United States Colored Troops 9th Infantry (Union)
11/11/1863
Organized - United States Colored Troops 9th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
14/08/1864
Battle - Second Deep Bottom - Henrico County, Virginia
As he had done in late July during the Battle of the Crater, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant called upon Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock and his Second Corps to attack Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces around Richmond to exploit suspected weaknesses in Lee's lines. In early August, Grant had detached the Sixth Corps from the Union lines around Richmond and Petersburg and sent them to the Shenandoah Valley under Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan. Sheridan's new army there was to counter Gen. Jubal Early, then operating in the v…READ MORE
20/09/1864
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
13/10/1864
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alvin C. Voris
ColonelAlvin C. Voris
13/10/1864
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William Birney
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Birney
13/10/1864
Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia
27/10/1864
Battle - Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road - Henrico County, Virginia
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fair_Oaks_%26_Darbytown_RoadREAD MORE
20/11/1866
Mustered Out - United States Colored Troops 9th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
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