9th Illinois Mounted Infantry regiment
- 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry (3 Years)
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= March 15, 1863 to July 9, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Mounted Infantry
equipment= Spencer carbine
battles=
The 9th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was a mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 9th Illinois Infantry was converted to the 9th Illinois Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment on March 15, 1863. The regiment fought in the Battle of Athens (1864).
The regiment was mustered out on July 9, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 211 enlistedmen killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 200 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 417 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf1.htm#9th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel Augustus Mersy - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/009-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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