9th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, 1898 to 1899, Louisiana Submitted for the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Anthony L. Powell ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** =============================================================================== ROSTER - 9th UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 1898 to 1899 Compiled by Historian Anthony L. Powell =============================================================================== 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: Mr. Anthony L. Powell 1515 Marlene Court San Jose, CA 95118 E-mail: apowell@earthlink.net Telephone: 408-448-2260 Fax 408-269-1548 * Died in Cuba ** African American Officers Regimental Staff Officers Colonel Charles J. Crane, Commanding Lieutenant Colonel David M. Sells Major Duncan B. Harrison Major Armind G. Romain Regimental Adjutant 1st Lieutenant James Longstreet Regimental Quartermasters 1st Lieutenant J. Leon Jones** 1st Lieutenant James T. Ord** Regimental Surgeons Major James Mitchell 1st Lieutenant Allen J. Black 1st Lieutenant W. Edson Apple Regimental Chaplain Captain W. Hilary Coston** Non-Commissioned Staff Officers Rgeimental Sergeant Major Poole S. Hall Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant John S. Minor Hospital Stewards Joseph E. Dibble James M Beverly Ferdinand Fabre David F. Robinson George W. Paterson Regimental Band Chief Musician: James W. McNeal 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. Wilson Company A Captains: James C. Simpson, C.D. Wood 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 Young Company "B" Captain Sidney Goode 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 Williams Company "C" Captain E. J. Sherman 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 Thompson Company "D" Captains, W. A. Dayton (resigned) George Lea Febiger 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 Willis Company "E" Captain C .G. Beckham 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, John Kennedy, 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 Williams Company "F" Captains Charles C. D. Gaither, Edward B. Markley* 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 Gray Company "G" Captain 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, Rupbert 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 Williams Company "H" Captain R.M. Nolan 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,* Fletcher 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 Winn Company "I" Captain Claron A. Windus 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 Young Company "K" Captain William Lowery 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 Woods Company "L" Captain, W. Prague Coleman 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 Zadore Company "M" Captain James H. Aldrich 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 #########################################################################