The Troops that Major general Burnside took with him to North Carolina in December 1861, which was known as the Burnside Expeditionary Corps and which made a record for themselves at Roanake Island, New Berne and elsewhere, were merged in the Department of North Carolina in April , 1862. They and some others from the Department of the South were transferred to the Army of the Potomac in July and on July 22nd 1862 became the 9th corps. 2 Divisions went to the assistance of General Pope and fought at second bull run and Chantilly. Afterward the corps distinguished itself at south mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg. After the latter battle Burnside was transferred to the Department of the Ohio and 2 divisions went with him. The corps took part in the siege of vicksburg and was itself besieged at knoxville tennesee, where it suffered great hardships. In 1864, the corps was ordered east for reorganzation., with burnside at the head. At the end of May, it became a part of the army of the potomac, having acted as a separate command through the earlier battles of grant. It was very prominent in the siege of petersburg, and the famous "battle of the crater" took place in front of the 9th corps lines. In June 1865 the corps was transferred to the Department of Washington and was discontinued on August 1st, 1865. The corps was called the "wandering corps" because they fought in 7 states.

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