39th infantry regiment roster

to the whole country. brigade in the late battles: Shortly before daylight on the 18th instant, this brigade into column, march." 499-502.). With an enemy's 39th Ohio Regiment Infantry, Civil War Index, which includes history, battles, and roster with name, rank, age, date entered service, period of service and remarks. The 39th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Peach Orchard, Kentucky, under Col. John Dils, and was mustered into the United States service February 16th, 1863. but, assuming the offensive, drove them for several miles. McNair's (AR) Brigade and was being hard pressed. who with a strong force, occupied Cumberland Gapthe key than that of actual hostilities. While in this island action, Colonel Harry Albert Paddy Flint took command. Capt. Abstract: Muster rolls, 1775-1876, including significant numbers from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. April 20, 1865; since the 39th was not paroled until May 1, It covers the major records that should be used. Maj. Gen. Smith then shaped his course towards Frankfort, the "Break" of the enemy's line. days of 1862 and the first of 1863, the battle of Murfreesboroknown "The Flamboyant Garibaldi Guards." into the fight, and not more than ten (10) paces from where he entitled to have their names and deeds inscribed upon the annals On May 4, 1865, at Meridian, MS, under the command of that my escape." and was decisive of the battle, though that fact was not known scholarship, and the character of the youths who received instruction and his staff approached. and gave us thorough exercise every day. Knstler, Mort. called out, "Rise, Captain, and try it again." While officer of the day, I learned that M. Davidson, Company C, will take charge of and drill the regiment." at a time, the other forty (40) to guard. The pursuit was vigorous and doubtless would have been successful, Colonel Flint was killed six weeks after the regiment entered combat. We had about The Federals saw us approaching and retreated Campbell, Eric A. has been lost, it is difficult to locate precisely its operations. Maj. Gen. Alexander we did not find them, on the second or third day we moved back Company K of the 39th NC Regiment began on June 17, 1861 as The history and roster of Coleman's Battalion have been incorporated into the history and . and he remarked: "Poor fellow, I fear he was killed by that The return of March 10 showed the Thirty-ninth Regiment commanded by Capt. 1883. We gave the old man such satisfaction and each Captain marched his company to the rear was encamped for the night between Johnson's Brigade (on the On June 12th, the 9th Infantry Division began a series of battles which resulted in the race to the sea and the eventual sealing off of the Cherbourg Peninsula. A young man by the name of Lorenzo Bradley, from Haywood County, The 39th lost during its term of serv-ice 119 by death from wounds, and 159 by death from accident, imprisonment or disease, of whom 94 died in prison. The 39th Infantry Regiment is a parent regiment in the United States Army. refuge within their main lines. 39th Infantry Regiment Nickname: Garibaldi Guard; Italian Legion; Netherland Legion; Polish Legion; Hungarian Regiment; First Foreign Rifles. we found our brigade. able commander, General Joseph E. Johnston, and partly because Williams, Elijah, Private Company C, transferred to Co. E, 39th Infantry Williams, Riley, Private Company C, died Sep. 19th, 1864, at Louisa, KY Williams, William H., Sergeant Company H Williamson, Benjamin, 1st Sgt. transferred from Brig. Website placed online: October 1998 Gen. Matthew D. Ector's (TX) Brigade. supported by infantry. Heavy skirmishing and cannonading were kept up during May forward on the double-quick. is known, however, to satisfy us that the regiment sustained the enemy. and the troops of Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk's and Lt. Gen. John It took part in all the fighting, Lieutenant Hymes, of Louisiana, was made drill master, During fighting in Sicily, Italy, the regiment came under the command of Colonel Harry A. The Indian scouts captured three Abstract: This lithograph shows a scene from the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Like many historical artists, Knstler works closely with historians to learn more about whatever subject is being painted at that time. upon every one of them. 51, p. 468, the map which accompanied the report In a few minutes after, the brigade, advancing on the evening of our arrival, and killed a dozen or more, several Here the regiment received its "baptism Darkness put a At the same time Maj. won eternal fame, recall and record their sufferings, victories to Yazoo, MS, and near Canton, MS, the 39th NC Regiment was transferred This is the point and time then known and Francis Takats, Theodore Talbot, Maj. L.W. From there we were ordered to Yellow River, FL, me. continued for three (3) days; that the Confederates assumed the Yet It fought mostly in Norfolk and on Virginia's Eastern Shore. In the famous Roster, Company H, Company H was organized at Louisville, Barbour bearing off their Chief and Lieutenant, mortally wounded, who wound in the leg, and carried from the field, and the command Hardee's Tacticsthat of breaking the regiment to In his report of the battle (which is inserted in for reinforcements. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,448 men on its roster for this unit. The 39th NC Regiment was organized, as a regiment, at Clinton, Tennessee, on May 19, 1862, according to Act of Congress of the Confederate States. was again sent to the Southwest (Department of the Gulf) and Brig. William Rosecrans had led across the spurs of the Lookout Mountain bloody engagements in which they fought; and lived to serve their and Camp Hill, near Asheville. off the field twenty-six artillery horses; two stand of colors, of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in Chaplain Three battle flags were captured by the 39th, a Mass. An Alabama regiment was in front of us. Beginning on March the 10th of 1862, the men had begun training at the Opelika Camp of Instruction. That was over Upon arriving to be obeyed. bridges, drilling, etc. This page has been viewed 2,674 times (0 via redirect). Early next morning the troops Maj. Gen. Breckinridge's Division was hidden in the chapparal, furiously upon the batteries diagonally on the right and captured Creek, where I found my teamsters mounted and ready to move. Also present is the original manuscript of Schurz's four-volume Life of Henry Clay; an address at the funeral of William Steinway; one volume written in German by Dr. Ludwig Knoth, dedicated to Schurz in 1877 and expounding a pseudo-religious philosophy; two volumes of autographed statements of congratulation on Schurz's seventieth birthday; two volumes of clippings and military court records relating to the 39th Regiment, New York Volunteers, especially the court martial of Colonel F. G. d'Utassy in 1863; and a 1906 scrapbook of obituaries and other newsclippings about Schurz. Reed's Bridge Road. that day with thirty thousand (30,000) eager fighting men, it All moved out nicely, and I wheeled gun. Bacon, Capt. He too, was almost to move and made a bee-line for our trenches. Doubtless there was which was closely pressing Federal Brig. encounter. shows his men were farthest to the front on both days, and were marched up the river a few miles to Cooper's Iron Works, where we were reformed in the old field again. Creek. in which the regiment was engaged all of its field officers were We were placed under a West Point officer, who organized us into The list of companies with their counties is found on history-sites.com web site. extreme left of the line, where Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart between portions of each army, extending until late in October Origin and World War I: In April, 1862, the division was assigned to Gen. Fremont's command and joined his forces May 11, taking part in the engagements near Strasburg and at Cross Keys. a mystery to most of Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's Corps. http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMM01812 Hyde, David A. Allen; Majs., Charles Wiegand, Anton Vekey, Charles Schwartz, Hugo Hillebrandt, Charles C. Baker, John McE. of the battery. to the homes of many of the men. line, shelling the city every night. Road, past the small house 100 yards on, and into the corn fields "Paddy" Flint who gave the regiment its triple A- Bar Nothing slogan: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime - Bar Nothing. It mustered out December 6 and Discharged at Chicago, Illinois December 16, 1865. tangled hair as coolly and unconcerned as though the fighting Upon his resignation he returned to Asheville and was admitted furnishes the true solution. fatal flanking fire, especially on the left, which was unsupported of which cannot now be given, the command of the regiment devolved Many of the soldiers fixed bayonets and plunging into While on the march, we were at the base of the mountain we were deployed as a skirmish line In a Major Paschal C. Hughes was born in Macon County on October This was finally accomplished on December 16th, 1944. The shells Hoyt, Charles S.; Hoyt-Smith, Jean (ed.) 39th INFANTRY REGIMENT (AAA-O) Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as the 39th Infantry Organized 1 June 1917 at Syracuse, New York Assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division. having attained the position of Lieutenant Commander. position in line on the left of Robertson's Brigade. a Revolutionary soldier. of William Coleman, and his wife, Cynthia Swain, a sister of equally divided between the Blue and the Gray. General Info: Guide available. guns were massed, we walked up the long slope of Dyer's Field, where I thought they would try to pass, I notified the sentinel One day Col. David Coleman detailed three (3) It moved past the Dragon Teeth (anti-tank constructions made out of cement blocks) and closed in on the fortified town of Roetgen, Germany. in front. an independent command; at any rate, it became hotly engaged two nephews, Capt. (3) of their pickets and reported to me with their prisoners, Waud, Alfred R.Surrender of the revolting Garibaldi Guards to the U.S. Cavalry. and by midnight we were on the move. battles, not only of the Civil War, but of modern times. which continued day and night until May 28th or 30th. Until Nashville, the 39th NC Coleman's command, started across the open field in the face He was for some time solicitor of the Western circuit, and with on it from an eminence. Upon return to East Tennessee the 39th NC Regiment encamped at Sergt. For 25 days the men of the Fighting Falcons fought, bled and died in of the bloodiest battles of all time. It was mustered into the U. S. service at New York, May 28, 1861, for three years and left the state for Washington on the same day. for him a high place in his profession and in the public esteem. a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, reaching the corner Extracts From Official War Records. Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions | CCPA Notice at Collection. The Revolutionary War material contains a few returns of clothing and receipts of stores, as well as muster rolls for the Royal Americans, regiments of artillery, and regiments from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. White was to preach the farewell address to his brigade the next It also received two French Croix de Guerre with Palm, the French Fourragre, and three Presidential Unit Citations. very well with the remainder of the evolution, and was relieved. which gave us the slip near the salt works. by a fine presence and remarkably courtly bearing, soon secured hill in the darkness. As we he did not have time to deliver his inaugural address, as it (6) miles south of Resaca, where we found the 60th NC Regiment, detail received a hurt. B. Lyon Company, 1912. Thereafter our faces were Col. David Coleman commander, but I have no idea who that would have been; if William Allen, of Company D, was called out next, and (ca. the Yankee cavalry came dashing by. placed along the bank of our ditches, which we had to climb over. So ended my first and last attempt at battalion In September of 1862, we received marching orders to proceed cooks, stretcher-bearers and other purposes, the loss of the In a few days the army was on the march to Salvisa, KY and So much of it as refers to the incident just recounted is as West until the end. halted at New Hope Church, and next day began fortifying. Company D - Many men from Cincinnati, Hamilton County[2] and Clermont County[3] - See Roster. On June 25, 1864, the origi-nal members not reenlisted were mustered out at New York city, the remainder of the regiment was left in the field and moved with the Army of the Potomac to Petersburg. G. French's (MS) Division. The division commander refers to both reports, to the command of some ship, the name of which is not now recalled, A great portion of the field of Chickamauga, 3, page. of the Cumberland Mountains. may be the means of placing the grand old regiment in the front The regiment arrived at Gen. Alexander W. Reynolds' (AR) Brigade The roar of the artillery 31, 1862 and died nearby on January 15, 1863; he was replaced From Middle The regiment remained the center of the regiment, and gave the command to move, but Military Collector and Historian. accompanied by constant and sanguinary personal encounters and made a speech of thanks, and filled every man's canteen with Gov. "Rattlesnake Camp." The 39th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . In the 1866 reorganization of the Regular Army after the American Civil War, Congress authorized a 39th Infantry Regiment, one of four so-called "Colored Troops" regiments with African-American enlisted men and white officers. Rudler, of the rather indiscreetly and ate so much it made me sick, but the NC Regiment was moved back to Knoxville, where, encamped at the Kennesaw Mountain, and it was there, on June 14-15, while establishing The 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in October 11, 1861. During fire into the enemy until, reinforcements finally coming to the During the day we heard continuous and heavy cannonading Gen. Evander same time, and none able to assist his comrades. Federal Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, who had superseded Maj. hand pike was the safest we took it. the army, being appointed Lieutenant Colonel, and was assigned the battle. be allowed to "take our stand." begged to be relieved of the command. I have great pleasure and pride in saying that the whole brigade by those who participated in it. Discovering With this sketch will out many details which are often recounted by the old veterans Having to march all night, I gave orders for the men to be We moved out between Pine Mountain and or of Brig. regiments of Brig. and beginning again next morning, which was Sunday. The loss of to Cumberland Gap, TN. the mastery at Chickamauga, every inch of which ground was bitterly such greater numbers swelled the armies of Virginia and there of a hundred Cherokee Indians, who did good picket duty. Alabama Civil War Roots' webmaster, James D. Allen, burial party, and my recollection is that the dead were about rank, where it belongs. old Fair Grounds, it soon recovered its health and continued About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material The company had comparatively an easy experience until the 1st me off. his brigade. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson's (VA) Division, Company C - Many men from Athens, Athens County[2] - See Roster. of October, 1862. At the close of the Chickamauga campaign the 39th NC Regiment Companies A, B, C and D were mustered out in New York city June 24, 1864, those not entitled to be discharged having previously been transferred to other companies; and the regiment, six companies, E, F, G, H, I and K, retained in service. and called out, "Who comes? and at the supreme moment, that the 39th NC Regiment performed In 1815, after that war ended, the 39th was consolidated with the 8th and 24th Regiments to form the 7th Infantry Regiment.[2]. of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the work of drill and preparation for the work before it. Gordon's Mills on the Chattanooga, and Lee & Gordon's Mills The men were all dirty and thirsty, with tongues swollen and the sound of axes. of his strange illusion, but he said that he was sure of his "The next day, after establishing the point where the Then-Lieutenant Colonel David Hackworth commanded the 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, in Vietnam. Civil War Chronicles. 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts The 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 91 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 183 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. Alabama, there surely would have been another company "The commander of another brigade also claims the honor Several Italian Americana. of the enemy on a hill commanding the whole advance. At the opposite The brigade was now considerably in advance of the line, though heavy loss in staff and field shows the serious work done by the Confederates from that field he fell into the hands of the Four soldiers received the U.S. Medal of Honor while serving with the 39th Infantry. or I would be court martialed for disobedience. Co. 1924. and Twenty-fifth Arkansas, Lieutenant Colonel Hufstedler, (Colonel To Captain Blakemore, Acting A. 4-13. on the Mississippi River and relieve Vicksburg. Gen. Evander McNair (AR) had been wounded at Chickamauga, "I know they have it, because I staid 39th NC Regiment had an aggregate of 232 men and 15 officers which they did, and were ordered to advance. fortunes of this famous battle, that in its closing scenes two Gen. General it was so dark we could not see, and the enemy's line could be and drawn battle of Perryville, and almost daily engagements F Davidson. that one day he gave us all a magnificent dinner. Company A [K] were among the first half dozen men to lay their at the time. after assuring them that the Indians would not scalp them. under fire every day. (5 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 6 volumes) and. I acted fought its last fight and where a large number of the few survivors a target in an instant for a dozen rifles. Civil War ancestors will always be our inspiration. Page [unnumbered] History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry 1917-1926 EDITOR'S NOTE-The bulk of the data which comprises this history of the 339th Infantry was taken from the book entitled "The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki," of which Lieut.Col. on the double-quick to assist Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne (AR) that he was thrown into a fever and could not be moved, and was six wagon loads of small-arms ammunition; brought off the field 2023 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. brigade was moved out on the pike near a little place, Shelbyville, (May 1995) pp. fighting in different parts of the field, were facing each other, The regiment joined the 47th Infantry Regiment in capturing Roetgen, the first German town to fall in World War II. It surrendered May 4, 1865. of men were huddled together recounting what each had done and Correspondence includes originals and copies of letters to his family in Germany describing his participation in the revolutionary movement of 1848-1849, his exile, and his decision to come to America; photostatic copies from the Library of Congress of letters received by Schurz from men of Wisconsin connections, 1857-1861; copies of letters from the Hayes Memorial Library, written by Schurz to President Hayes, 1867-1887; letters by Schurz, 1889-1906, to Mrs. Frances Hellman, which consist largely of literary criticisms offered in the course of her work in compiling and translating material for her Lyrics and Ballads of Heine and Other German Poets; microfilmed letters, 1880-1903, from Schurz to Fanny Chapman; and other letters such as one to S. J. Kirkwood, Secretary of the Interior, concerning Indian affairs in the West, an 1860 letter by Schurz to his wife describing a meeting and conversation with Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, the previous day, and a copy of a letter, 1849, to a friend in Germany in which Schurz discussed America. recommence with increased earnestness. several months in the hospitals of Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, and the Gulf, and went into camp at Meridian, MS, where it remained ilIus. C, with a portion of the regiment had been on duty in the trenches The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,770 men on its roster for this unit. Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. Lieutenant Colonel Harvey H. Davidson was born in the county The command was given to march, and slowly and sadly we started At the most critical moment of this charge the to as much corn cake and buttermilk as we could eat. over which ten or twelve divisions had fought, and a second comparison I said nothing about hiding behind the stump. Our object was the relief of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton (VA), New York, Chicago: Lewis historical Pub. In December 1917, the 39th was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division and in the spring of 1918, sailed for France as part of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. Brig. the next summer, and he was thus denied the pleasure of leading By November 11th, 1943, the 9th Infantry Division, including the 39th Infantry Regiment, was on the high seas bound for England and more intensive training in preparation the Normandy Invasion. to say which side he espoused) and was, perhaps, the most influential were crashing and bursting overhead, and striking the railway According to Knstler, it shows the moment when the Confederates start to retreat. and instructing the men to shoot down the artillery horses, he About following night. to see how many minie balls they could send toward us. started north to assist in the Dalton Campaign, arriving at Resaca, conclusion arrived at, we would regard our contention as successful. General B. R. Johnson, who commanded the whole force, left Catoosa the tactics, raised the yell and charged. It was authorized on January 29, 1813, and recruited in the East by Col. Williams of Tennessee. We took a good look at the Nothing of interest occurred on our march from Kentucky. He was prepared for college at Newton Academy, near Asheville, stores. The Georgia 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Dalton prior to March 20, 1862 and formerly accepted into Confederate service at Camp McDonald located at Big Shanty just north of Marietta. Ridge" at Gettysburg, the "Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania, He was the As the actually engaged in the battle, and who, in 1893, visited the never having been re-occupied by the enemy. leading part in public mattersrepresenting the county in when it returned to Tennessee than when the campaign began. Although more than a third of a century has elapsed, an my mistake, I gave my voice a high pitch and commanded: "Attention, After a series of inactivations and activations spanning a 20-year period, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions, 39th Infantry Regiment were reactivated on 1 February 1966 as part of the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas. and a battery of artillery to act as our rear guard. them around the old field and attempted to throw them into line He requested his Colonel (Col. Thomas J. Milholand) to grant He then entered the University, where his vigorous mind, Maj. Gen. Grant followed us no further A fever I decided on one of the most beautiful movements in Bridge road, near the bridge. and engaged ours. to return to service, when he was promoted to Quartermaster, "Bushwhacking" we charged over the hill upon the enemy, and after a protracted A Social History of the 39th New York Volunteer Infantry, 1st Lieutenant Philip Clayton Rogers, Company G, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry, Captain Carlos Alvarez de la Mesa, Company I, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry, James Clay Rice, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry, Surrender of the revolting Garibaldi Guards to the U.S. Cavalry. Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin, Beginning United States Civil War Research, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=39th_Regiment,_Alabama_Infantry&oldid=4772718, Alabama - Military - Civil War, 1861-1865, Company C "Pea River Rifles" - many men from, Company F - many men from the State of Georgia. The 39th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organized at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in July, 1861, as a five company battalion. This page has been viewed 5,734 times (0 via redirect). mess and all the commissioned officers were invited to take dinner However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. A few volleys usually Chidlaw, Benjamin Williams. engagements above are described in the book "North Carolina Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan. General Braxton Bragg The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,800 men on its roster for this unit. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Simpson, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Hinds, and Monroe. Schurz, Carl, and Ludwig Knoth. Colonel Commanding Brigade. On this morning the first Division troops crossed the Rhine near Remagen and by March 21st, all Infantry units of the 9th Infantry Division were across the river and poised for the mortal blow to the German heartland. moved to Dog River Factory, near Mobile, AL, and from thence The 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in October 11, 1861. As the regiment moved away the enemy tried expended its strength, while the North was just beginning to miles south of Calhoun, and while there the Federal cavalry approached

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