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Ninth Maine Infantry.
Drake's Brigade —
Ames's Division--Tenth Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | | | | 1 | | 1 | 21 |
| Company | A | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 22 | 22 | 195 |
| | B | 1 | 12 | 13 | | 20 | 20 | 191 |
| | C | | 10 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 180 |
| | D | 1 | 18 | 19 | | 33 | 33 | 195 |
| | E | 1 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 216 |
| | F | 1 | 19 | 20 | | 27 | 27 | 183 |
| | G | 1 | 20 | 21 | | 16 | 16 | 193 |
| | H | | 16 | 16 | | 19 | 19 | 184 |
| | I | 3 | 20 | 23 | | 24 | 24 | 197 |
| | K | 1 | 22 | 23 | | 27 | 27 | 218 |
| Totals | 10 | 172 | 182 | 3 | 236 | 239 | 1,973 |
Total of killed and wounded, 644.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Fernandina, Fla. | 1 | Cold Harbor, Va., | 23 |
| Morris Island, S. C., July 10, 1863 | 3 | Petersburg, Va., June 30, 1864 | 20 |
| Fort Wagner, S. C., July 11, 1863 | 5 | Petersburg Mine, Va. | 11 |
| Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863 | 24 | Petersburg Trenches, Va. | 19 |
| Siege of Fort Wagner, S. C. | 10 | Deep Bottom, Va. | 9 |
| Port Walthal, Va. | 1 | Chaffin's Farm, Va. | 16 |
| Arrowfield Church, Va. | 1 | Darbytown Road, Va. | 10 |
| Drewry's Bluff, Va. | 10 | Guard duty, April 10, 1862 | 1 |
| Ware Bottom Church, Va. | 16 | Picket, Va., May 23, 1864 | 2 |
Present, also, at
Bermuda Hundred;
Wilmington, N. C.
notes.--The Ninth left the
State Sept. 24, 1861, and in the next month sailed from
Fort Monroe for
Hilton Head, S. C. The year 1862 was spent in garrison duty at
Fernandina, Fla.; in January, 1863, it returned to
Hilton Head, where it remained on picket duty until June; then it joined the forces operating in
Charleston Harbor.
Led by
Colonel Emery, it participated in the assault of
Strong's Brigade on
Fort Wagner, and in the opening fight on
Morris Island captured two of the enemy's flags.
During the Siege of
Fort Wagner its casualties, in the assaults and in the trenches, amounted to 189 in killed, wounded, and missing.
In October, 1863, the regiment moved to
Black Island, S. C. While there, 416 of the original members reenlisted and received their furlough.
On April 18, 1864, the Ninth proceeded to
Gloucester Point, Va., where it was assigned to
Ames's Division, Tenth Corps.
Ascending the
James River, the troops landed at
Bermuda Hundred, and advanced immediately on the enemy's lines.
Severe fighting followed, and in the battle of May 20th, the casualties in the regiment were 9 killed, 39 wounded, and 4 missing. At Cold Harbor, having been transferred to the Eighteenth Corps, it joined in the assault with a loss of 12 killed, 55 wounded, and 5 missing. While in the trenches before
Petersburg, on June 30th, 1864, in an affair on the picket line, there was a loss of 7 killed, 34 wounded, and 5 missing, out of 102 who went into the fight.
The loss at
Deep Bottom was 5 killed, 21 wounded, and 29 missing. Only 201 were present for duty when ordered to Chaffin's Farm; in that battle,
Lieutenant-Colonel Gray fell at the head of the regiment.
