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.
Other KITCHEN's in this unit:
Kitchen, Collin E.
Co B Private Private
Kitchen, E. Collin
Co B Private Private
Kitchen, James
Co B Private Private
Kitchen, John C.
Co's B-D Private Private
Kitchen, John G.
Co's B-D Private Private
Kitchen, John J.
Co's B-D Private Private
[Note: I believe that the two Collin Kitchen's to be the same person listed twice and the three John Kitchen's to be the same person listed three times.]
Co B = Baltimore Artillery
Co D = Virginia Artillery
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Francis Kitchen
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Virginia
Regiment Name: 9 Virginia Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 9th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M382 roll 32
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Francis M Kitchen
Enlistment Date: 6 Jan 1863
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Southampton County, VA
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted in Company B, Virginia 9th Infantry Regiment on 01 Jun 1863.
Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Francis Kitchen
Enlistment Date: 1 Jun 1863
Enlistment Place: Southampton County, Virginia
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Virginia
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 1 June 1863.
Enlisted in Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 1 Jun 1863.