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Ninth Regiment, Company A

9th Regiment
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West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Mustered in April 24, 1861
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9th Regiment, Co. A

Captain
Henry R. Guss

First Lieutenant
Francis M. Guss

Second Lieutenant
Richard D. Townsend

First Sergeant
Lewis Y. Evans

Second Sergeant
John C. McKay

Third Sergeant
James Powell

Fourth Sergeant
Thomas J. Townsend

First Corporal
Ephraim E. Black

Second Corporal
Thomas E. Weber

Third Corporal
Thomas McKay

Fourth Corporal
Abel Griffith

Musician
James St. John
William S. St. John

Privates
Abel, William S.
Baldwin, Johnson C.
Birney, David
Bickings, Albanus
Caruthers, Henry W.
Dock, William H.
Daubman, Jacob
Donley, John
Davis, George
Dailey, Bayard
Davis, Reese
Dutton, Alfred L. 
Dutton, Reese R.
Donley, James P.
Davis, John E.
Fithian, R. Powell
Ferrell, William C.
Finch, Isaac
Ferrell, Morgan
Frame, Franklin
Floyd, William
Fawkes, Isaac
Gardner, William
George, William
Gill, Taylor
Hickman, F. Sharpless
Hawkins, George
Hutchinson, David
Hall, Robert J.
Hamill, Robert A.
Hopkins, Matthew M.
Jenkins, Mahlon P.
Johnson, T. Rhoads
Jenkins, George
Keech, William K.
Kennedy, John
Keech, James G.
Linton, James
Lovell, William
Lupold, John
Lewis, Phineas
McKay, William
Morris, John
Morgan, Elwood
Massey, Jefferson
Middleton, Elisha W.
Martin, William H.
McDermott, Bernard
Meteer, William
McNamel, John
Pearce, William H. H.
Perry, Aaron B.
Peace, Alfred
Peace, Samuel S.
Pearson, William
Richardson, Taylor
Rudolph, Jervis J.
Rogers, John
Strickland, O. E.
Stone, Charles
Stackhouse, Benjamin
Stott, Sylvester
Taylor, Isaac B.
Wright, Andrew K.

Roster Source: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902.: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

9th Regiment

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