The
Ninth Ohio Infantry was composed principally of native Germans from
Cincinnati and had the honor of being the first Ohio regiment mustered
into Federal service for three years. German Americans often referred
to the regiment as die Neuner (“the
Niners”). The regiment was especially noted for its successful bayonet
charges at the battles of Mill Springs in Kentucky and Chickamauga in
Georgia.
Col. Robert L. McCook
Cincinnati Central Turners
Col. Gustav Kaemmerling
Die Neuner
Maj August Willich
Library of Congress
Capt. Gustav Richter
Cincinnati Central Turners
Field Officers 35.0 |
Staff 28.2 |
Band 25.6 |
Company A 24.4 |
Company B 26.3 |
Company C 26.1 |
Company D 25.6 |
Company E 24.6 |
Company F 27.5 |
Company G 26.3 |
Company H 26.6 |
Company I 27.1 |
Company K 26.3 |
Birth Place of Officers and Enlisted Men
Germany, 1,014---- Switzerland, 56
United States, 55---- France, 25
Russia, 3---- Holland, 1---- At Sea----1
Lt. Frank Heinzmann Company F
Images
Veterans of 9th Ohio Infantry at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Formation of the Regiment (1911). Courtesy of Glenn & Denise Buchman
Courtesy of Stephen A. Winston
9th Ohio Monument on Snodgrass Hill, Chickamauga National Military Park
Courtesy of Harry Smeltzer
Battle of Mill Springs, Ky., January 19, 1861
Soldiers' Memorial, Company B, 9th Ohio Infantry.
Courtesy of Jackie Burhans
Courtesy of Jackie Burhans
March, Camp and Fight with Two Germans of the 9th Ohio Infantry.
A German Hurrah! was named runner-up for the 2010 Museum
of the Confederacy's Founder's Award for outstanding editing of primary
source documents.