United States Colored Troops 9th Infantry (Union)
1863-11-11
Organized - United States Colored Troops 9th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
1864-08-14
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
1864-09-20
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1864-10-13
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Alvin C. Voris
ColonelAlvin C. Voris
1864-10-13
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General William Birney
Brigadier GeneralWilliam Birney
1864-10-13
Battle - Darbytown Road - Sandston, Virginia
1864-10-27
Battle - Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road - Henrico County, Virginia
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fair_Oaks_%26_Darbytown_RoadREAD MORE
1866-11-20
Mustered Out - United States Colored Troops 9th Infantry - United States Colored Troops
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