9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Flag of Wisconsin
Active	October 26, 1861 –January 30, 1866
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	German Regiment
Engagements	Battle of Prairie Grove
Commanders
Colonel	Frederick Salomon
Colonel	Charles Eberhard Salomon
Lt. Colonel	Arthur Jacobi
Cpt.	George Eckhart

The 9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment is informally known as the "German Regiment" on account of its high enlistment of German recruits, primarily from Milwaukee. ^[1]

Service

The 9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was raised at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service October 26, 1861. It consisted predominantly of recent immigrants from German-speaking countries.

Ninth Infantry Regimental Staff ^[2]

Rank or Position	Name
Regimental Colonel	Frederick Salomon
Lieutenant Colonel	A. George Wriesberg
Major	Henry Orff
Adjutant	Arthur Jacob
Quartermaster	William Finkler
Surgeon	Herman Neumann
1st Asst. Surgeon	Lewis Loehr
2nd Asst. Surgeon	Hermann E. Hesse
Chaplain	Rev. John Bantly

9th Wisconsin Company Organization ^{[1] [3]}

Company	Earliest Moniker	Primary Place of Recruitment	Earliest Captain
A	Sheboygan Tigers	Sheboygan County and Milwaukee County	Frederick Aude
B	Salomon Guards	Sheboygan County and Milwaukee County	Frederick Becker
C	Wisconsin Light Guard	Sheboygan County and Milwaukee County	George Eckhart
D	Sauk City Rifles	Sauk County and Crawford County	Charles C. Buckenen
E	Burlington Rifles	Milwaukee County and Racine County	Hermann Schleuter
F	Madison Shapshooters	La Crosse County, Dane County, Green County	Dominick Hastreiter
G	Sigel Guards	Milwaukee County	John C. G. Harttest
H	Wisconsin Yagers (Jäger)	Milwaukee County	Gumal Hesse
I	Ozaukee Guards	Milwaukee County	Peter Spehn
K	Tell Shapshooters	Green County and Milwaukee County	Henry F. Belitz

Ninth Infantry Company Roster ^[2]

Company	Captains	1st Lieutenants	2nd Lieutenants
A Co.	Frederick Aude	Anton Blocki	August Kruger
B Co.	Frederick Becker	August F. Dumke	Gisbert Guetzloe
C Co.	George Eckhart	John Arentson	Charles Franz
D Co.	Charles C. Buckenen	C.E.G. Horn	Jacob Bone
E Co.	Hermann Schleuter	Conrad Brunke	Erhard Weber
F Co.	Martin Voegel	A. P. Doerschlag	John Gerber
G Co.	J. C. G. Harttest	William Meissner	Adolph Miller
H Co.	Gumal Hesse	Fred Molzner	Philip Kruer
I Co.	Peter Spehn	William Markhoff	William Schulten
H Co.	Henry F. Betz	Edward Ruegger	Otto Leissring

Service

March to Fort Scott, Kansas, March 1–7, 1862, and duty there till May 27. (Cos. "A," "C," "F" and "K" at Carthage May 1–17.) March to Spring River May 27-June 6, thence to Baxter Springs June 13, and duty there till June 28. Expedition into Indian Country; march to Fort Gibson June 28-July 9, thence to Fort Scott July 10-August 11. March to Sarcoxie, Mo., September 18–22. Action at Newtonia September 30. Occupation of Newtonia October 4. Canehill November 28. Battle of Prairie Grove, December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27–29. Guard and patrol duty at various points in Missouri till July, 1863. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., July 8, and duty there till September 12. Ordered to Helena, Ark., September 12; thence moved to Little Rock October 10–22, and duty there till March, 1864. Reconnoissance to Burton October 26-November 1, 1863. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Antoine or Terre Noir Creek April 2. Elkins¿ Ferry, Little Missouri River, April 3–4. Prairie D'Ann, April 9–12. Jenkins' Ferry and Camden April 15. Liberty Post office April 15–16. Camden April 16–18. Evacuation of Camden April 26. Jenkins' Ferry, April 30. Duty at Little Rock till June, 1865. Non-Veterans mustered out November 17, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies and moved to Camden June 15, 1865, and duty there till August 3. Duty at Little Rock till January, 1866. Mustered out January 30, 1866.

Total enlistments and casualties

The 9th Wisconsin initially mustered 916 men and later recruited an additional 105 men, for a total of 1,021 men. ^[4] The regiment lost 77 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 114 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 191 fatalities. ^[5]

Commanders

• Colonel Frederick Salomon (August 22, 1861 –July 16, 1862) was promoted to brigadier general. After the war he received an honorary brevet to major general. He was the brother of Wisconsin's war-time Governor Edward Salomon.
• Colonel Charles Eberhard Salomon (August 25, 1862 –December 3, 1864) mustered out at the end of his three years service. Earlier in the war, he had served as colonel of the 5th Missouri Infantry Regiment. After the war he received an honorary brevet to brigadier general. He was also a brother of Edward Salomon.
• Lt. Colonel Arthur Jacobi (December 3, 1864 –August 1865) commanded the independent battalion until he was detached as provost marshal at Little Rock. ^[2]
• Captain George Eckhart (August 1865 –January 1866) commanded the independent battalion and mustered out with them. ^[2]

Notable people

• John Fetzer was enlisted in Co. B and wounded at Jenkins' Ferry. He received an honorary brevet to captain in 1864. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator.
• Reinhard Schlichting was enlisted in Co. K and promoted to 2nd lieutenant in 1864. He was subsequently commissioned captain of Co. A in the 45th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator and district attorney.
• Carl Schmidt was 1st lieutenant of Co. G and was promoted to captain of Co. F. He also served as acting quartermaster during 1864. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator.
• John J. Senn was enlisted in Co. H and transferred to Co. D after the regiment was reorganized. After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator.

See also

• American Civil War portal

• List of Wisconsin Civil War units
• Wisconsin in the American Civil War

References

1. Estabrook, Charles E. (1912). Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of Wisconsin for the Years 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Co. pp. 56–58.
2. Quiner, Edwin B. (1866). "Regimental History–Ninth Infantry". The Military History of Wisconsin. Clarke & Co. pp. 540–547. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
3. Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office (1886). Roster of Wisconsin volunteers, war of the rebellion, 1861-1865. The Library of Congress. Madison, Democrat printing co., state printers. pp. 604–632.
4. 9th Wisconsin Archived March 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
5. Civil War Archive

External links

• 9th Wisconsin Infantry History at the Wisconsin Historical Society
• The Civil War Archive
• Wisconsin's Salomon Brothers in the Civil War Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Civil War diary of Michael Zimmer