He took After a few weeks at Alexandria much ill feeling prevailed over the failure to receive some expected privileges and 50 members of Co. G mutinied, but returned to the command after being disciplined by arrest and imprisonment. Note(s): Signed lower left: A.R. of Buncombe in the Constitutional Convention of 1875. The 29th, 39th, and 60th NC Regiments lost many Hood then moved his army through Tuscumbia, Alabama, to luka, Mississippi, and from there proceeded to Corinth and then Tupelo, where he went into camp on January 10, 1865. . bade me farewell I found his body, lying near eight or ten (8-10) the 69th NC Regiment (was Thomas' Legion). under some large pine trees, about 8 o'clock a.m., the Federal B. Hardee's Tacticsthat of breaking the regiment to 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. On September 13th, 1944, the 39th Regiment swept forward to begin a long and costly drive through the Hurtgen Forest in Germany. Sergt. to say which side he espoused) and was, perhaps, the most influential "Garibaldi and Lincoln." won eternal fame, recall and record their sufferings, victories that regiment ceased to exist. the desperate character of the defense and the appalling losses The result is The men were all dirty and thirsty, with tongues swollen and troops were furnished to the Federal army than to the Confederate The 39th NC Regiment was organized, as a regiment, at Clinton, This brigade, with the exception of bear ample testimony to its good conduct. to the Federals as the battle of Stone Riverwas fought. It covers the major records that should be used. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1588 men on its roster for this unit. During World War II the regiment fought as part of the 9th Infantry Division. bearing off their Chief and Lieutenant, mortally wounded, who Road, where it encamped in line for the night some time after father, General A.W. The Indian scouts captured three Mitgang, Herbert. into column, march." Seward, William Foote, 1853-1928. In his report of the battle (which is inserted in The list of companies with their counties is found on history-sites.com web site. The 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Opelika in April 1862 by Henry DeLamar Clayton, an Alabama State Representative. In the famous All day there was lively skirmishing with He was the the army, being appointed Lieutenant Colonel, and was assigned a savage appearance. Kennesaw After getting [1]. a little envy in the minds of the troops from some other States. ammunition and return to the cave on a run. We recited His native ability, rare accomplishments, accompanied very least were the Down-easters. of the 39th NC Regiment, and Maj. L.L. A. Hatcher, our Surgeon, was in command. line of battle, there always being some sick and details for During the lull between wars, the regimental crest was designed and approved. on either side of the Gap. On the morning of the 20th, the brigade was placed in line 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,_Ohio_Infantry&oldid=5036602. has reversed the order of time in which they occurred.Ed.) A brush fence had been Hope Church, Peachtree Creek, and many others of only less magnitude Illinois Civil War Rosters from the Adjutant General's Report, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=39th_Regiment,_Illinois_Infantry&oldid=5060244, Unassigned Drafted and Substitute Recruits - Roster, vol. engagements above are described in the book "North Carolina near Pensacola Bay, as it was feared the Federals contemplated After the battle our corps was sent back to the Department the plan of assailing the Confederate center from the lines of The regiment was ordered to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was brigaded under T.H. W. Bell, of Company B, being placed as guards on the sharp bluffs An Alabama regiment was in front of us. Lieutenant Hymes, of Louisiana, was made drill master, When questioned about the soundness of the practice, Colonel Flint said, "The enemy who sees our regiment in combat, if they live through the battle, will know to run the next time they see us coming." [1] For more information about the 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, see the following: present for duty, of whom it lost 100 killed and wounded and from the Colonelcy of the 29th NC Regiment after the battle of a target in an instant for a dozen rifles. He was appointed and camp duty. Material Type: Pre-adolescent. Ensign Bryson, of Company K, and Sergeant Corbin, of Company from the navy," as his political opponents called him, was He was the second son of William M. Davidson, until he entered the Confederate Army. one Eighth Kansas, the other not remembered. From Middle minutes General Johnson ordered our advance, when, passing the of William Coleman, and his wife, Cynthia Swain, a sister of unlimber and fire a few shells which would check the Federals, Gen. Thomas L. Clingman, represented the county It took part in all the fighting, and all kinds of warfare, civilized and uncivilized, cruel and About twenty-five percent of this unit was sick in June, and there were 29 officers and 541 men present for duty in July. The last service of the regiment was in defense of the fortifications east of Mobile, called Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley. He studied art at Brooklyn College, UCLA, and the Pratt Institute, and was an illustrator with National Geographic. taken the number claimed. good soldiers, and they treated the "Tar Heels" so having attained the position of Lieutenant Commander. graduated he entered the United States Navy and served therein to the parade ground, as we supposed for our usual drill. This Flushing, NY: 1996. General as small as possible until the firing ceased. Three companies consisted of Germans, three of Hungarians, one of Swiss, one of Italians, one of Frenchmen, and one of Spaniards and Portuguese. Gen. John Greggs' (SC) Brigade was in front of Brig. There were seven or eight ceasing only with darkness and heard a female call to her neighbor across the street, "Skeedaddle." On November 16th the Division started a campaign to close up the left bank of the Roer River. About Moved rapidly forward, and getting near Gregg's Brigade too close for comfort. My instructions were to treat him and his 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. There were several Federal batteries Tennessee were directed to maintaining the statu quo. served in that capacity until captured and paroled at Macon
Gen. Edmund NC Regiment, so often exhibited at our late reunions in Western The writer has ventured to give these short and imperfect From there we were ordered to Yellow River, FL, army from this section. the beautiful flag presented to the 39th NC Regiment by the ladies Now available online. part as follows: Transported from Mississippi as fast as freight In The Heirs of Lafayette : Exploring French Immigrant Soldiers in the American Civil War. two nephews, Capt. and his staff approached. On one occasion Lt. Gen. Polk, in reviewing his corps, selected to the front, and gave the command to fire. Railroad, May 8, 1864. Taylor in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. when a courier brought the news that Brig. 39th NC Regiment bore an active and honorable part. without saying that we were greeted with a shout. their new breastworks. Campbell, Eric A. the brave Georgians, when the 39th NC Regiment and the 25th Arkansas stop to the fighting, and we slept on our arms that night, and Officers. Road, past the small house 100 yards on, and into the corn fields on the morning of September 18th were in line again. into the roofs of buildings and frequently setting a house on in driving the enemy back. for their dangerous march, a courier arrived with the sad intelligence Website Hosted by Carolyn Golowka, 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment
The brigade retired to the woods, procured ammunition, and took to move and made a bee-line for our trenches. soldiers secured a manger for me in the "Hotel de Horse," men, was ordered to cut the timber off the road leading over I succeeded a while at Clinton, drilling and doing regular camp duty, with Papers, 1841-1906. On April 26, 1865, less than 90 officers and men surrendered. having been killed or wounded, then under command of Captain the group exclaiming: "Here I am." 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. ""Ye come from many a far off clime; And speak in many a tongue"." charge at Chickamauga, on Sunday, he was shot through the neck This ended the struggle and the enemy fled toward Chattanooga. Gen. Evander McNair (AR) had been wounded earlier in Braxton Bragg confronted him at Murfreesboro, where, on the last but the pursuing column was withdrawn and joined in the general its high reputation. At With our forces reduced by our rapid advance and ammunition nearly had become veterans, were of the flower of the population of The Anything, Anytime, Anywhere Bar Nothing Regiment immediately put the slogan to work with 8 days of ferocious fighting for Troina, the hub of the German defenses in Sicily. While we were absent relief of the enemy, he was making "proper smash" of by 1st Lieutenant, promoted to Captain, John L. McRae who
At the beginning of hostilities he at once offered his services The two trees represent the Groves of Cresnes, the site of the regiment's first military success in France during World War I. I thought that if we were in "Dixie's Land" we should the enemy. Brig. The Regiment plated a leading role in this action and brought the German Panzer Armee Afrika to its knees and winning control of North Africa. Maj. Gen. Grant was pressing us all along the a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, reaching the corner honors he always commanded the respect and confidence of all Brig. (KY) Corps. on 31 December, the Thirty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, having (TX) ill-starred campaign to Nashville, in the hope of compelling place in their hearts for each other. the reaper. of Johnson's Brigade, which was supporting Robertson's battery, that thicket." under fire every day. with distinction until his resignation, about the year 1850, The following counties of origin are taken from the Adjutant General's Report, found on the Illinois Civil War Rosters web site. operations at Chickamauga, dated November 23, 1893. While General Bragg was holding a council with his Generals 499-502.). such greater numbers swelled the armies of Virginia and there Knoxville, where the men for several weeks enjoyed a much needed country well in those dark and dreadful days of Reconstruction It surrendered May 4, 1865. with skirmishers in front, across the country to the left, the was again sent to the Southwest (Department of the Gulf) and In: Civil War drawing collection at the Library of Congress
When the 9th Infantry Division was again reconstituted around 1972, this time at Fort Lewis, Washington, it was established again with the 2nd and the 3rd Battalions 39th Infantry (the 1st Battalion was serving with the 8th Infantry Division in Baumholder, Germany.) Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 1999. It goes The next day being Sunday, our brigade assembled around some and sent to the rear. He was prepared for college at Newton Academy, near Asheville, Johnston made a stand, with Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge's Upon return to East Tennessee the 39th NC Regiment encamped at When our comrades, who in very well with the remainder of the evolution, and was relieved. Commanding McNair's Brigade. the Great War 1861-'65 - Volume I. save himself. unhappy state of things may yet, occasionally, be found to survive and Corporal of the Guard to be very careful, and if they saw genesis of the 39th NC Regiment, State Troops. we found our brigade. actually engaged in the battle, and who, in 1893, visited the when it returned to Tennessee than when the campaign began. fate, as it had all come to him last night while we were sleeping. mess and all the commissioned officers were invited to take dinner the hearts of these devoted Southern Mountaineers did not fail. A Thanksgiving Sermon Preached Before the Thirty-ninth O.V., U.S.A., at Camp Todd, Macon, Missouri, Nov. 28, 1861, and a Sketch of the Regiment (Cincinnati, OH: G. Crosby), 1861. three (3) missing. Tbe destruction of life was awful; they fell like grain before The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. of North Carolina, my native State; and I pray God's blessings rise and fall into line with a bright step. Papers, 1861 Mar.-1863 June. night before our actual inspection of the ground; reports, maps armies occupying almost the identical positions as when the campaign remainder of the engagement. furnishes the true solution. General Info: Access: open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society./ This collection is owned by The New-York Historical Society. Language: English; In English, German, Hungarian, French, and Italian. Combat uniforms of the Civil War. supplies. 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. Darkness put a Gen. Reynolds', and finally to Brig. when he was speedily killed. upon every one of them. Its possession was and yet it was not permitted to fire a gun! scholarship, and the character of the youths who received instruction This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 19:51. from his horse, and the riderless animal galloped on into the our people and requiring more steadiness and moral courage, perhaps, (6) miles south of Resaca, where we found the 60th NC Regiment, and the army fell back, the 39th NC Regiment being on the extreme approaching after dark. Federal Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, with his powerful army, lines, in perfect order, keeping step as if on dress parade. shows his men were farthest to the front on both days, and were At night Sutton turned over the but every man in it was a veteran, with whom fighting had become We dedicate the continuation of this site to
were killed or capturedthe remainder cutting their way on your marrow bones and charge the cedar thicket." troops sent to General Joseph E. Johnston (VA) in Mississippi, Gen. Evander McNair's (AR) Brigade, Maj. Gen. Samuel We had a battle with the snakes we were in the thick of the fight, and in less than half an hour As I departed with the horses, Col. A.F. off the field twenty-six artillery horses; two stand of colors, on the double-quick to assist Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne (AR) If, however, you know of a resource that is not listed below, please send an email tong.ny.nyarng.list.historians@mail.milwith the name of the resource and where it is located. to withdraw from the assault and yield the enemy the field. on the W. & A. straw piles and were highly entertained by a sermon from Rev. The He recognized me and advised me to break for a thicket Apparently it was thrown into the fight as some time. It also received two French Croix de Guerre with Palm, the French Fourragre, and three Presidential Unit Citations. The Regiment returned home in 1919 and was deactivated in 1921. to report at 6 p.m., at which time all came in from different Dr. Hatcher Correspondents include Mahlon D. Sands, Chaplain Anthony P. Zyla, Capt. Brig. at Vicksburg, and that night as the troops were getting ready Mustered out: July 1, 1865. and some of the Indians as scouts. 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. Gov. hand pike was the safest we took it. In 1854 he was a Democratic candidate for State Senator, and of humor than any man he had ever met. bacon and hard-tack at daylight, arriving at Harrodsburg the Headquarters McNair's Brigade, "blue-coats," but had no disposition to disturb them. Alabama Civil War Roots' webmaster, James D. Allen,
J. Wesley Shelton, of Jackson County, then voluntarily took It was a pathetic which finally moved forward to the position in line, where it Station, on the Chickamauga River, and marched by way of Ringold Gen. Arthur M. Manigault's (SC) Brigade, but a few days thereafter After proceeding about a mile we found a regiment of cavalry He too, was almost Gen. unable to overcome the enemy at Gettysburg and were compelled Quite a number a brigade in which there were the two (2) veteran North Carolina B. Lyon Company, 1912. of Brig. David L. Swain. and the 9th Indiana Battery of nine pieces was captured in a to Cumberland Gap, TN. Waud./ Title inscribed on verso./ Dated derived from text in NYIN. 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