9TH MA DIVISION

9TH MASSACHUSETTS

DIVISION: FOURTH

BRIGADE: 4TH MA

HISTORY: ORGANIZED SPRING 1775 AT CAMBRIDGE FROM SUFFOLK, ESSEX, AND YORK COUNTIES MASS, AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NH.

ENTERED VALLEY FORGE WITH 425 ASSIGNED, 268 FIT FOR DUTY, LEFT
VALLEY FORGE WITH 349 ASSSIGNED , 236 FIT FOR DUTY.

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS : SIEGE OF BOSTON, NYC, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, TRENTON-PRINCETON, SARATOGA, MOHAWK VALLEY, DEFENSE OF
PHILADELPHIA, PHILA-MONMOUTH.

*Staff Officers*
*Colonel*	*JAMES WESSON*
*Lt. Colonel*	*JAMES MELLEN*
*Major*

*Company Officers*
*Captain*	*SAMUEL BARTLETT*
*Captain*	*JOHN BLANCHARD*
*Captain*	*SAMUEL CARR*
*Captain*	*ABRAHAM CHILDS*
*Captain*	*AMOS COGSWELL*
*Captain*	*NATHAN DIX*
*Captain*	*JOSEPH PETTINGILL*
*Captain*	*NAHUM WARD*

*Staff Officers*
*Chaplain*
*Quartermaster*	*NATHANIEL FRYE*
*Adjutant*	*CALEB CLAP*
*Paymaster*	*JOHN WOOODWARD*
*Surgeon*	*JOHN THOMAS*
*Surgeon Mate*	*HENRY ADAMS*
*Quartermaster Sergeant*	*JESSE WALKER*
*Sergeant Major*	*GEORGE LANE*
*Drum Major*	*THOMAS RYAN*
*Fife Major*	*JONATHAN BYONTON*