Name/Title
James Knowlton Promotion to CorporalEntry/Object ID
1991.02.01Scope and Content
Certificate of promotion to P Corporal to James Knowlton. Paper has header over an eagle. Header reads "The Commanding officer of the Ninth Regiment of First Cavalry Volunteers" Company B. Paper is very yellow and ink is faded.
Made at the headquarters of the regiment in Decatur Alabama by commanding officer Arthur Hamilton, Adjutant of the Regiment and Colonel W D Hamilton, Commander of the Regiment.
The 9th Ohio Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Moved to Decatur, Ala., May 1–5. Repulse of attack on Decatur May 8. Centre Star May 15. Duty at Decatur until July 10.
(James Knowlton 1844- 1926) (Elizabeth Knowlton 1912- 1991) (Eugene Knowlton 1907- 1972)
OHIO NINTH CAVALRY (Three Years) Ninth Cavalry. - Col., William D. Hamilton; Lieut.-Cols., Thomas P. Cook, William Stough; Majs., William Sims, John Williamson, Henry Plessner, Elijah Hogue, Lewis H. Bowlus, John W. Macumber, James Irvine. This regiment was organized in 1863, to serve three years. Cos. A, B, C and D were mustered in at Camp Zanesville, in January and the other eight companies at Camp Dennison in September, October and December. The regiment was finally completed and united in Alabama in the spring of 1864. In April an Alabama regiment surrounded a barn at Florence, in which the men of Co. G were sleeping, shot 2 of the sentinels, and after a short struggle succeeded in capturing 41 men of the company. Of the 2,500 men chosen to take part in Rousseau's raid in Alabama and Georgia, 700 were from the 9th Ohio cavalry and the regiment lost during the expedition 26 men, most of whom were captured while foraging. It was identified with Gen. Sherman's cavalry division on the march to the coast, in which skirmishing continued more or less until the general engagement took place at Waynesboro, in which the regiment made the second charge and broke the Confederate lines. At Aiken, S. C., it was engaged and assisted in driving the Confederates beyond their lines. The regiment was engaged in the battle of Monroe's cross-roads and in the battle of Averasboro it supported the right flank of the 20th corps, becoming hotly engaged. It fought at Bentonville the last battle of the campaign, and skirmished a little at Raleigh before entering the capital. The regiment was mustered out on July 20, 1865, at Lexington, N. C. Source: The Union Army, vol. 2Acquisition
Accession
1991.02Source or Donor
Elizabeth Adams KnowltonArchive Details
Creator
Arthur Hamilton, William Douglas HamiltonDate(s) of Creation
Jun 22, 1864