The Ninth Infantry was organized at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, and was mustered into the U. S. service Oct. 15, 1861, with an enrollment of 913 officers and men. Immediately upon its completion the regiment was ordered to Kentucky and was one of the first Michigan regiments to report for duty in the western department.

The field, staff, and line officers of the Ninth at organization were as follows:

William W. Duffield, Detroit, Colonel. John G. Parkhurst, Coldwater, Lieutenant Colonel. Dorus M. Fox, Lyons, Major. _____, _____, Surgeon. Cyrus Smith, Jackson, Assistant Surgeon. Henry M. Duffield, Detroit, Adjutant, Charles H. Irwin, Detroit, Quartermaster. James G. Portman, Lyons, Chaplain.

1. Captain, William Wilkinson, Romeo. First Lieutenant, Albert Nye, Mt. Clemens. Second Lieutenant, Hiram Barrows, Romeo.
2. Captain, Oliver C. Rounds, Niles. First Lieutenant, Moses A. Powell, Niles. Second Lieutenant, Leonard J. Wright, Niles.
3. Captain, Charles V. Deland, Jackson. First Lieutenant, Joseph H. Iott, Jackson. Second Lieutenant, J. Curtis Purdy, Jackson.
4. Captain, John E. Smith, Lyons. First Lieutenant, Daniel C. Moore, Lyons. Second Lieutenant, James N. Wallace, Lyons.
5. Captain, Cyprian H. Millard, Linden. First Lieutenant, Moses A. Share, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Stephen S. Barrows, Detroit.
6. Captain, George K. Newcombe, Owosso. First Lieutenant, Samuel S. Bangs, Marshall. Second Lieutenant, Ephraim Marble, Marshall.
7. Captain, George N. Chase, Detroit. First Lieutenant, Mortimer Mansfield, Coldwater. Second Lieutenant, William A. Hull, Coldwater.
8. Captain, Andrew M. Adams, Detroit.  First Lieutenant, Samuel A. Wiggins, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Charles T. Fox, Lyons.
9. Captain, William Jenney, Jr., Mt. Clemens. First Lieutenant, Blake W. Hornbeck, Detroit. Second Lieutenant, Alanson P. Dickinson, Romeo.
11. Captain, John A. Tanner, Fowlerville. First Lieutenant, Thomas J. Conely, Jackson. Second Lieutenant, Lewis V. Curry, Brighton.

In November, 1861, the regiment was at West Point, Ky., where it assisted in fortifying Muldraugh Hill and building roads and bridges. De­tachments of the Ninth were sent to Elizabethtown and other places from West Point, where their presence was necessary to gain information and protect the country from the enemy. Colonel W. W. Duffield, having been assigned to command the Twenty-third Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Parkhurst assumed command of the Ninth and assembled his regiment at West Point, where it embarked on the Ohio river and proceeded to Nashville, where it arrived Jan. 23, 1862.

The regiment participated in the march through Kentucky after the confederate General John Morgan and the Twenty-third Brigade assisted largely in driving the notorious raider from the state.

In June the Ninth formed a portion of a force of 5,000 troops under command of General Negley, and commenced a movement to capture

Chattanooga, Tenn. After numerous conflicts with the enemy, Negley’s troops arrived before Chattanooga June 8, and after a spirited contest drove the enemy out of the city. Not having a force sufficient to occupy and hold the works, General Negley divided his forces and placed them at strategic points in the vicinity.

In July four of the companies under Major Dorus M. Fox were sta­tioned at Tullahoma and the other six companies were under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Parkhurst at Murfreesboro. Here the six companies of the Ninth, together with the Third Minnesota and a squadron of Ken­tucky cavalry were furiously attacked by the confederate General Forest at four o’clock in the morning of July 13. by a force of 2,500 cavalry. The attack* fell heavily upon the detachment of the Ninth, consisting of about 250 men. The enemy rode with reckless bravery into the camp of the Ninth, when a hand to hand encounter took place, and after a prolonged struggle the enemy was driven back and the camp recovered. No support was sent to the Ninth, though Lieutenant Colonel Parkhurst sent messengers to the commander of the post, calling for re-enforcements and describing his des­perate condition. The isolated position of the detachment of the Ninth furnished ample opportunity to Forest to bring an overwhelming force against it. The obstinate contest lasted from four a m. until one p.m., when with no prospect of aid, with one-third of his men killed, wounded or cap­tured, Lieutenant Colonel Parkhurst was most reluctantly obliged to sur­render his command to the enemy.

Lieutenant Colonel Parkhurst and his Adjutant Henry M. Duffield were taken prisoners in this engagement, and the former was held until Dec. 3, 1862, when he was released and the latter Aug. 15, 1862.

During the month of November the Ninth entered upon the campaign under General Rosecrans, who was operating against the enemy and cul­minated in the battle of Stone River and capture of Murfreesboro. During this campaign and before the battle of Stone River the Ninth was detailed by General Thomas as a special guard at his headquarters and Provost Guard for the Fourteenth Corps.

When the Union right was crushed at Stone River the Ninth did most gallant service in checking the stampede to the rear, and by firmly holding the Nashville pike the disorganized forces were stopped and returned to their commands. Major General Thomas complimented Colonel Park­hurst and the regiment for the very important service rendered at this criti­cal point of the battle. The regiment was engaged in provost duty at Chickamauga, Ga., and by its prompt action gathered up the stragglers from the commands that were broken up by the furious onsets of the enemy and returned them to the firing line, where they helped to repel the con­federates.

Lieutenant Colonel Parkhurst was commissioned Colonel Feb. 6, 1863, and made Provost Marshal General of the Army of the Cumberland with Lieutenant H. M. Duffield as his Adjutant General. The regiment passed under the command of Colonel Wilkinson, and in November and December the Ninth was doing provost duty at Chattanooga.

Here the regiment veteranized, 306 of the men re-enlisting, and were sent to Cold water, Mich., and furloughed for 30 days. After the expiration of the 30 days’ furlough the regiment left Coldwater Feb. 10, 1864, with 500 men and reported to General Thomas and started on the Georgia Campaign. It was on provost duty in all the battles between Chattanooga and Atlanta and when Atlanta fell, did provost duty in that city.

The Ninth returned to Chattanooga and then proceeded to Nashville with General Thomas performing provost duty until Sept. 15, 1865, when it was mustered out and returned to Michigan, where it arrived on the 27th and was paid off and disbanded at Jackson.

The regiment participated in engagements at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13, 1862; Lavergne, Tenn., December 27, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., December 29 to 31, 1862, January 1 and 2, 1863; Chickamauga, Ga., September 19 and 20, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863; Rocky Face, Ga., May 8, 1864; Resaca, Ga., May 14, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864; Kenesaw, Ga., June 25, 1864; Chattahoochee River, Ga., July 5 and 6, 1864; siege of Atlanta, Ga., July 22 to August 25, 1864; Jonesboro, Ga., September 1, 1864.