IX Corps (Union Army)
| IX Corps | |
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IX Corps badge
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| Active | 1862–1865 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Army
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| Part of |
Department of Virginia Army of the Potomac Department of the Ohio Department of the Tennessee Army of the Ohio |
| Engagements |
Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Chantilly Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Vicksburg Campaign Knoxville Campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse Battle of North Anna Battle of Cold Harbor Second Battle of Petersburg Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater Battle of Globe Tavern Battle of Fort Stedman |
| Disbanded | July 27, 1865 |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Ambrose Burnside Orlando B. Willcox John G. Parke |
| Insignia | |
| 1st Division |  |
| 2nd Division |  |
| 3rd Division |  |
| 4th Division |  |
IX Corps (Ninth Army Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War that distinguished itself in combat in multiple theaters: the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
Although the official order designating its number was not issued until July 22, 1862, the IX Corps organization dates from the expedition to North Carolina in February, 1862, under Ambrose E. Burnside and to the operations about Hilton Head, South Carolina, because the troops engaged in these movements were the only ones used in the formation of the corps. The corps was assembled by Burnside at Newport News, Virginia, from his two brigades from North Carolina and Isaac Stevens's division from Hilton Head. The corps consisted of three divisions, under Generals Stevens, Jesse L. Reno, and John G. Parke.
After a short stay at Newport News the corps was ordered to reinforce Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and at Second Bull Run it fought its first battle as the IX Corps. Only the two divisions of Stevens and Reno were engaged in this action; they numbered 12 regiments and 2 batteries, fewer than 5,000 men. General Reno was in command of both divisions in Burnside's absence. The losses in this small engagement amounted to 204 killed, 1,000 wounded, and 319 missing; total, 1,523. Some of the regiments encountered a severe fire, the 28th Massachusetts losing 234 men. General Stevens was killed at Chantilly.
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