Texas 9th Infantry (Confederate)
1861-11-04
Organized - Texas 9th Infantry - Texas
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Samuel B. Maxey
Brigadier GeneralSamuel B. Maxey
1862-04-29
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Benjamin F. Cheatham
Brigadier GeneralBenjamin F. Cheatham
1862-04-29
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William Hugh Young
ColonelWilliam Hugh Young
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Preston Smith
Brigadier GeneralPreston Smith
1862-10-08
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
Major GeneralBenjamin Franklin Cheatham
1862-10-08
Battle - Perryville - Perryville, Kentucky
On October 7, 1862, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio, in pursuit of Gen Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi, approached the crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky. Union forces skirmished with Confederates on the Springfield Pike before heavy fighting began on Peters Hill. The next day, fighting continued as a Union division advanced up the pike. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederates joined the fray, the Union line ma…READ MORE
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William H. Young
ColonelWilliam H. Young
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Preston Smith, and Colonel Alfred J. Vaughan Jr.
Brigadier GeneralPreston Smith
ColonelAlfred J. Vaughan Jr.
1862-12-31
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Benjamin F. Cheatham
Major GeneralBenjamin F. Cheatham
1862-12-31
Battle - Stones River - Murfreesboro, Tennessee
After his October 1862 defeat at Perryville in Kentucky, Gen. Braxton Bragg withdrew his army into middle Tennessee and resupplied his men near Murfreesboro.READ MORE
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel William Hugh Young
ColonelWilliam Hugh Young
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Matthew D. Ector
Brigadier GeneralMatthew D. Ector
1863-09-19
Leadership Change - Division - Major General William H. T. Walker
Major GeneralWilliam H. T. Walker
1863-09-19
Battle - Chickamauga - Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
After the successful Tullahoma Campaign, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans continued the Union offensive, aiming to force Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate army out of Chattanooga. Through a series of skillful marches towards the Confederate-held city, Rosecrans forced Bragg out of Chattanooga and into Georgia. Determined to reoccupy the city, Bragg followed the Federals north, brushing with Rosecrans' army at Davis' Cross Roads. While they marched on September 18th, his cavalry and infantry skirmished with Un…READ MORE
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Mathew Ector
Brigadier GeneralMathew Ector
1864-07-20
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel Gibbs French
Brigadier GeneralSamuel Gibbs French
1864-07-20
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel David Coleman
ColonelDavid Coleman
1864-11-30
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Samuel G. French
Major GeneralSamuel G. French
1864-11-30
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major James H. McReynolds
MajorJames H. McReynolds
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Samuel G. French, and undefined temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
1864-12-15
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Samuel G. French
Major GeneralSamuel G. French
1864-12-15
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
1865-05-11
Mustered Out - Texas 9th Infantry - Texas
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