On the morning of July 13, 1862, the Union garrison was attacked by a force of 2,500 cavalry led by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in what was to be called the First Battle of Murfreesboro.

When the Union right was crushed at Stone River, the Ninth did most gallant service in checking the stampede to the rear, by firmly holding the Nashville Pike, the disorganized forces were stopped and returned to their commands.

Major General Thomas complimented Colonel Parkhurst and the regiment for the very important service rendered at this critical point of battle.

The regiment arrived in Nashville on March 23, and soon moved South to occupy the important city of Murfreesboro.

[citation needed] At 4:00 a.m. on the morning of July 13, the Union garrison was attacked by a force of 2,500 cavalry led by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in what was to be called the First Battle of Murfreesboro.

Forrest lined the streets of town with as many Confederate soldiers as he could muster, giving the Union commander the impression that he was desperately outnumbered.

A month later, August 29, 1862, Forrest attacked the Union garrison at McMinnville, Tennessee, which consisted of the 18th Ohio and Company D of the Ninth Infantry.

Major Fox escorted his son's body home for burial, but did not return to the Ninth Regiment.

He resigned on January 29, 1863, and was immediately commissioned colonel and charged with raising and organizing the Twenty-seventh Michigan Infantry.

[citation needed] The Court of Inquiry report was so favorable to Colonel Parkhurst that Gen Thomas appointed him provost marshal of the XIV Corp, and the ninth was made provost guards of General George Thomas' Fourteenth Corps, Army of the Cumberland as it was now called.

When the Union right was crushed at Stone River, the Ninth did most gallant service in checking the stampede to the rear, by firmly holding the Nashville Pike, the disorganized forces were stopped and returned to their commands.

Major General Thomas complimented Colonel Parkhurst and the regiment for the very important service rendered at this critical point of battle.