A History of its Organization, Services in the Defenses of Washington, Marches, Camps, Battles, and Muster-Out, with Accounts of Life in a Rebel Prison, Personal Experiences, Names and Addresses of Surviving Members, Personal Sketches, and a Complete Roster of the Regiment.
by
Alfred Seelye Roe of Company A
Published by the Author, Worcester, Mass., 1899.
This is an all-volunteer group typing project.
For information about volunteering, scroll to end of Table of Contents at page bottom.
ASSIGNMENT 1
Chapter I. Second Wayne and Cayuga Regiment [the start of the regiment]
Chapter II. From Auburn to Washington [mustering the troops] this typing includes Chapter I, above, for a total of 16 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 2 - TAKEN!
Chapter III. Through Washington [the troops arrive and accommodate to army life]
Chapter IV. Camp Life and Road-making - this typing includes Chapter III, above, for a total of 11 pages
ASSIGNMENT 3
Chapter V. Camp Nellie Seward and Fort Kearney
Chapter VI. Camp Morris and the 9th Heavy Artillery -this typing includes Chapter V, above, for a total of 14 pages
ASSIGNMENT 4
Chapter VII. Life in the Forts
Chapter VIII. Fort Foote - this typing includes Chapter VII, above, for a total of 16 pages
ASSIGNMENT 5
Chapter IX. Soldiering in the Defenses - SAMPLE PAGE ON LINE. 12 pages
Chapter X. A General Shaking-up [Complete Chapter]
ASSIGNMENT 7
Chapter XI. Reaching the Front - 6 pages
ASSIGNMENT 8
Chapter XII. From the North Anna Through Cold Harbor - 17 pages
ASSIGNMENT 9
Chapter XIII. From Cold Harbor to Petersburg - 13 pages
ASSIGNMENT 10
Chapter XIV. To and Through Monocacy - 14 pages
ASSIGNMENT 11
Chapter XV. Retreat and Pursuit - 7 pages
ASSIGNMENT 12
Chapter XVI. The Valley and Winchester - SAMPLE PAGE ON LINE. 23 pages
ASSIGNMENT 13
Chapter XVII. The 3d Battalion from Petersburg to Harrisonburg - 7 pages
ASSIGNMENT 14
Chapter XVIII. The Valley and Cedar Creek - 38 1/2 pages; sign up for at least 10 pages or all
ASSIGNMENT 15
Chapter XIX. From Cedar Creek to Petersburg - 12 pages
ASSIGNMENT 16
Chapter XX. Petersburg, Through March, 1865 - 17 pages
ASSIGNMENT 17
Chapter XXI. Breaking the Lines, and Sailor's Creek - 18 pages
ASSIGNMENT 18
Chapter XXII. The Danville Raid - 9 pages
ASSIGNMENT 19
Chapter XXIII. Richmond, Washington, and Home - 13 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 20 - TAKEN!
Chapter XXIV. Those Who Were Left Behind - 9 pages
ASSIGNMENT 21
Chapter XXV. Miscellaneous [war stories, poems, humorous accounts] - 34 1/2 pages; sign up for at least 10 pages or all
ASSIGNMENT 22
Chapter XXVI. Prisoners of War - SAMPLE PAGE ON LINE. This long chapter consists of first-hand accounts of various men who were prisoners, including a diary. 59 pages; sign up for at least 10 pages or all
Chapter XXVII. Veteran Association [Complete Chapter]
ASSIGNMENT 23
Chapter XXVIII. Personal Experiences of the Civil War - SAMPLE PAGE ON LINE. 19 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 24 - TAKEN!
Chapter XXVIX. Personal Sketches [this does not include all men who served but men or families who gave Mr. Roe info]- 44 pages total; sign up for at least 10 pages or all
Chapter XXX. Regimental Roster Regimental Officers - PARTIAL
VOLUNTEERING TO TYPE THE ROSTERS: Typing the rosters in this book is similar to directory typing, requiring the transcriber to place periods, apostrophes, commas, and semi-colons every few characters. This type of typing isn't for everybody - it takes more time than typing up narrative writing, and is most suited for people who've typed up numbers and lists in their daily work with confidence in their accuracy. This is not the type of assignment we recommend you do in one sitting or one day - you'll need to pace yourself in short stints, or stop and go back to it refreshed. As it's important that all punctuation be typed exactly as in the book, and proofreading and correcting takes more time than usual, we request that volunteers only sign up for a roster assignment if they're used to typing similar lists.
ASSIGNMENT 25
Company A [mainly men from the Red Creek area, Huron and Butler] - 14 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 26
Company B [mainly western Wayne County, Ontario, Walworth, Williamson] - 11 pages
ASSIGNMENT 27
Company C [mainly Cato, Conquest, Victory, and other towns, as well as Seneca Co., Oswego Co., and Onondaga Co.] - 11 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 28 - TAKEN!
Company D [almost exclusively a Lyons company, with some from Sodus, Huron, Rose and Galen] - 12 pages
ASSIGNMENT 29
Company E [mainly southern Cayuga Co., esp. Scipio, Venice and Moravia] - 12 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 30
Company F [primarily Auburn and nearby towns, and a few from northern Tompkins Co.] - 11 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 31
Company G [mainly men from Huron, Wolcott, Butler and Rose] - 10 1/2 pages
ASSIGNMENT 32
Company H [mainly men from Galen, Clyde and Rose, with some from Cayuga and Onondaga Cos.] - 12 pages
ASSIGNMENT 33
Company I [primarily a Cayuga Co. company, with men from Auburn, Owasco, and Sennett] 10 pages
ASSIGNMENT 34
Company K [a composite regiment, mainly men from Galen, Clyde, and Ira] - 10 pages
ASSIGNMENT 35
Company L [men from all over, including Oswego, Onondaga County, Syracuse, Skaneateles, etc.] - 10 pages
ASSIGNMENT 36 - TAKEN! - SAMPLE PAGES ON LINE. Updated 11/16/04.
Company M [men from throughout the state, including Albany, Syracuse, Bergen, Batavia, the Hudson Valley, etc.] - 14 pages
ASSIGNMENT 37 - TAKEN!
Unassigned Recruits [many men from Wayne, Cayuga, Onondaga, Tompkins, Seneca, Genesee, Brooklyn, and other counties] - 6 1/2 pages
CAN YOU HELP PREPARE THIS RESOURCE FOR ONLINE RESEARCHERS?
One of the largest Civil War regimental histories ever written, Roe's history of New York State's 9th Heavy Artillery is of more than regional interest. The many chapters describing the 9th H.A.'s specific engagements will interest anyone whose relative fought in a particular battle or state. This is an important military history book, exciting reading, with many photographs and maps, and we'll be putting all of the photos and maps on line.
As this book will be completed thanks to the kindness of strangers in volunteering to type, and the expense of photocopies and mailing likely personally borne by one of the site coordinators, we anticipate that the project of posting this 615-page book will be completed sometime in 2006 or 2007. After typing, all pages will be carefully proof-read against the original book before being posted. Lookups in this book are only being made available to volunteers who are typing up a full or partial chapter. If you're interested in men who were or might have been members of the 9th H.A., but aren't volunteering your time to help with this project, check with your local librarian about obtaining a copy of the book on microfilm for your personal viewing.
Assignments are on a first-ask basis. This typing goes fairly quickly, 5-10 minutes per page, depending on how fast you type. To "sign up" for a full or partial chapter, please contact the site coordinators (on main page of the site) with name and address and we'll mail you a photocopy of the specific pages you've volunteered to prepare. We'll be giving you specific instructions as to how to proceed with your typing so that it's consistent with others' before the proofing stage. To facilitate our coding, it must be typed and saved as a plain text file (.txt) or as a Word .doc only, not in .rtf or .wps formats, with no formatting. Please do not use OCR, as the process of proof-reading to look for character errors can be more time-consuming than proofing straight typing. When your assignment is completed just let us know and email your completed pages back to us. You keep the photocopies. We request that you complete your assignment within 30 days of your receipt of paper copies.
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