This regiment served from August 24, 1898 until April 25, 1899 in
Santiago DE Cuba, one of three black volunteer regiments that
garrisioned the island. Nine companies of the 9th were recruited from
New Orleans, Louisiana, one company from Donaldsonville, Louisiana, one company
from Houston, Texas, and one company from Galveston, Texas.
For more information on the 9th U.S. Volunteer Infantry or its officers and men contact:
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Colonel Charles J. Crane, Commanding
1st Lieutenant James Longstreet
1st Lieutenant J. Leon Jones**
Captain W. Hilary Coston**
Rgeimental Sergeant Major Poole S. Hall
Joseph E. Dibble
Chief Musician James W. McNeal
Captains James C. Simpson, C.D. Wood
Captain Sidney Goode
Captain E. J. Sherman
Captains, W. A. Dayton (resigned) George Lea Febiger
Captain C .G. Beckham
Captains Charles C. D. Gaither, Edward B. Markley*
Captain
Captain R.M. Nolan
Captain Claron A. Windus
Captain William Lowery
Captain, W. Prague Coleman
Captain James H. Aldrich
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* Died in Cuba ** African American Officers Regimental Staff Officers
Lieutenant Colonel David M. Sells
Major Duncan B. Harrison
Major Armind G. RomainRegimental Adjutant
Regimental Quartermasters
1st Lieutenant James T. Ord**Regimental Surgeons
Major James Mitchell
1st Lieutenant Allen J. Black
1st Lieutenant W. Edson AppleRegimental Chaplain
Non-Commissioned Staff Officers
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant John S. MinorHospital Stewards
James M Beverly
Ferdinand Fabre
David F. Robinson
George W. PatersonRegimental Band
Drum Major Willis Hall
Principal Musician Oscar Duconge
Principal Musician Franqois Castry
Privates, Joseph A. Bryant, Charles Castry, Charles B. Conway, George E.
Davis, John B. Delisle, Louis Drayton, Arthur Ellis, Etienne Gaspard,
Daniel Irvin, Edward D. Jones, Octave Lecouq, Joseph A. Mayfield,
William Moseley, Edgar J. Palao, Dennis Patterson, Samuel Richardson,
Emamuel Ridgley, Usan Ridgley, Achilles Senegal, John T. WilsonCompany A
1st Lieutenant G. H. Nelson**
2nd Lieutenant E. H. Phillips**
1st Sergeant Solomon Fairley Jr
Sergeants, Isidore Le Blanc, Nicholas Jones Jr, John W. Pendleton, James
Madison, John Dorsey.
Corporals, Eugene Tate,* Thomas Derrigan, William Richardson, John
Anderson, Jesse Bargamer, John McLain, Joseph Broussard, Milton Carter,
James Wilson
Musicians, Joseph A. Mayfield, Alfred Domingo
Wagoner, Peter Jones
Artificer, Joseph Pascal
Privates, William Allen, Manuel antoine, George Baker, Frank Baker,
Frank Benjamin, Charles Bibbs, Joseph A. Bryant, Robert E. Burthlong,
B.F. Clark, Dennis Clements, Albert Daspit, John Davis,* Joseph Dixon,
John H. Dunn, George Dupre, Ellis Dyer, Lafayette Gaspard, Ferdinand
Grant, John Greer, John Hagan, George Henderson, Will Hodges, Oscar
Irwin, William Jackson, Samuel Johnson, S. Jackson, Henry Jones, Joseph
Jones, John Jones, Paul L'Esperance, Henry P. Logan, David Macon,
Marshall Milenez, Wallace Mitchell, Joseph Montana, Harry Morales,
Alphonse Morris, Willis Moody, Adolph M. Murry, Alfred Manuel, Charles
Philips, Joseph Putney, Lucien Raggas, Daniel Richardson, John F.
Robertson, Samuel Schofield, Joseph Souey, Joseph Stephens, Joseph
Telemaque, Robert Terrel, Eugene Vincent, Joseph Volsin, Henry
Washington, Samuel Watson, Benjamin White Jr, Spencer White,* Jesse
Williams, Louis F. Williams, John G. Williams, Daniel Winbush, Edward
YoungCompany "B"
1st Lieutenant William H. Franklin**
2nd Lieutenants J. W. Brown,** J. C. Allen(*)**
1st Sergeant William J. Harris
Sergeants, Andrew Lawrence, Henry C. Thomas, Willis Hall, William Moore
Jr, Moses Perkins, George Thompson
Corporals, Thomas Warwick, Peter Evens, Oliver Churchill, Washington
Griffin, A. L. J. Thurston, George F. Scott, Clemon Boudreau, George
Lewis
Artificer, J. H. Wisham
Wagoners, Charles H. Jackson,* Joseph Robicheau
Privates, Philip Alcorn, Charles Ambras, Joseph August, John Baptest,
Baptise Bashaw, Esau Boldin, James Bell, Albert Benjamin, Gus Bolvia,
Joseph Buchanan,* Lewis Butler,* Henry Cole, Samuel Carter, Martin
Christian,* Joseph Crader, John H. Davis, George Decurie, Albert Dennis,
R. L. Edwards, Walter Evans, James Gardener,* Thomas Givham,* William
Hacher, James Hall, Frank A. Holmes, Louis harris, William Jackson,
Harvey Johnson, George Johnson,* Eugene Jones, John H. Joseph, Alfred H.
Joyce, Levy Lewis, William Lewis,* Frederick Long, Isaac H. McGraw,
Edward Martin, Charles Maxwell, James A. Miles, William Mitchell,
Benjamin Nelson, Eugene Noyra, Willie Papin, Willie B. Petaway, James A.
Penn, Edward Peterson, Louis Piper, Oliver Richardson, David Robertson,
J. B. Scales, George Spencer, Louis Stovall, George Sullivan, Charles L.
Thompson, Matt Thompson, Arthur Veazie,* Peter Vinet, Daniel Wagner,
George Washington, John Washington, Reuben Weeks, Tom White, John
Williams, Robert WilliamsCompany "C"
1st Lieutenant J. T. Beckman**
2nd Lieutenant H. O. Franklin**
1st Sergeant Adam Jackson
Sergeants, Oscar Brooks, Octave B. Mora, Mitchell Flowers,* Charles H.
Eugene, Arthur Van Vactor, J. Brunchamp
Corporals, James Buchanan, Thomas Robinson,* Manuel Grace, James A.
Mayfield, Joseph H. Newman, Andrew B. Duvernay, Charles Dugay, Louis
Hamilton, Ernest Owens
Musicians, Etienne Gaspard, Joseph Lewis
Artificer, J. W. Jackson
Privates, Louis Armstead, Jacob Batom,William Boyd,* Joseph Boyd, Henry
Bradford, William M. Brodes, Maximilian Chatard, Willie Chatman, Charles
Clark, Matthew C. Clark, Willie Clark,* Eddie Clinch, Quazine Color,
Bartholomew Davis,* Sanford Drake, Aaron Dunn, Peter H. Dupas, Adam
Edwards, Arthur Ellis, Frank English, Joseph Ernest, Anathole Eulen,
Julius Falfair, Joseph Farron, Taylor Francis, Henry R. Gardner, Albert
gordon, Alexander Grant, Sheridan Hamilton, John Harris, Hery Harrison,
Auguste Hills, Gustave Huber, Morrice Jackson, Placide Jessamine,*
Joseph Jenkin, Thomas Johnson, August Jones, Charles Kennedy, Gilbert
Love, Harry Mabry, Henry Mack, William Martin, John R. Minor, Albert
Monette, Joseph Monie, Alcide Moret, Joseph Morris,* Joseph Narcisse,*
Louis Nelson, Noah Patterson, Eugene Profeit, Alexander Roan, Daniel
Robinson, William Ross, William Sanders, George Sarofield, William J.
Saulsbury, Villere Small, Henry Smith, Henry ThompsonCompany "D"
1st Lieutenant S. P. Brown** Commanding
2nd Lieutenants, Phillip Phillipson**(resigned) Thomas C. Butler**
1st Sergeant Robert Jones
Sergeants, H. P. Lawson, Frank Dorsey, William Laborossiers, John W.
Henderson, Henry Alexander, Adolph Robinson*, John Douglass
Corporals, William Ballard, Henry Johnson, Harney Dolphus, Alfred
Latmore, Emile Foy, Edward Manson, Reuben F. Johnson, Edgar Gray,Robert
H. Downs Jr, Alexander Pullam
Musicians, Peter Thomas, Albert W. Dowden
Artificer, Charles Peters
Wagoner, Edward Robinson
Privates, Charles Baker, Felix Benjamin, Louis Benoit, Joseph Black,
Philip Bouiswail,* Lewis Brown, William Buddymoore, John Carter, William
C. Carter, Henry Coleman, John Collier, Charles B. Conway, Amile Crump,
George E. Davis, James Davis,* Alphonse DeLisie, Amadie Diggs, Emile
Dormer, Lewis Drayton, Julius Fernandez, Louis Foster, Jules Gaudines,
William Garrett,* Peter Guichard, George Hope, Thomas Hubert, Frank
Hunter, Gus Jackson, Wright Jackson, Willie Johnson, Ernest
Labarrosiers, Lucien Lavaux, Octave Lecouq, Robert Lewis, Richard
martin, Abson McKinney, Briscoe McWay, Willie Moore, Joseph D. Morse,
Joseph Mosolu,* Elmore Neal, George W. Patterson, Van Peterson, Edward
Pierre, Eugene Posey, William Powell,* Emanuel Ridgley, John Simpson,
Willie Stamps, Webster St. Smith, Jackson Thomas, Peter Thomas,Paul
Vincent,* John Ward, Joseph Washington, John Williams, Arthue Williams,
Jacob Williams, Robert Wilson, Landry WillisCompany "E"
1st Lieutenant Edward Williams** L. J. Barnet(*)**
2nd Lieutenant Lafayette Tharp**
1st Sergeants John Farrell, John E. Oliver(discharged for disability)
Sergeants, Nelson B. Robinson, Horace O. Whaley, Achilles Jones, Victor
Miller,* Henry Johnson,* David P. Lee
Corporals, Grant S. Bonney Joseph A. Cammack, Eward Williams, William
J. Ashford, Warren E. Butler, Frank Odin, Robert Cooper,* Adolphe
Gonzalez, Henry Love
Musicains, Joseph Hill, Solomon Lemon, Ferdinand Bermudy*
Artificer, Ferdinand Moise
Wagoner, Sandy Williams
Privates, James R. Banks,* James N. Benjamin, Alfred Berry, Bremer
Celestan, Thomas Chatman, Robert Cooper,* William Dabnery, Oliver Davis,
Elihu S. Dawkins, Emile Fargo, Frederick Ferrand, Horace R. Flood, Edgar
Fortnonin, Victor Francois, Matthew Gaines, Andrew Gottscnalk,* Joseph
Green, William Griffin, George A. Hall, Alfred Henderson, Nathaniel P.
Hill, James Jackson, Adolphe James, Henry Johnson, John Johnson, Walter
Johnson, Emile Jones,* Lewis Jones, Robert Jones, Robert B. Jones,
JohnKennedy, George Lasbostrie, henry Learson, Foster Leday, Sedley E.
Lee, DavidLewis, William Long, Jack McAllister, Walter McCormack, Joseph
Marmillion, John Marshall, James A. Miller, Henry Mitchell, Charles
Montrell, Alfred Nelson, William Newton, Charles Owens, Austin Patrick,
Jules Peters, Usan Ridgley, David F. Robinson, Lee Simms Robert Sparks,*
George Stevens,* James Taylor, Silas Terrell, Ferman Vincent, Oliver
Waterman, Harry WilliamsCompany "F"
1st Lieutenants W. H. Robinson,** Charles W. Fillmore,**(resigned) Frank
Patrick,**(resigned)
1st Sergeant William Cornish
Sergeants, Clarence H. Hill, Stephen Burrell, Joseph Marigny, Albert
Dessalle, George St Avide
Corporals, William Lee, Joseph Gedridge, Daniel Grooms, Wiley Lawson,
Richard Davis, Paul Thomas, Henry Forest, Charles Hilderbrand
Musicians, Noble Linsdey, Charles Lawson, Edward Zaphery
Articifer, Peter Antonie
Wagoner, Stephen Thompson
Privates, Alexander Dennis,* Henry Aston, Albert Bell, Charles
Blanchard, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jackson Bridges, George Brooks, Paul
Brown, Peter Brown, Aaron Butler, John Campbell, Charles Cook, Isaac
Craig, Robert Davis, John Fascio, Arthur Ferrand, Eugene forest, Manuel
Gaines, Charles Gipson, Thomas GrayCompany "G"
1st Lieutenant William Wilkes**
2nd Lieutenant Wallace D. Seals**
1st Sergeant
Sergeants
Corporals,
Musicians,
Articifer,
Wagoner.
Privates, Toney Hudson, Albert Isaac, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas T.
Johnson, Ned Johnson, Samuel Jones, Zack Jones, Charles Lenons, Sol
Lewis, William Lucas, John McIntyre, Henry Madison, Jesse Manning, Fred
Manning, William Moxie,* James Neal, Charles Ovide, William Robinson,
Thomas Rodville, William Rogers, Robert Roundtree, John Sears, Edward
Seymour, Alfred Simms, Brisco Smith, Jesse smith, William Smith,
Alexander Smithers, Lewis solomon, Rpbert Stewart, Frank Stores, Grant
Taylor, William Thomas, Edward Thomas, Alphomse Todmann, J. C. Tolley,
Giston Trevason, Thomas Walker, Frederick Weston, William Williams,
Charles Williams, Joseph Williams, Hiram Williams, Alonzo WilliamsCompany "H"
1st Lieutenant H. Herman Blunt
2nd Lieutenant Stephen G. Starr
1st Sergeant George W. Hall
Sergeants, Robert Smith, Antonie L. Baptiste, Napoleon D. Bruce, Daniel
Vaughn, Philip Harris
Corporals, Henry H. Williams, Stephen Lewis, Herny Sherfie, Robert Nash,
Benjamin F. Blanchard, William Jacob, William Thomas, Leonce Daniels
Musicians, Stering Henderson,* Samuel Mathews
Artificer,William Hillard
Wagoner, Henry Alford
Privates, Joseph Baptiste, George Baptiste, Thomas Baptiste,Thomas
Bazile, Murray Bernard, Louis P. Blanchard, Allen Breshear, Robert
Brent, Robert Briggs, James H. Brown,* Flecther Brown, James
Butcher,William Carter, Frederick Chase, Oscar Curry, John L. Curtis,
Richard Davis, John Douglass, John S.Duia, George Foster, Louis Gaiton,
Lee Garret, Albert Goodrich,* Arthur Griffin,* Joseph Hall, Edgar Hatch,
Louis Jacobs, William Jenkins, Willie Jesse, Moses Johnson, Robert
Johnson, William Johnson, William Kane, Moses Kernee, William King,
Ernest Le Day, Isdore McCann, Edgar McGee, Nathan Mason, Wilson Miles,
Noel Parker, Alcie R. Rene, Joseph Robinson, Frank Rock, Ananias Ross,
Baptiste Rouchon, William Russell, Henry Shearife, Robert Smith, Noah
Spillers, Joseph Taylor, Edward Thomas, William Thomas, Toney Luciana,
Raners Train, William Trevaion, Peter Tripagnier, Joseph Ubern, James
Walker, Henry Washington, Charles Weaver, William Williams, Elijah
Wilson, Andrew WinnCompany "I"
1st Lieutenants, Louis E. Brown(Discharged for illness)** Adolphe J.
Wakefield**
2nd Lieutenant Poole S. Hall**
1st Sergeant August Pereault
Sergeants, William J. Poe, Sandy A. Weston, Thomas Cohen, Daniel Murray
Corporals, Seth Jefferson, Owen Washington, James Williams, Frank
Coleman, Henry Jenkins, Charles Coleman, Alexander Jackson, Austin
Winfree
Musician, Cornelius Mermillion
Artificer, Walter J. Beuchley
Wagoner, Berdie Miles
Privates, Frank alexander, Cornelius Alexander,* William Barnett,
Alexander Birden, Richard Booker, John H. Carpenter, John Ceaser,
William Clark,* Walter Collins, Austin Dunbar,* Henderson Dougherty,
Henry Easter, Charles L. Franklin, Nurie Gladden, Solomon Gordon, James
Gray, Poole S. Hall, Edward Harris,* Joseph H. Herne, Louis Hurd, Henry
T. Jackson, Joseph H. Johnson, Benard Kertwood, Robert S. Kittrell,
Wallace Lee, Charles Lewis, James McCabe, Henry Miles, John S. McCarthy,
George Mason, Adam Massie, John Mathews, Jack mathews, Nelson L.
Montgomery, Daniel Moseley, Harry President, Frank E. Procter, John M.
Pyatt, Forest Reed, Gabriel Richmond, Edward L. Roscoe, Josiah Ross,
David Smith, Jesse L. Stanley, Edward Thomas, William Thompson, William
Walton, George Washington, Philip A. Washington, Gus Wiggins, Edward
Williams, Henry Williams, Joe Williams,* John Wilson,* Charles B.
Wilson, Louis Woods, Thomas YoungCompany "K"
1st Lieutenant Arthur V. Harang**
2nd Lieutenant Jacob C. Smith**
1st Sergeant James Ross
Sergeants, Albert Newman, Joshua Woodson, John Burton
Corporals, Dennis Childres, Henry Cotton, Horace Blackburn, John Brown,
Robert White John Banks, Richard Mayse, Sandy Reams
Musicians, James Jackson, Edgar J. Palao
Artificer, Monroe Capeny
Company Clerk, John Smith
Wagoner, C. Wiggins
Privates,Walter Abadie, Moses Allen, William Anderson, Thomas Bailey,
George Barnes, Benjamin Benoid, Lucian Berthelemy, Edward Boyd, Noel
Bradley, henry Brown, William Brown, James Campbell, Richard Chatman,
Louis Clark,* Joseph Duggan, Gudtave Dupas, August Edmonds, Frank
Edwards, Norman Fields, William Frederick,* William Gamble, Robert
Gaspard, Jefferson Green, William Harrand, Michel Harris, Samuel Harris,
Nefus Honor, Emile Jackson, Thomas James, Lemule Jones, Felix Landry,
John Lawson,* Henry Lee, William Lee, Robert Long, Alphonse Marshell,
Henry Miller, Timothy Miller, James Morgan, Barney Moseley, Louis
Pernell, Peter Preston, Mack Powell, Albert Primrose, Paul Racque,
Leonard Rainey, George Randolph, Marion Shelly, George Smith, Beveley
Smith, William T. Tate, John R. Thomas, Simon Thomas, Henry Thompson,
Louis Thompson, Alphonse Turner, James M. Vance, William West, Jonas
Wiggins, Cyrus Williams Walter Willis, Louis Wilson, Joseph WoodsCompany "L"
1st Lieutenant P. L. Carmouche**
2nd Lieutenants, Robert G. Woods, O. S. Duncan(resigned)**
1st Sergeant, James R. Long
Sergeants, Joseph Ayo,* Eugene C. Watkins, Lewis C. Randolph, Elie A.
Grigsby, Walker T. Clanton, John W. Broman
Corporals, Charles Roberson, Frank C. Camille, Placid Perrin, Phillip J.
Brown, Nance Grady, Amos Ishman, Daniel White, William Lawson,*
Musicians, Charles G. Perry, A. J. Senegal
Articifer, Arthur Brown
Wagoner, Rudolph La Conta
Privates, Slivon Alger, Alphonse Arcidore,* David Augustine,* Joseph
Baker, H. Bernard, Edward Bishop, Feda Boone, George Brooks, Nelson
Bush, Wilson Carter, Abe Davis, Henry Davis, John P. Dean, Albert
Delane,* silas Dozier, Basil Ford, Mack Frances, Joseph Frerette, Sonny
H. Granville, Leonce Gregoury, Joseph Haines, James Harris, Frank
Harrison, Daniel Jackson, Felix Jackson, Alfred Johnson, Sandy Jones,
Edward Jones, Armeda Joseph, Silas Julian, Dennis Longs, William Marvel,
Isadore McCane, J. D. McCarty, William Moseby, W. J. Neams, Amile Nore,
Joseph Patterson, William Pierce, Nick Porter, John Powell, Wille
Primons,* Thomas Rencher, Albert Richardson,* Peter Roberson, Edward
Sanders, John Sanders, Scott Simmons, Victor Silvan, George Smith, Rufe
Solomon, Jefferson Tillis, Charles Victor, Jerome Villevasso,* Joseph
Waren, Henry Washington, John washington, Robert Washington, Andrew
Williams, Curtis Williams, George Williams,* Willie Williams, Alexander
Wilson,* Alfred Winn,* Blex ZadoreCompany "M"
1st Lieutenant Alexander Richardson
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Pinchback
1st Sergeant Noah H. Johnson
Sergeants, John A. Boutte, Amos Hinkson, Giles Johnson,* Edmond B.
Foreman, Edward R. James
Corporals, Richard H. Harvey, Charles S. Boutte, Gustave A. Roman,
Alexander F. Tillman, Mack Owens, Scott Obee, Alexis Ledo, Alexander
Bates, Charles W. Kingston*
Musicians, Floyd Daniels, John Daniels
Articifer, George W. Holt
Wagoner, Gustave Stellar
Privates, John Alexander, Edward Arnold, Beverly Ashford, John Belony,
Walter Boswell,* Israel Coleman, Brinkley Christmas, Amos Darbon, John
Davis, Joseph Decuri, William Delanaunt,* Narcisse Donot, Joseph Dyre,
henry Ewing, Frank Fieze, Edward Florron, Eras Flood, George ford,
Julian M. Ford, Baptiste Francis, William Grant, George Gibson, Aquila
Gilmore, Abram Gilyard, Leonce Gregorie, James Harriss, Charles Hill,
Anthony Hills, Thomas Hilton, Thomas Howard, Charles Hurst, George
Jeffrian, Charles Johnson, Menney Johnson, William H. Johnson, Joseph
Lepage, Edward Lawson, Chalres,Lede, James Louis, Joseph McGray, Samuel
Marcou, Porter Martin, William Marvell, Alexander Murray, Thomas
Narcise, James Nethers, Antone Nit, Louis Nit, Edward Nolden, Peter
Ollford, John Perret, Louis Reed, Henry Rim, Rudolph P. Ross, Arthur
Smith,* Jessie smith, Cyrus Smith, Milton Smith, Henry Thomas, John
Thomas,* Luke Thomas, Charles Venable, Walter Verrett, Phillip Watkins