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A neat badge worn by a veteran of the 9th New York Heavy Artillery at their 1908 reunion held in Red Creek, 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 "34th Annual Reunion - Ninth, N.Y. Heavy Artillery - Red Creek - Aug. 12, '08" 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 is a piece of acid free tape attached to the back of the badgesupportin a weak part of the ribbon. Please see photographs. The manufacturer of the badge was C.J. Bainbridge Does Buttons, Society Goods - Syracuse, N.Y as noted on the back of the ribbon.
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 #: 14272
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