SOLD!!! A great badge worn by a veteran of the 9th New York Heavy Artillery at their 1909 reunion held in Auburn, New York. The hanger is a brass colored metal with a celluloid type insert which says "Member". A red ribbon is attached to the hanger and has "35th Annual Reunion - Ninth, N.Y. Heavy Artillery - Auburn, N.Y. - Aug. 12, 1909" written in gold colored ink. A celluloid disk drop is attached to the red ribbon with a phot of a member of the 9th New York heavy Artillery. There are no splits in the ribbon or cracks in the celluloid drop.
9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment "2nd Auburn Regiment" "Cayuga and Wayne County Regiment"
The 9th New York Heavy Artillery lost 6 officers and 198 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 254 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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Organized at Auburn, N.Y. and mustered in as the 138th Regiment New York Infantry. Attached to 1st Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D.C., north of the Potomac |
December 9 |
Designation changed to 9th Heavy Artillery. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Defenses North of the Potomac |
December |
Garrison duty n the Defenses of Washington, D.C. during which time built and garrisoned Forts Mansfield, Bayard, Gaines and Foote. |
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February 5 |
22nd New York Battery assigned to Regiment as Company M. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
December 4 |
Company L organized at Albany, N.Y., and mustered in |
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May |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps |
May 18 |
Relieved from garrison duty and ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May-June |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomy |
May 31 to July 10 |
2nd Battalion detached with Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 18-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 18-July 6 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 6-8 |
Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
July 9 |
Battle of Monocacy, Md. |
July 10 |
2nd Battalion detached with 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps |
August 7-November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Atached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
August 21-22 |
Near Charlestown |
August 29 |
Charlestown |
September 19 |
Battle of Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
September 23 |
2nd Battalion detached with Keim's Provisional Brigade, 22nd Army Corps |
September 23 |
2nd Battalion rejoined Regiment. |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-December |
Duty at Kernstown |
December 3 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. then to Petersburg, Va. |
December-April |
Siege of Petersburg, Va. |
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March 25 |
Fort Fisher, Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 5 |
Amelia Springs |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 17-27 |
Expedition to Danville |
May-June |
Duty at Danville and at Richmond |
June |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division; 22nd Army corps |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
June 27 |
Consolidated to four Companies , and transferred to 2nd New York Heavy Artillery |
Item #: 15749
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