U.S. Colored Troops 9th Regiment Heavy Artillery

HISTORICAL NOTES: The U.S. Colored Troops 9th Regiment Heavy Artillery was organized at Clarksville and Nashville, Tenn., October 8 to November 1, 1864. The regiment included a large number of recruits from Ohio — amounting to roughly 380 men who made up a battalion. Consisting of four companies (Companies A, B, C, and D) stationed primarily in Clarksville and Nashville, the unit was tasked with guarding key locations in the District of Nashville before being officially dissolved in May 1865. It was broken up May 5, 1865.

The soldiers were largely reassigned to other units, such as the 88th and 3rd United States Colored Infantry regiments, and mustered out at later dates. OFFICERS:

Major Grosskopff.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Attached to District of Nashville, Dept. of the Cumberland

SERVICE:

Guarding key locations in the District of Nashville

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2003.

Rigdon, John C. US Colored Troops Civil War Soldiers Index. Davenport, IA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.

REFERENCES:
Dyer, Frederick H. - A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1