Tomorrow, July 2nd, 2010 will be the 147th anniversary of my husband's Gr/Gr/Grandfather, URIAH BARNES' enlistment in the Union Army. If anyone has any info or connections to this Union soldier or his regiment, please contact me. Thank you!

Linda J. Barnes
grafinthree@comcast.net

URIAH BARNES - UNION ARMY - 9th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864)

Soldier Name: Barnes, Uriah (Born about 1836 in MD - Died 1890-1900 in MD?)
Company: E
Rank In: Pvt - Enlistment: July 2, 1863
Rank Out: Pvt - Discharged: Feb 23, 1964
In hospital for 60 days with typhoid.
Filed for Civil War pension under Uriah Barnes
Regiment Name 9 Maryland Infantry (6 months, 1863-4)
Film Number: M388 roll 1

UNION MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS

9th Regiment, Maryland Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864)
Organized at Baltimore, Md., June and July, 1863, for six months. Moved from Baltimore to Western Maryland July 6, 1863. Attached to 1st Brigade, Maryland Heights, Division of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to February, 1864.

SERVICE.-Occupation of Maryland Heights July 7, 1863. At Loudon Heights till August. Guard duty on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Company "B" at Duffield Station, Company "C" at Brown's Crossing, Companies "A" and "B" provost duty at Harper's Ferry, Companies "D," "E," "F," "G," "H" and "I" at Charleston, W. Va., till October 18. Attacked by Imboden and captured. Companies "A," "B" and "C" on duty in West Virginia till February, 1864. Moved to Baltimore, Md., and mustered out February 24, 1864.

Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 126.

INFO FROM: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm