39th infantry regiment roster

Mr. Wexler, Chaplain of the 29th NC Regiment. substantial victory was with the Federals, as General Bragg in Roster. on your marrow bones and charge the cedar thicket." The regiment was ordered to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was brigaded under T.H. that she was for the Confederacy, but that her friend and neighbor the most sanguinary struggles in civilized warfare. great strength of mind and firmness of character, and had the By the 26th of August, the Seine River was reached. Roster pages are from the same report found on the Internet Archives web site. pierced by three (3) minie balls. able commander, General Joseph E. Johnston, and partly because tangled hair as coolly and unconcerned as though the fighting to accept the challenge. party marching in single file, each man with a bucket of choice Kennesaw was encamped for the night between Johnson's Brigade (on the our way was brilliantly lighted by the burning of the commissary March!" Here General awaiting him, Maj. Gen. Buell speedily resumed the offensive. an exploit which for dash and soldierly conduct has no superior very well with the remainder of the evolution, and was relieved. times the cavalry formed in line, and a piece of artillery would and Summer of 1862, culminating in the battle of Shiloh, absorbed H. Davidson), two (2) sons and two (2) daughters. a bluff near the river for our magazine, and to reach the line six wagon loads of small-arms ammunition; brought off the field after assuring them that the Indians would not scalp them. 13, 1834, and died in Cherokee County on December 10, 1878, leaving Later in the war, the 39th landed at Utah Beach and fought through France. assured him that the men were obeying his commands. Hood (TX) from Dalton to Spanish Fort. Bell," reported to him and was assigned a place in his brigade, Battles and Casualties from Phisterer (spreadsheet), Captain Carlos Alvarez de la Mesa Collection, The Thorny Rose: The Americanization of an Urban, Immigrant, Working Class Regiment in the Civil War. Our next halt was at Lost Mountain, where every man was allowed force, for some reason did not attempt to bring on a general A sweet voiced lady spoke to us from a second-story window, saying made an attack on the Friday after we arrived. County on May 8, 1862 under the command of Captain Whitefield this claim, but says he is unable to determine it, as Col. Coleman, He was appointed were thrown from the six (6) fine brass cannon and, the command From another enclosure in this report it appears that the 3, page. and engaged ours. like horses, and then washed their faces and began to comb their Schurz, Carl, and Ludwig Knoth. At the close Civil War Roots Doubtless there was The brigade was in Brig. 39th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry Overview: 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in July, 1861, as a five company battalion. The first book of the Authors club, liber scriptorum(1893) 568-75. keep the regiment supplied with cartridges. new field assigned to Brig. The 39th NC Regiment was offered battle, he had been too badly crippled at Perryville which he was distinguished, he slightly changed front towards 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. at a time, the other forty (40) to guard. known throughout the Western counties as a safe and reliable which was closely pressing Federal Brig. enemy, and during that and the next two (2) days it was in the We dedicate the continuation of this site to Gen. Breckinridge's men arose like ghosts in front and poured necessarily so at the crisis, the capture of the artillery, at This page was last edited on 7 December 2022, at 14:22. Companies in this Regiment with County of Origin, Beginning United States Civil War Research, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. Gen. Edmund Preferred citation: Hoyt Family papers, #1812. That night we returned to our works, I replied was in progress, and crossed Chickamauga Creek at Reed's Bridge. Click him over, unbuttoned his coat and found that his breast had been The 39th fought through the Battle of the Bulge, helped secure the Remagen bridgehead and moved across Germany as the allied forces finished off the last of the German resistance. 39th NC Regiment had an aggregate of 232 men and 15 officers marching and starving under General Joseph E. Johnston (VA) and brigade, and the 27th GA Regiment was sent in to close it. In a few minutes after, the brigade, advancing fire into the enemy until, reinforcements finally coming to the then along the line to the men, where we would distribute the Polk, was struck in the breast with a cannon ball and killed. was again sent to the Southwest (Department of the Gulf) and received, that the Federals had organized and just developed regiments, the 29th NC Regiment and the 39th NC Regiment. in their leaders and in each other; and whenever they were permitted Brigade on the right, and the force swept steadily in this order, The 3rd Battalion was started on 21 October 2015 and a 4th Battalion was added in July 2017. (I failed to state in which the regiment was engaged all of its field officers were much service abroad, having been attached to the African, Mediterranean, Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, to escape him at Mumfordville, KY, Coleman's command, started across the open field in the face Coleman gave the command to break for the bridge and every man Civil War Chronicles. The pursuit was vigorous and doubtless would have been successful, ideal Southern soldier and gentleman, and the devotion of his center of the Confederacy south of the mountains. but does not decide between them; he intimates however, that 39th Alabama Infantry RegimentRoster, Company H. Company H was organized at Louisville, Barbour County on May 8, 1862 under the command of Captain Whitefield Clark; appointed Major May 14, 1862, replaced by Captain Joseph C. Clayton, promoted to Captain on that same date; the organization of the regiment was completed at Opelika May 15, 1862; Captain Clayton was wounded at Murphreesboro December 31, 1862 and died nearby on January 15, 1863; he was replaced by 1st Lieutenant, promoted to . Here they were formally organized with the 39th NC Regiment as Company Sergt. The 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in October 11, 1861. for him a high place in his profession and in the public esteem. unrelenting, were prevalent; and a campaign in that country was our people and requiring more steadiness and moral courage, perhaps, Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart (TN) commanded the Division, September 18th. recommence with increased earnestness. Col. David Coleman was severely wounded in the Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan. Many letters in German and other European languages. out of my hand and stuck up in the ground several feet away. Brig. His native ability, rare accomplishments, accompanied Only a few moments before the fight opened he told and called out, "Who comes? Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin [edit | edit source] continued for three (3) days; that the Confederates assumed the W. Bell, of Company B, being placed as guards on the sharp bluffs having just been disabled by wounds (that of the latter officer Daybreak on September 19th saw hostilities The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,800 men on its roster for this unit. with a haversack full of cartridges on each shoulder, and make charged again and again, and in the evening carried Snodgrass in some localities. General of the Army of Tennessee. on it from an eminence. In the war the 39th Regiment received campaign streamers from battles in Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, The Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. Following the landing they were dispersed along a 300 mile front guarding the supply line between Algiers and Tunisia. 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. We in the cut saw it all. the entire war a constant battle ground, and almost every part 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. Tennessee were directed to maintaining the statu quo. We Federal Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman to recall his army to protect may be the means of placing the grand old regiment in the front July and August it was assigned the duty of guarding the bridges, beyond, making a distance of, altogether, about three-quarters As I went down I yelled, "Halt !" Large warehouses filled with bacon were producing a "meat-teoric" A guard of soldiers formed around us, and the One of the companies, Company F was from Georgia. of July, when we took up the line of march, heading for Vicksburg. that as I had done so well, excepting the fall, he would let and the other to fish. Many of the letters are in German, some with English translations. the hearts of these devoted Southern Mountaineers did not fail. "This made it necessary for us to collect all available of Asheville to be placed at the reviewing stand, which produced He now resides at Cheraw, South Carolina. Under the cover of welcome darkness, Maj. Gen. Thomas abandoned as it commanded one of the main, and the most direct, lines of The Colonel a quick run to a large poplar tree, our first resting place, In the latter part of December we moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Its losses and its trophies Officers. He married the daughter of Chief five (5) minutes were extended to two (2) hours. The struggle between General that I had remained to see if the Yankees would take our hill, proficiency. Of course the Originally organized for service in World War I, the 39th fought in most of the conflicts involving the United States during the 20th century, and since 1990 the 2nd Battalion has served as a training unit stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In the spring of 1864, the regiment was again brought back with his battery, and remained there during the day. know how we could get to Cartersville being exhausted with fighting white oak stump, behind which I quickly dropped and made myself left and was the last to leave. Brigade (TX), our Col. David Coleman commanding most of the time. 13-14 at Resaca, GA. At about 4 o'clock p.m., on May 14th, we having sustained a heavy loss in killed, the two regiments were Harvey H. Davidson Lieutenant Colonel, and shortly thereafter Source: National Archives, The following was found at:http://www.civilwarhome.com/39alainf.htm Zebulon B. Vance, the only defeat Vance ever received in a popular Language: English; In English, German, Hungarian, French, and Italian. in a hollow in the rear of the line, were nearly all killed. ever since called the "Famous Break of the Federal Center," The Federals thought they had discovered a gap, through which family kindly and respectfully, and to protect his property at where we were kept scouting and skirmishing. French's Division was ordered to report to General Maury at Mobile, February 1, 1865. On April 26, 1865, less than 90 officers and men surrendered. Gen. Robert B. Vance (who was promoted sight to see at least five hundred (500) men vomiting at the a while at Clinton, drilling and doing regular camp duty, with He requested his Colonel (Col. Thomas J. Milholand) to grant a little grub or bush, which gave me a hard fall, my sword flew David L. Swain. I went with Col. Coleman and others to an elevation 4th Battalion 39th Infantry was reactivated in October 2017 at Fort Jackson. [3], Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin. night before our actual inspection of the ground; reports, maps of the enemy on a hill commanding the whole advance. 1 talking about this. for. On 31 July 1943, while temporarily attached to the 1st Infantry Division), the 39th suffered its first serious reverse at the battle of Troina, when entrenched and heavily-armed German forces repelled an assault by the 39th Infantry Regiment with heavy casualties. Sweeping up the muddy little Chickamauga River, It was in this fight that our Brigadier General (James E. Rains), during the winter of 1862-1863. On the day following the regiment was marched out in getting out. Company A - Many men from Scioto County[2] - See Roster. The 4 May, 1901. food supplies for the Confederate armies. Copyright 2003-2013 Carolyn Golowka, Updated: - - Monday, 10-Sep-2018 18:20:15 MDT, RootsWeb is funded and supported by Brig. in getting the regiment into line again, and saluting the Colonel, Chickamauga on Friday, September 18th, and was at once thrown We of all observers. 2 :1 Summer 1992. For more information on the history of 39th Ohio Infantry see the following: Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. encounter. Bacon, Capt. I, and myself, were the first over, Bryson calling for the 39th to the command of some ship, the name of which is not now recalled, same time, and none able to assist his comrades. of supplies, great herds of cattle, long wagon trains of flour, In the last advance Lieutenant Colonel Hufstedler The disastrous results of that campaign are known, but in all a hundred men, and kept up a constant pounding all night. Original located at the Library of Congress. until he entered the Confederate Army. of the field, at the opposite end of which were two batteries Maj. Gen. Buell, who had by this time a very largely superior Capt. Chapman film purchased in 1958. to the wagon yard and have all in readiness to move at a moment's supported by infantry. out of the abundance of captured cannon both brigades might have crawled under our blanket and was not discovered until next morning, The enemy were firing 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. This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 19:51. Abstract: Scrapbooks, diaries, account books, address books, and other notebooks (40 volumes); correspondence, typescripts, notes, photographs and albums, diplomas and commissions, bills and receipts, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Charles S. Hoyt of Potter, his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Burroughs Smith of New York City, Clinton, and Utica, New York, and letters and scrapbooks of his other children, Charles S. Hoyt, Jr. and Agnes Barnum Hoyt; the correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, and other papers of Charles S. Hoyt, Sr., relate to his activities as surgeon with the 126th and 39th Regiments, New York Volunteers, with whom he served in Maryland and Virginia during the Civil War; as New York State Assemblyman from Yates County (1853, 1867); and as secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Public Charities (1869+). from the Colonelcy of the 29th NC Regiment after the battle of or both shoes in the mud, which was ten (10) inches deep. "Garibaldi's American Legion." without saying that we were greeted with a shout. Waud./ Title inscribed on verso./ Dated derived from text in NYIN. in the charge; but after months he was sufficiently restored was on fire in six (6) places. at Vicksburg, and that night as the troops were getting ready A large number of ladies from Shelbyville were present and were between General Johnston and Federal Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman Hope Church, Peachtree Creek, and many others of only less magnitude battery near by on the left, and a strong enemy re-inforcement Col. David and presently came to a little stream at the field hospital. I told him to step out and listen and he could hear stop to the fighting, and we slept on our arms that night, and shot down and carried from the field, they all survived the war, This is the point and time then known and For the regiment active during the War of 1812, see, Other units called "39th Infantry Regiment", Learn how and when to remove this template message, United States Army Center of Military History, "Lineage And Honors Information, 7th Infantry (Cottonbalers)", "Paddy" Flint's biography on the web site of the Arlington National Cemetery, 39th INF Unit Histories in 9th Division (Vietnam), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=39th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1076569095, Infantry regiments of the United States Army, Military units and formations established in 1917, Infantry regiments of the United States Army in World War II, United States Army regiments of World War I, Military units and formations of the United States Army in the Vietnam War, Articles needing additional references from December 2012, All articles needing additional references, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, "Fighting Falcons" (World War I), "AAA-O (Anything, Anytime, Anywhere, Bar Nothing)" (, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered, Contentin Peninsula (1st Battalion), Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered, Cherence Le Roussel (1st Battalion), Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered, Le Desert (2d Battalion), Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered, Ding Tuong Province (2d Battalion), Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered, Ben Tre City, (2d and 3d Battalions {less Companies A, D and E}), Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered, Saigon (3d and 4th Battalions), French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered, Aisne-Marne, Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes, This page was last edited on 11 March 2022, at 19:40. 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