Ninth Georgia Infantry, CSA

This page was last updated 24 February, 2008

"Dauntless, unyielding courage in the face of overwhelming odds".

"Deo Vindice", Latin for "GOD our Vindicator".

...."Dedicated to all Confederate Soldiers, who comprised the greatest army the world has ever known".. Lillian Henderson of "Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865".

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It is my hope that this website will be a gathering point for information on the brave men of the 9th Georgia Infantry regiment. If you have any information, photos, or suggestions, please contact me, Neal Griffin at Gainf9reg@aol.com

Photo of the actual bullet that wounded him, casualty report, newspaper article and photo of Corporal Enoch Johnson, click HERE!

Newspaper account of 9th Ga. soldiers escaping from Ft. Delaware, click HERE!

Diary of Pvt. J.L. (Jonathon Lafayette) Oxford of E Company, click HERE!
(Requires Adobe Acrobat to read!)

Ever heard a REAL Rebel yell? In 1938, at the 75th aniversary of Gettysburg, at Gettysburg,
some of the old veterans gave the famous "Rebel Yell", that was recorded. It's a large file,
(over 210,000 kilobytes in .wav format), but if you want to hear it, click HERE!
The "Rebel Yell" was only used on the attack, and in mass formations, was
said to "raise the hairs on the back of the neck" of Union soldiers.

Photo of Sgt. John Dyson's (A Company) "Southern Cross of Honor" Medal, click HERE!

Photo of a possible relic, a stencil (G9), used by the 9th Georgia to identify equipment, click HERE!

Photo of the 1851 Colt Navy sidearm carried by Col. E.F. Hoge, click HERE!

Statistical summary, by Company, of the 9th Georgia, click HERE!
(requires Adobe Acrobat to read).

The 9th Georgia's Battle Flag was selected by the Americus, Ga. Chapter 140 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, as the flag that they sponsored for restoration. The 9th Georgia's battle flag was restored in 2004, and is in the "Capitol Collection" in Atlanta. For information, click HERE!

..."We care not for the color of the arm that strikes the invader of our homes."
Black Confederates? For the 9th Georgia's resolution, Click HERE!

There is also an updated DESCENDANT'S PAGE! Click HERE! If you had an ancestor in the 9th Georgia Infantry Regiment, come and join us! There are photos, swords, reunion ribbons, letters and other documents linked from this page!!

Letters from Pvt. James Daniel of K Company, Click HERE!

Actual photos of brothers in the 9th Georgia, Click HERE!

Newspaper articles:
" 'Tis with feelings of deepest sorrow that we recount the many who fell upon this stubbornly contested field; yet 'tis with pride that we recall how bravely they fought and nobly fell."The Confederate Union of Milledgeville, Ga. (the State Capitol at the time) Aug.11, 1863, re: the 9th at Gettysburg-click HERE!

"Capt., tell my father and mother I died for my country".The Athens Southern Banner of Athens, Ga., July 23, 1863, last words of Pvt. Jackson Giles, boyhood friend of Capt. Hillyer, killed in action at Gettysburg (spoken just after a Union artillery shell ripped off his leg), click HERE!

All (28) known photos of the men in the regiment, click HERE!

Photo of Pvt. Jonathon Oxford's Appomattox Parole, Click HERE!

Slideshow of photos of men of the regiment; this is a large (almost 1 MB) file, best viewed on DSL or cable, Click HERE!

I am actively seeking photos, newspaper articles, letters, diaries, etc. for a Regimental History. Please email me if you have ANY information on the 9th Georgia Regiment!

Portrait (not photo) of Capt. Hillyer, who led the regiment at Gettysburg (the Wheatfield), after all senior officers were killed or wounded. Click to enlarge!

"There were many officers and men who displayed a degree of daring and heroism which challenges admiration in the very highest degree, and the whole regiment behaved with its customary steadiness and devotion, as the loss of 189 out of 340 carried into the field will testify.".........Capt. George Hillyer, the fourth regimental commander (Col. John Mounger-killed, Maj. W.M. Jones-seriously wounded, Capt. J.M.D. King-mortally wounded) in his official report on actions at the Wheatfield, 2 July, 1863.(Regimental Battle Honor Awarded...Confederate "Roll of Honor" Awarded to 10 men in the Ninth Georgia for their actions.)

For a panoramic view of the 9th's Georgia's Gettysburg launch point, click HERE!

For a panoramic view of the Wheatfield Battlefield area, click HERE!

The "Southern Cross of Honor"...originally known as the "Southern Cross of the Legion of Honor". "Deo Vindice" is Latin for "God Our Vindicator". For the medal's history, click Here!
This medal was earned by Sgt. John C. Dyson, of A Company.

Awarded for "an exhibition of dauntless, unyielding courage in the face of overwhelming odds". Verification of the action was required by two other CSA soldiers, as witnesses, in writing to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Heard the "Confederate National Hymn"? Click the "God save the South" graphic!

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Ordinary men performing Heroically....
Dedicated to ALL the brave men of the entire Regiment, and to my ancestors, the four brothers, their brother-in-law, and a cousin, from a small town, Americus, Georgia (Sumter County)....
What an incredibly HEROIC group of men! Is it any wonder it took the world's best equipped army, 3 times their size, 4 years to subdue them?

My Great, Great Grandfather...Pvt. Jacob W. Cobb, Jr.-9th Ga.-Wounded at least twice. Once at the Seven Days in May of 1862 (by Federal artillery), where he was captured, exchanged and spent six months in Confederate hospitals in Richmond, and wounded and hospitalized again in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864. (Record# 37117)

A Cousin, Pvt. James H.H. Cobb...Died in Georgia, 16 Dec. 1862.(Henderson's "Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865")

My Great, Great Uncle, Pvt. James Jackson Cobb...Killed in action with the Confederate Army in Virginia in 1861.("History of Sumter County, Georgia", by Jack Cox)

My Great, Great Uncle..Pvt. Avery Cobb-9th Ga.-Wounded at Gettysburg, 2 July,1863, attacking the Wheatfield, and again (disabled) at Spotsylvania in 1864.(Record# 37056)

My Great, Great Uncle..Lieutenant William A. Cobb-9th Ga.-Wounded severely (disabled), attacking the Wheatfield at Gettysburg, 2 July, 1863.(Record# 37205)

My Great, Great Uncle..Pvt. James A. Daniel-9th Ga. Wounded in both legs, severely, leg amputated at Deep Bottom, Va., Sept. 30, 1864. Retired, disabled, Jan. 20,1865.(Record# 46447)

....and my other Great, Great Grandfather..Pvt. James W. Castleberry-60th Ga.-Wounded three times, once at Fredericksburg, Dec.1862 when 15 years old, (3 fingers amputated) having joined the CSA Army at 14, and again at the Wilderness, May 1864 (shot twice-in right thigh, shot in hip).(Record#32352)

Thumbnail photo of GGUncle Edwards (age 11 or 12), and GGGrandfather Castleberry (age 14 or 15).
With such young men (boys?) as these, the South was desperately trying to stop the Union Army. Click on the thumbnail photo to enlarge.

Table below shows how out-numbered and out-gunned Confederate regiments were during the war.

**Strengths of the Civil War Armies:**
Confederate Regiments	Union Regiments
642 Infantry	2,144 Infantry, 9 Light Infantry
137 Cavalry	272 Cavalry
16 Artillery	61 Heavy Artillery
227 Batteries	432 Batteries
	13 Engineer

From Fox's "Regimental Losses In The American Civil War", Albany, N.Y., 1889:
"The eleven States of the Southern Confederacy had, in 1860, a military population of 1,064,193 with which to confront the 4,559,872 of the same class, belonging to the other States and Territories."
"The severity of the losses among the Confederates, and the heroic persistency with which they would stand before the enemy's musketry, becomes apparent in studying the official returns.."
"Their generals displayed a wonderful ability in always confronting the enemy with an equal force at the point of contact."

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"The best four hours of fighting ever done by anyone, anywhere......." Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, upon observing Hood's Divsion at Gettysburg on 2 July, 1863.

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An Anderson's Brigade history is being written! Henry Persons is compiling information for eventually writing a Brigade History of Anderson's Brigade. Anderson's was made up of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th and 59th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiments (and for a time, the 1st Kentucky, 1st Georgia Regulars, and the 10th Georgia Infantry Battalion). If you have any info, or would like to contact him, please click HERE!, or email me, Neal Griffin, and I'll forward it to him...

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I hope you hear music, as you view these pages. The author and arranger are given credit (if known).The song on this page is "Farewell". Courtesy of The "Ireland Now" website (no longer on the internet). I know that it is not of the period, but I think sets a tone of duty, sacrifice, honor and courage. Of 1,257 men that served in this Confederate regiment, only 177 surrendered at Appomattox. Other songs from Folksongs of Various Countries and The Contemplators Folk Music Site. Some graphics courtesy of Savage/Goodner's Confederate Clipart Page Some were created with Paint Shop Pro, Version 8.0 (Beta) Java programs are courtesy of Webmoments. I appreciate all their efforts.

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