. 1861 and served in the commissary dept. throughtout the war. | ||
| Bell | William | Adjutant | 1/28/1862 | 10/1861 | Bowling Green KY | was appointed Adjutant 1/28/1862, and mortally wounded at Shiloh 4/7/1862 and died from wounds at Memphis TN shortly after | Louisville KY | was appointed first lieutenant and adjutant October 1861. He was mortally wounded in the Battle at Shiloh, and died at Memphis shortly afterward. | |
| Pendleton | John | Ed | Surgeon | 10/6/1861 | 10/6/1861 | Russellville KY | Was appointed and assigned to Col. Thomas H. Hunt's regimentand served as regimental surgeon until after Baton Rouge. Assigned to Gen Breckinridge staff left with wounded at Mufreesboro, then appointed medical inspector for Cav. Army of Tennessee | Hartford | Engaged in the Battle of Baton Rouge,Medical inspector during the engagement of Stone River Native of Washington Co and graduated from the University of Louisville in 1854. He was assigned duty with the Ninth regiment, |
| Smith | Alfred | Surgeon | 3/21/1864 | 10/6/1861 | Bardstown KY | Was promoted to be Surgeon from Assistant Surgeon 3/21/1864 | Bardstown KY | ||
| Byrne | Walter | J | Surgeon | 11/26/1862 | Was assigned as Surgeon of this regiment as successor to Dr. John Ed Pendleton | Russellville KY | |||
| Hester | Benjamin | L | Assistant Surgeon | 10/1/1862 | North Carolina | Served with the Sixth Regiment KY Infantry from 12/1863 until 4/1864 and after with the 9th Regiment to the close of the war | North Carolina | Assigned to the Ninth in April 1864 and served with it till the remainer of the war. | |
| Bryson | John | H | Chaplain | 3/26/1862 | Tennessee | Was Chaplain of Crew's TN Battalion until that organization was disbanded after the battle of Shiloh, when assigned to this regiment and in Spring of 1863 was assigned to hospitals. | Tennessee | Assigned to this Battalion from March 1862 till Spring 1863 when he was assigned to duty in hospitals. | |
| Chipley | William | D | Adjutant | 3/1/1863 | 10/1/1861 | Camp Green River KY | was promoted to Adjutant from Sgt-Major, 3/1/1863, was wounded at Shiloh, Chickamauga and taken prisoner at Intrechment Creek 7/22/1864 | Louisville KY | Page 807 Thompson History of the Orphan Brigade |
| Cassidy | Alexander | Lt. Colonel | 10/3/1861 | Bowling Green KY | Was serving as Assistant Adjutant General on Staff of General Simon B. Bucker; was assigned to duty as Supt. of Enlistments and Recruits and temporarily with this regiment | ||||
| Desha | Benjamin | Major | 4/221863 | 10/18/1861 | Abingdon VA | was promoted successively from Captian of Co. "D", wouded at Shiloh 4/6/1861 and permanently disabled by wounds at Jonesboro 8/31/1864 | |||
| Patton | Alfred | Surgeon | |||||||
| Smith | Alfred | Assistant Surgeon | 3/21/1864 | 10/6/1861 | Bardstown KY | Was assigned to be Assistant Surgeon of this Regiment at organization and promoted to Surgeon | |||
| McClarty | Clinton | Assistant CS | 10/1861 | Bowling Green KY | Was after service with this regiment, appointed as Captain and Chief Commissary on Staff of General John C. Breckinridge | ||||
| Curd | Henry | M | Adjutant | 4/25/1862 | Corinth MS | Was 1st Lt. of Co "H" and appointed Adjutant , mortally wounded at Murfreesboro 12/30/1862 and died 1/2/1863 | |||
| Foulks | James | G | Ensign | 9/22/1861 | Russellville KY | Was a member of Co "A" and promoted to Ensign, wounded at Intrechment Creek 7/22/1864 | Logan Co | Same as Adjudant Records | |
| Green | John | W | Sergeant Major | 4/1863 | 10/18/1861 | Camp Green River KY | Was a member of Co "B" , was wounded at Shiloh and prisoner of war at Jonesboro, GA 10/1/1864 | ||
| Hawes | Henry | E | Commissary Sergeant | 10/2/1861 | Camp Green River KY | ||||
| Fry | Henry | W | QM Sergeant | 11/1/1861 | 10/2/1861 | Camp Green River KY | Was enlisted in Co "B" after appointment served in this capacity to the close of the war | ||
| Caldwell | John | H | Ordnance Sergeant | 1/30/1864 | 9/22/1861 | Russellville KY | Was enlisted in Co "A" , after appointment remained in this capacity till the close of the war | Russellville KY | Same as Adjudant Records |
| Price | J | F | Chief Musician | 3/8/1863 | 10/2/1861 | Camp Green River KY | Was enlisted in Co. "B" appointed Chief Musician for the Regiment |
