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9Th Illinois Infantry “The Bloody Ninth”А 9th Illinois Infantry “The Bloody Ninth” The History of the 9​th ​ Illinois Infantry started quiet and ended rather quiet, but the days in between under the command of Colonel Augustus C. Mersy, were fast paced & bloody. This written history will cover the three incarnations of the regiment. With President Lincoln’s initial call for troops, several influential people went about and began recruiting; with the several companies being raised within the Southwestern part of the state. The vast majority of the raw recruits were enlisted into service on 15 April 1861; with Company A being raised by Augustus Mersy in Belleville; Company B, raised by Rudolphius Beckier in Belleville; Company C, recruited by Louis Tiedemann in Lebanon; Company D, raised by Alex G. Hawes, in Belleville; Otto Koellein recruited Company E, in Mascoutah; and finally Company F was made up with additional men that were recruited but their was no space for in the existing Companies. Many of the recruited men were Turners, some had been members of various volunteer companies from time to time in Belleville, and the older men had served under or known of August Mersy from the “Hecker Uprising” in Baden, Germany in 1848­49. The residents of St. Clair County, outfitted their soldiers in handsome uniforms. The women of Belleville presented the companies going to war a beautiful silk banner, which was carried by Rudolph Heimberger of Fayetteville (throughout the war, and was placed in the state achieves along with the regimental flags after the war). Augustus Mersy was raised and educated as a military officer in the Army of the Grand Duchy of Baden. In the beginning of the “Hecker Uprising” in 1848; being a staff officer in the Grand Duke’s Army, he was initially against the revolutionaries but gradually changed his mind and accepted a position as a Colonel in the Revolutionary Army gaining valuable experience in commanding troops in wartime. He escaped to Switzerland in 1849 after the revolution was put down by Prussian troops; and then journeyed to America. Settling in Belleville, he traded his military uniform for a business suit and became a clerk at a local bank before working his way up to cashier. When the drum beats of war came across the American landscape, Mersy knew what needed to be done, and his German military training proved invaluable.1 The St. Clair County boys immediately left (after a brief period of intense drilling) for a short trip to Springfield, Illinois (being the first volunteers to arrive in Springfield from a distance); to receive their arms (Springfield 1861 muskets), and were joined by three companies from Madison County and one from Montgomery County. The recruits marched through the streets of Springfield, as well drilled soldiers; while the recruits from adjoining counties came in common clothes, weren’t drilled and didn’t know a thing about marching. It was at the insistence of Gustav Koerner that their first Commanding Officer be the Mexican War veteran Ebenezer Paine, to whom Governor Yates installed as Colonel, while the men of the regiment would have preferred Mersy, who was installed as Lieutenant Colonel. Paine was picked since he was a West Point graduate, while Mersy was a combat veteran, he didn’t completely grasp the English language. Being the third Illinois Regiment raised for service in the War of Rebellion, they were christened the 9​th ​ Illinois Volunteer Infantry (the first six regiments were raised for the Mexican War in 1846­48), as the regiment was mustered into service on 26 April 1861; by Captain John Pope, U.S. Army. Afterwards, the 9​th ​ Infantry was immediately sent to Cairo, Illinois; to protect the city, arriving on May 1, 1861 and they were quickly followed by the 8​th ​ & 10​th ​ Illinois. The Illinois state government acting on their own sent the 7​th ​ Illinois was sent to protect Alton; 11​th ​ Illinois was sent to Villa Ridge (near Belleville) and the 12​th ​ Illinois was sent to Casey‘s Station (Caseyville). The Illinois Government feared that the Confederate Government (or Illinois secessionists in the southern part of the state) would attempt to invade and occupy the city of Cairo, which would have severed all communication and riverboat travel between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Once at Cairo, Colonel Benjamin M. Prentiss of the 10​th ​ Illinois was promoted to Brigadier General and given command of all forces in Cairo, under a unified command. 1­ Photo: Col. Augustus C. Mersy Life for the soldiers at Cairo was difficult at best, as the soldiers were not issued uniforms and many only had the clothes on their backs for the entire three month enlistment. They were issued no provisions (tents, blankets etc) and their rations were irregular. The city of Cairo had no livable areas for the soldiers sent, so they were forced cut a camp ground out of the wooded area between the city of Cairo and the Mississippi River. Their duty was fairly simple, as they mainly building fortifications and many hours spent on guard duty. What action the soldiers in Cairo saw was in the form of scouting parties into Kentucky and Missouri, to observe Rebel movements and if need be, scatter them. The 9​th ​ Illinois did not participate in any formal action. “Colonel Paine2 was not the right man, he was an old fogy, a marinet and was constantly electioneering. General Prentiss has promised the men, that, if they will enter the three years service, they can reorganize and elect new officers, and now the electioneering business begins again and with that everything goes to the devil.” ­ A letter to Gustav Koerner from August Mersy, dated 23 June 1861. Permission was granted to General Prentiss to reorganize the three month regiments into three year regiments and out of nearly a thousand men, only 250 volunteered to re­enlist into the 9​th ​ Illinois Infantry, as many men openly dislike Colonel Paine and wouldn‘t re­enlist under his command. Those that didn’t re­enlist were sent home, where many of them eventually re­enlisted in other regiments (such as the 43​rd,​ 49​th,​ 59​th,​ 70​th,​ 82​nd,​ 149​th ​ Illinois & the 12​th ​ Missouri) and some garnered much success, with their new regiments. The regiment lost its “All German” flavor, and by August 1861; the regiment was back up to full strength with fresh recruits arriving under three year contracts. During this time, they were well drilled until September, with precision and the Ninth was outfitted with militia uniforms, which were grey in color, trimmed in blue with Zouave caps. After the Confederates violated Kentucky’s neutrality, General Grant moved his forces that were bottled up in Cairo, across the Ohio River by steamer and seized Paducah, Kentucky for the Union, on September 5​th,​ the Ninth went with the 12​th ​ Illinois. An unexpected and welcomed change of command took place on September 8​th,​ when Colonel Paine was promoted to Brigadier General; as Lieutenant Colonel August Mersey took command, with his own promotion to Colonel, that followed on November 15​th.​ The Ninth left Paducah on there first sortie on 15 October, 1861; when 300 men commanded by Major Jesse Philipps, were transported by the gunboat ​Conestoga​ to Eddyville, Kentucky. After marching through the night, they attacked an encampment of 200 Confederate soldiers in Saratoga, Kentucky. The Ninth marched away victorious, with only three wounded men, Captain William Kueffner being one of them, and then only slightly wounded. Once they returned they had twenty prisoners and a large amount of captured Confederate property. By early November, things were heating up across the Mississippi River, and the Ninth departed Paducah once again, in force in an attempt to draw Confederate Forces away from Belmont, Missouri. With winter settling in, the Ninth remained in Paducah, until early February; as during this time the men of the Ninth were getting used too hard marches, while learning to live off the land. Further changes in the Command Staff of the Ninth occurred on 2 December 1861; Major Jesse Phillips was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Captain (of Company A) John Kuhn to Major, and 1​st Lieutenant Emil Adam to Captain of Company A. Leaving Company H, in Paducah, the 9​th ​ Illinois was assigned to the Army of Tennessee, in the 2​nd Division, 2​nd ​ Brigade, alongside the 12​th ​ Illinois, 40​th ​ Illinois & 41​st ​ Illinois, on 4 & 5 February 1862 for Brown‘s Landing, Tennessee. They stood ready to attack Fort Henry (located on the Tennessee River) on 6 February, but weren‘t called into action, as the Navy brought a quick victory, after reducing the Fort with gunboats. After the fall of Fort Henry, as it was not designed for an infantry assault, they marched overland twelve miles to Fort Donelson (located on the Cumberland River), between 11­16 February 1862. The Ninth would be bloodied for the first time, when a Confederate flanking move hit the Ninth hard, taking significant casualties (35 KIA, 160 WIA & 6 POW) but were repulsed successfully, while buying General Grant time to 2 Photo: Col. Ebenezer Paine regroup the Federal Army. The Regiment was forced to lay in the snow during the battle, without overcoats and many suffered from exposure. The Ninth and the 2​nd ​ Iowa Infantry were given the honor of being the first regiments to march into the newly captured fort, with the Ninth taking command of the 14​th ​ Mississippi Infantry; 14​th,​ 18​th ​ & 32​nd ​ Tennessee Infantries; and the 2​nd ​ Kentucky Infantry; about 2,000 men total.
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