Mills Riddick
Regiment Name 9th Virginia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company I
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M382 roll 46
9th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
9th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Portsmouth, Virginia, in July, 1861. Its members were from Portsmouth and the counties of Roanoke, Chesterfield, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Lunenburg, Dinwiddie, and Norfolk. The regiment served in the Department of Norfolk and in June, 1862, totalled 435 men. During the war it was attached to General Armistead's, Barton's, and Steuart's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in many conflicts from Seven Pines to Gettysburg and after serving in North Carolina participated in the Battle of Drewry's Bluff. Later the unit was involved in the Petersburg siege north of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 9 killed, 34 wounded, and 23 missing of the 150 at Malvern Hill, and of the 318 engaged at Gettysburg more than half were disabled. The unit reported 47 casualties at Drewry's Bluff, and many captured at Five Forks and Sayler's Creek, and surrendered 2 officers and 37 men on April 9, 1865. Its field officers were Colonels David J. Godwin, James J. Phillips, and Francis H. Smith; Lieutenant Colonels James S. Gilliam, John T.L. Preston, and William J. Richardson; and Majors Stapleton Crutchfield, Makr B. Hardin, and John C. Owens.
Also in the unit:
Riddick, Amos
Co I Private Private
Riddick, James W.
Co K Private Private
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Mills Riddick
RESIDENCE: Nansemond County, Virginia
Enlistment Date: 1 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Pinner'S Point, Norfolk County
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 1 March 1862.
Enlisted in Company I, 9th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 1 Mar 1862.
American Civil War Regiments
REGIMENT: 9th Infantry Regiment Virginia
Date of Organization: 7 Jul 1861
Muster Date: 9 Apr 1865
Regiment State: Virginia
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 9th
Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History
Battles Fought
Fought on 1 Jul 1861 at Malvern Hill, VA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1861.
Fought on 21 Jul 1861 at Manassas, VA.
Fought on 1 May 1862.
Fought on 1 Jun 1862 at Seven Pines, VA.
Fought on 4 Jun 1862.
Fought on 5 Jun 1862.
Fought on 15 Jun 1862.
Fought on 1 Jul 1862 at Malvern Hill, VA.
Fought on 22 Aug 1862 at Catlett's Station, VA.
Fought on 25 Aug 1862 at Warrenton Springs, VA.
Fought on 26 Aug 1862 at Warrenton Springs, VA.
Fought on 28 Aug 1862 at Warrenton Springs, VA.
Fought on 29 Aug 1862 at 2nd Manassas, VA.
Fought on 30 Aug 1862 at 2nd Manassas, VA.
Fought on 11 Sep 1862 at Monocacy, MD.
Fought on 14 Sep 1862 at Williamsport, MD.
Fought on 14 Sep 1862 at Crampton's Pass.
Fought on 17 Sep 1862 at Frederick, MD.
Fought on 10 Nov 1862 at Winder Hospl, Richmond, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1863 at Dinwiddie Court House, VA.
Fought on 13 Apr 1863 at Suffolk, VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1863 at Suffolk, VA.
Fought on 17 Apr 1863 at Suffolk, VA.
Fought on 15 May 1863.
Fought on 15 Jun 1863.
Fought on 29 Jun 1863 at Millerstown.
Fought on 30 Jun 1863.
Fought on 1 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Chester, PA.
Fought on 4 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 5 Jul 1863 at Waterloo.
Fought on 6 Jul 1863 at Greencastle, PA.
Fought on 8 Jul 1863.
Fought on 13 Jul 1863.
Fought on 14 Jul 1863 at Williamport, MD.
Fought on 14 Jul 1863.
Fought on 21 Jul 1863 at Chester Gap, VA.
Fought on 26 Jul 1863 at Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA.
Fought on 1 Aug 1863 at Brandy Station, VA.
Fought on 31 Aug 1863.
Fought on 9 Sep 1863 at Cumberland Gap.
Fought on 28 Sep 1863 at Emmettsburg, VA.
Fought on 1 Oct 1863.
Fought on 2 Feb 1864 at New Berne, NC.
Fought on 3 Feb 1864 at New Berne, NC.
Fought on 15 Mar 1864.
Fought on 7 Apr 1864.
Fought on 7 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 10 May 1864 at Chester Station, VA.
Fought on 10 May 1864.
Fought on 11 May 1864.
Fought on 15 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA.
Fought on 15 May 1864.
Fought on 16 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA.
Fought on 16 May 1864.
Fought on 18 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA.
Fought on 19 May 1864.
Fought on 23 May 1864.
Fought on 3 Jun 1864.
Fought on 5 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 6 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1864.
Fought on 17 Jun 1864.
Fought on 18 Jun 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA.
Fought on 10 Aug 1864.
Fought on 25 Aug 1864 at Howlett House, Bermuda Hundred.
Fought on 25 Aug 1864.
Fought on 25 Aug 1864 at Howlett House, VA.
Fought on 11 Oct 1864 at Weldon Railroad.
Fought on 11 Oct 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 8 Nov 1864.
Fought on 21 Nov 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA.
Fought on 23 Nov 1864.
Fought on 10 Dec 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA.
Fought on 20 Dec 1864.
Fought on 15 Jan 1865.
Fought on 24 Jan 1865.
Fought on 14 Feb 1865.
Fought on 31 Mar 1865 at Dinwiddie Court House, VA.
Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Hooker's Island, VA.
Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at White Oak Road.
Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Five Forks, VA.
Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Dinwiddie Court House, VA.
Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Hatcher's Run, VA.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Sutherland's Station, VA.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Washington, DC.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Five Forks, VA.
Fought on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Danville, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Jackson Hospital, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Jackson Hospl, Richmond, VA.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865.
Fought on 3 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Farmville, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Burkeville, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at Harper's Farm, VA.
Fought on 6 Apr 1865 at High Bridge, VA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 7 Apr 1865 at Ford's Station.
Fought on 11 Apr 1865 at Blacks And Whites.
Fought on 12 Apr 1865 at Foster's Station, VA.
Fought on 12 Apr 1865.
Fought on 13 Apr 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
Fought on 13 Apr 1865.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865 at Burkeville Junction, VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865 at Richmond Hospital, VA.
Fought on 15 Apr 1865 at Harper's Farm, Farmville, VA.
Fought on 17 Apr 1865 at Blacks And Whites.
Fought on 14 Jun 1865.
Fought on 22 Jun 1865 at Point Lookout, MD.
Mills McDonald Riddick
Born: 19 Oct 1848
Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, USA
Died: 28 Jun 1899
Navasota, Grimes, Texas, USA
Drucilla Shamblin
Born: 3 Jun 1859 in [city], Lumpkin, Georgia, USA
Died: 1935 in Navasota, Grimes, Texas, USA
Marriage: 26 Apr 1882 in Willis, Montgomery, Texas, USA View Info
Children Sex Birth
Frances Elmira Riddick F Jan 1883 in Willis, Montgomery, Texas, USA
Minnie Laur Riddick F Feb 1885 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Texas, USA
Baker Hughes Riddick M 27 Jan 1888 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Texas, USA
Lucile Drucilla Riddick F 27 Nov 1890 in Navasota, Grimes, Texas, USA
McDonald Riddick M 1894 in Navasota, Grimes, Texas, USA
Lois Corine Riddick F 3 Aug 1899 in Navasota, Grimes, Texas, USA
Must have lied about his age -- he would have been 14 in 1862.
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Washington S Riddick
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Suffolk
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Washington S Riddick 35 w/m Attorney at Law
Frances M Riddick 35 w/f
Julian F Riddick 15 w/m
McDonald M Riddick 11 w/m
Marion B Riddick 10 w/f
Mary W Riddick 7 w/f
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Mills M Riddick
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Age in 1870: 21
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Suffolk
Household Members: Name Age
Washington Riddick 45 w/m Lawyer
Frances M Riddick 46 w/f
Julian F Riddick 24 w/m
Mills M Riddick 21 w/m
Marian B Riddick 19 w/f
Mary W Riddick 17 w/f at school
Martha Hatten 12 b/f Domestic Servant
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