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New Jersey 9th Volunteer Infantry (Union)

1/10/61

Organized - New Jersey 9th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey

7/02/62

Battle - Roanoke Island - Roanoke Island, North Carolina; Croatan Island, North Carolina

14/03/62

Battle - New Bern - Craven County, North Carolina

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New Bern

Hatteras Island, on the outer shore of North Carolina, fell to Union forces in August, 1861. Roanoke Island, just to the north, was captured on February 8, 1862. Elizabeth City on the mainland followed days later. With the freedom to navigate unmolested through Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's command looked for other strategic targets of opportunity. The city of New Bern was a significant target, as the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad that connected the coast with the in…READ MORE

23/03/62

Battle - Fort Macon - Carteret County, North Carolina

15/05/62

Battle - Drewry's Bluff - Chesterfield County, Virginia

14/12/62

Battle - Kinston - Lenoir County, North Carolina

6/05/64

Battle - Port Walthall - Port Walthall Junction, Virginia

9/05/64

Battle - Swift Creek - Chesterfield County, Virginia

31/05/64

Battle - Cold Harbor - Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia

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Cold Harbor

After two days of inconclusive fighting along Totopotomoy Creek northeast of Richmond, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. Robert E. Lee turned their sights on the crossroads of Cold Harbor. Roads emanating through this critical junction led to Richmond as well as supply and reinforcement sources for the Union army. On May 31, 1864, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry captured Cold Harbor. The next day, Sheridan held the crossroads against a Confederate attack. With reinforcements from both armies arriving…READ MORE

21/06/64

Battle - Jerusalem Plank Road - Petersburg, Virginia

30/07/64

Battle - Crater - Petersburg, Virginia

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Crater

Two weeks after Union forces arrived to invest the Confederate defenders of Petersburg, the battle lines of both sides had settled into a stalemate. Since Cold Harbor, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was reluctant to mount a frontal attack against well-entrenched Confederates. By late June, Grant's lines covered most of the eastern approaches to Petersburg, but neither side seemed ready to risk an offensive move. Part of the Union line was held by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's Ninth Corps. Some of Burnside'…READ MORE

18/08/64

Battle - Globe Tavern - Petersburg, Virginia

7/03/65

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James Stewart, and undefined Jr.

7/03/65

Battle - Wyse Fork - Kinston, North Carolina

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Wyse Fork

By the end of February 1865, the North Carolina port city of Wilmington, defended by Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, had fallen to the army of Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield. The port city became a supply base for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's army in North Carolina, then beginning to close in on Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army. To consolidate forces against Johnston, Sherman ordered Schofield's Army of the Ohio to advance inland from Wilmington, at the same time assigning Maj. Gen. Jacob Cox to move the U…READ MORE

12/07/65

Mustered Out - New Jersey 9th Volunteer Infantry - New Jersey

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