9TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT
Captains - David J. Wood, Charles B. Simonton, James I. Hall, Co. "C". "Southern Confederates." Men from Clopton's Camp Ground, Tipton County.
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J. E. Faulkner, Private, Company E, 9th Tennessee Infantry, enlisted May 24, 1861 at Jackson by A. W. Campbell for one year, severely wounded in battle of Shiloh, hospitalized, Color Sergeant following the battle of Chickamauga, appointed Ensign and 1st Lieutenant April 18, 1864, to rank from April 12, accepted July 13, admitted Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga. July 22, 1864, gunshot wound, transferred July 23, resident of Shelby County, no further records
M268: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee
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Chickamagua after battle report:
Report of Col. George C. Porter, Sixth Tennessee Infantry,
commanding Sixth and Ninth Tennessee Infantry.
CAMP OF SIXTH AND NINTH TENN. REGTS.
October 1, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part
taken by my regiment in the engagements of the 19th and 20th
ultimo:
Color Bearers M. C. Hooks and J. B. Askew, together with 8 or 10 men, were wounded.
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Perryville, KY after battle report:
No. 35.
Report of Maj. George W. Kelsoe, Ninth Tennessee Infantry.
CAMP NEAR DICK'S RIVER, KY.,
October 12, 1862.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the conduct of
my regiment in the action of the 8th instant:
Here the color-bearer, Robert Gibbs, of Company C, fell while gallantly
rushing on, and Corpl. M. C. Hooks, of the color guard, seized the flag
and kept in front of the lines throughout the entire action, although
severely bruised.
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Stone's River after battle report:
Report of Maj. John L. Harris, Sixth Tennessee
Infantry, commanding Sixth and Ninth Regiments.
MARCH 20, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report of the Sixth and
[Ninth] (consolidated) Tennessee Regiments in the late action before
Murfreesborough on December 31, 1862:
Believing the battery on our right to be ours, the colors of the
regiment were ordered forward to attract their attention, whereupon
Sergt. M. C. Hooks, Company E, Ninth Tennessee Regiment, advanced
to the front and placed, his colors on the top of a crib, whereupon the
battery on the right fired at it and struck the crib near the
color-sergeant.
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