9th North Carolina Regiment

The 9th North Carolina Regiment was raised, on 16 September 1776, at Halifax, North Carolina for service with the Continental Army. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine and Battle of Germantown. The regiment was disbanded, on 1 June 1778, at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.[1]

9th North Carolina Regiment
Active1776–1778
Allegiance Continental Congress
BranchNorth Carolina Line, Southern/Northern Department of the Continental Army
TypeInfantry
Part ofNorth Carolina Brigade
EngagementsBattle of Brandywine (1777)
Battle of Germantown (1777)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Colonel John Williams

History

The 9th North Carolina Regiment was one of ten regiments provided by North Carolina to the Continental Army between September 1775 and November 1776. It was relatively short lived, having been authorized and established on November 28, 1776 and disbanded by the Continental Congress on June 1, 1778 due to the low number of troops. It was never reconstituted.[2][1]

The Hillsborough and Salisbury Districts contributed the bulk of the soldiers in the regiment that assembled in Halifax, North Carolina in the Spring of 1777. Eight companies of the regiment marched north as part of the Northern Department of the Continental Army and were engaged at the battles of Brandywine Creek on September 11, 1777 and Germantown on October 4, 1777 (both in Pennsylvania). All ten regiments from North Carolina participated in both of these battles. The commandant of the regiment, John Williams, who commissioned as colonel of the regiment on November 26, 1776, returned home to North Carolina after the regiment was disbanded.[2][1]

The subordination of the 9th North Carolina regiment changed several times during its brief existence:

Officers

Field Officers:[2]

  • Colonel John Williams, commandant
  • Lieutenant Colonel John Luttrell
  • Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dauge
  • Major William Polk
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See also

References
  1. Davis, Charles L. (1896). "A Brief History of the North Carolina Troops on the Continental Establishment in the War of the Revolution with a Register of Officers of the Same" (PDF). Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  2. Lewis, J.D. "9th North Carolina Regiment". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
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