Reference
This comprehensive guide courtesy of Dr. Charles W. Sullivan
Last revised 2 May 1999
Publications
Whitney, J. H. E., "The Hawkins Zouaves: (Ninth N. Y. V.) Their Battles and Marches", Published by the author, New York, 1866.[Whitney was in Company B. An appendix lists casualties.]
Graham, Matthew J., "The Ninth Regiment New York Volunteers (Hawkins'Zouaves), being a history of the Regiment and Veteran Association from 1860 to 1900", E. P. Coby & Co., New York, 1900. Reprinted 1998 by Vanberg Publishing, PO Box 983, Lancaster, Ohio 43130. [Graham wasin Companies A & F. An appendix has the muster-out rolls for the entire regiment.]
Johnson, Charles F., "The Long Roll: Being a Journal of the Civil War,as set down during the years 1861 - 1863 by Charles F. Johnson, sometime of Hawkins Zouaves", The Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1911. Reprinted 1986 by Carabelle Books, Box 1611, Shepardstown, WV. 25443.ISBN 0-938634-08-9. [Johnson was in Company I]Longacre, Edward G., editor,
Longacre, Edward G., editor, "From Antietam to Fort Fisher: The Civil War Letters of Edward King Wightman, 1862-1865", Associated University Presses, 1985. ISBN 0-8386-3210-6 [Wightman was in Company B]

Dyer, Frederick H., "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion",Vol 3; 9th NY Inf, pp1408-9; 17th Vet NY Inf, pp1411-12. [Capsule histories of the regiments.]

Articles in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", ThomasYoseloff Inc, New York, 1956: Hawkins, Rush C., "Early Coast Operations in North Carolina", Vol 1, pp632-659 Thompson, David L., "In the Ranks to the Antietam", Vol 2, pp556-558 [Thompson was with Company G] ibid, "With Burnside at Antietam", Vol 2, pp660-662

Barrett, John G., "The Civil War in North Carolina", The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1963. ISBN 0-8078-4520-5,(paperback). [A woodcut of the Hawkins' Zouaves at Roanoke Island from the Illustrated London News is reproduced on p82]

Barrett, John Gilchrist, "North Carolina as a Civil War Battleground 1861-1865", Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, NC, (c) 1987, 11th printing 1995,ISBN 0-86526-088-5. Chap III (Hatteras), pp14-25; chap IV (theBurnside Expedition & Roanoke Isl), pp26-43. [Woodcuts of Hawkins' Zouaves at Roanoke Island reproduced from Harpers' Weekly and from Illustrated London News on page 33. Woodcut of Hawkins' Zouaves at South Mills (Camden), 19 Apr 1862, from 9 Sep 1882 Pictorial War Record reproduced on page 39.]

Witt, Jerry V., "South Mills: A Nearly Forgotten Battle", Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina, Belvidere, NC1992. (Family Research Society, 106 S. McMorrine St, Suite 6,Elizabeth City, NC 27909). [This monograph contains many details and tables of the regiments and soldiers at this battle on 19 Apr1862, generally known in Union records as the Battle of Camden.]

Davis, John S. (ed by William Adams), "Up the Beach and into Battle", Civil War Times Illustrated, Vol 25, Oct 1986, pp32-34, 43-44.[Davis was with Company I]

Murfin, James V., "The Gleam of Bayonets: The Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September 1862", Bonanza Books,New York, 1965. ISBN 0-517-178052. [Includes the movements of the9th at Antietam.]

"Registers of the Sixth, Seventh, Seventh Veteran, Eighth, Ninth,Tenth, and Eleventh Regiments of Infantry", Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York; 1899, J.B. Lyon, state printer, Albany, NY, 1900, pp199-220. [9th NY Inf muster-in rolls; these are incomplete and list only those who enrolled within a few months of the formation of the regiment on 4 May 1861.]

"Registers of the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth,  Sixteenth, Seventeenth, , Seventeenth Veteran, and Eighteenth Regiments of Infantry",Annual report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York; 1899,J.B. Lyon, state printer, Albany, NY, 1900, pp819-958. [17th NY Veteran Inf. rolls; these are probably incomplete.]

"Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65", Part II (New York and New Jersey), Adjutant General's Office, Washington, 1865. Many recent reprints exist. 9th NY, pp437-8; 17th NY, p452. [Lists officers only.]

Brief biography of Rush Christopher Hawkins in Johnson, A., and Malone, D., editors, "Dictionary of American Biography", 2nd Ed., Vol IV, Part 1, pp415-416, Charles Scribners Sons, New York.,
Muster Roll and Descriptive List from the Hawkins' Zouaves recordsin the papers of Rush C. Hawkins at the library of Brown University,RI. [Hawkins was married to Annamarie Brown, granddaughter? ofthe founder of Brown University.]
Cook, Adrian, "The Armies of the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863", The University Press of Kentucky, 1974,ISBN 0-8131-1298-2. [Describes the involvement of the ill-fated 9th NY Veterans Regiment, which included a number of vets from the by-then-disbanded 9th NY Infantry.]
McCague, James, "The Second Rebellion: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863", The Dial Press, Inc., New York, 1968. [Same comments as above.]

Illustrations
McAfee, Michael J., "Zouaves: The First and the Bravest", Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA, 1991. ISBN 0-939631-37-7. [Photographs of various Zouaves. Several from the 9th NY are on pages 44, 45, 46, 84, 85, 95. Woodcuts of 9th NY on pages 83,86-7. Watercolor of 9th NY on page 65.]

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Vol XII, No 311, 9 Nov. 1861,Woodcut: "Camp Wool, Two Miles from Fort Clark, Hatteras Island, Occupied by Hawkins' Zouaves, 9th Regiment N. Y. V.", Page 397.Accompanying text on Page 389.

Harper's Weekly, Vol VI, No 270, 1 Mar 1862, Woodcut: "Gallant Charge of the Hawkins' Zouaves Upon the Rebel Batteries on Roanoke Island",Page 137. Accompanying text on Page 135.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Vol XIII, No 328, 8 Mar 1862,Woodcut: "... Battle of Roanoke Island...Decisive Bayonet Charge of the Ninth New York Volunteers, Hawkins' Zouaves, On The Three Gun Battery...", Pages 248-9. Accompanying text on Page 251.

Illustrated London News, Vol XL, No 1136, 22 Mar 1862, Woodcut:"... The 9th New York (Hawkins' Zouaves) and the 21st Massachusetts Taking the Confederate Fieldwork on Roanoke Island ...", Page 298.Accompanying text on Page 296.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Vol XV, No 367, 11 Oct. 1862,Woodcut: "Battle of Antietam ... Brilliant and Decisive Bayonet Charge of the Hawkins Zouaves ...", Pages 40-41.

"Leslie's Illustrated Civil War", University Press of Mississippi, Jackson Miss., 1992. ISBN 0-87805-567-3. [A woodcut of the Hawkins' Zouaves at Antietam from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of 11 Oct. 1862 is reproduced on Page 209.]

Harper's Weekly, Vol X, No 520, 15 DEC 1866, Woodcut: "Evacuation Day - Parade of the First Division, New York State Militia", Page 793.No text. [The 1st Reg't Inf. NYS National Guard wore the Hawkins' Zouave uniform and considered themselves the successor unit of that organization.] Reproduced in McAfee above.

Rocco, Keith, "Always Ready - The 9th New York Hawkins Zouaves at Antietam", (Painting, 1996. With limited edition of 500 prints),Tradition Studios, PO Box 779, Woodstock VA 22664, 540-459-5469.[Shown in ad on inside back cover of Dec 1996 issue of "Civil War  Time's Illustrated" magazine.]


Lloyd, Mark, "Combat Uniforms of the Civil War", Chartwell Books Inc., div of Book Sales Inc., Edison, NJ, 1995. ISBN 0-7858-0457-9. Color illustration (painting) of 9th NY Zouave uniform on Page 17.