9th Kentucky Infantry

9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
Active	October 3, 1861, to May 7, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate States Army
Branch	Confederate States Army Infantry & Mounted Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Battle of Baton Rouge Battle of Hartsville Battle of Stones River Vicksburg Campaign Siege of Jackson Battle of Chickamauga Atlanta Campaign Battle of Rocky Face Ridge Battle of Resaca Battle of Dallas Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Peachtree Creek Battle of Atlanta Battle of Utoy Creek Battle of Jonesboro Sherman's March to the Sea Carolinas Campaign

The 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was part of the First Kentucky Brigade.

The 9th Kentucky Infantry was organized October 3, 1861, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, under the command of Colonel Thomas H. Hunt and designated the 5th Kentucky Infantry; it did not complete organization until May 15, 1862. (It continued to be referred to as the 5th Kentucky Infantry or 5th (Hunt's) Kentucky Infantry during its existence and after the war.) Men were recruited in Harrison, Jefferson, Logan, Nelson, Ohio, and Scott counties. In 1863, Company I was transferred to the 5th Kentucky Infantry.

The regiment retreated to Corinth, Mississippi, after the Battle of Shiloh and was ordered to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to aid in the defenses there.

The regiment came under heavy fire at the Battle of Stones River on January 2, 1863. Having been ordered by Bragg to attack an area that division commander Major General John C. Breckinridge had reconnoitered and determined to be too heavily defended, the First Kentucky Brigade led the charge. Although initially successful, the brigade was met by heavy Union Army artillery fire. Brigade commander Brigadier General Roger Hanson was also mortally wounded in the attack. The 9th Kentucky Infantry lost one killed and twenty-eight wounded in the battle.

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