Civil War CDV Album of Soldiers of the 9th Maine Volunteers 

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  CDV album containing 27 images of soldiers from the 9th Maine Volunteer Infantry, with tintype and 2 CDVs of sitters from the same album.
  
  Identified soldiers include: Maj. George Burton Dyer, rose from private at enlistment to brevet colonel, carte signed on verso; Capt. Scollay D. Baker, Co. I, KIA Sept. 8, 1863 at Morris Island, SC, carte signed on verso; Capt. Lewis Cross, Co. D, WIA June 10, 1864 at Cold Harbor, DOW June 15, carte signed on recto as 1st Lt.; Capt. William A. Barrows, Co. F, KIA August 16, 1864 at Deep Bottom, VA, carte signed on verso; Capt. Benjamin J. Hill, carte signed on verso; 1st Lt. & QM Joshua G. Ross, Cos. E & K, carte signed on verso; 1st Lt. & QM Aaron H. Chase, Cos. H & I, carte signed on verso; 1st Lt. Willis H. Butler, Co. B & K; 2nd Lt. Martin W. Frederic, Cos. D & G; 2nd Lt. Augustus Taft, Co. E; 2nd Lt. Elbridge H. Bryant, Cos. H & K, previous service as Bugler; Adj. James C.M. Furbish, signed on recto; Pvt. John F. Stone, Co. E, detailed as a nurse in the regimental hospital, carte signed on verso; plus nine cartes of unidentified men in uniform, including two captains, a first lieutenant, a second lieutenant, an officer of indeterminate rank accompanied by a sixth plate tintype of the same soldier with a first lieutenant, a fine view of a sergeant major or quartermaster sergeant holding a tattered flag, and seven cartes of men and women in civilian clothing.
  

  
  The 9th Maine Infantry was organized at Augusta and mustered in September 22, 1861. It proceeded to Washington and briefly served in the Washington Defenses before joining the expedition to Port Royal, SC, attached to the Department of the South. The 9th Maine participated in a number of minor combined operations resulting in the capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard and later occupied Fernandina, FL. The regiment then shifted to operations at Charleston arriving at Hilton Head in January 1863, assigned to the 10th Corps. The Maine regiment joined in the attack on Morris Island on July 10, 1863, followed by the brutal but unsuccessful assaults on Fort Wagner on July 11 and 18, which cost the 9th Maine 119 casualties. Grueling siege operations then commenced before Forts Wagner and Gregg were finally overwhelmed on September 7, 1863. The rest of the year was relatively quiet as the regiment performed garrison duty and veteranized in February 1864.
  
  In April 1864, the 9th Maine joined its parent 10th Corps attached to the Army of the James that formed the southern component of Grant’s Overland Campaign. During intensive operations under Butler during the May-June period, the regiment was heavily engaged at Drewry’s Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, and Cold Harbor, suffering 160 men killed, wounded, and missing. The month of July claimed another 40 casualties mostly in the sustained fighting at Petersburg, Deep Bottom, and Fort Gilmer, including the terrible Mine Explosion on July 30th. The men of the 9th then went into the trenches during the indolent siege and emerged in September to lose heavily at Chaffin’s Farm on the 29th, adding 43 names to the roster of dead and wounded. A month later at Fair Oaks, the 9th Maine fought a major battle in which another 18 became casualties. The tempo slackened somewhat when the regiment was ordered to Fort Fisher and reunited with its brigade in February 1865. The 9th Maine then participated in the capture of Wilmington on February 22nd. Joining with Sherman’s Army, the regiment occupied Goldsboro on March 21st and Raleigh on April 14th. Following the surrender of Johnson’s Army, the 9th Maine remained on occupation duty until mustering out July 13, 1865. The final tally was 182 officers and enlisted men forever inscribed on the Roll of Honor.
  

   

  Condition

  MOst with light soiling and bumped corners.  Some with light scattered stains, discoloration, and/or trimmed edges.  Album itself in poor condition.
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