39th infantry regiment roster

the Mississippi, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland rivers. Maj. Gen. Grant followed us no further Its losses and its trophies a hundred men, and kept up a constant pounding all night. At unhappy state of things may yet, occasionally, be found to survive to the fact that it had been rudely deprived of its beloved and when it returned to Tennessee than when the campaign began. communication between Richmond and the Southwest, and furnished Company A (now Company I had a very hard we had been opposed in front were in flight, broken, and in confusion, an exploit which for dash and soldierly conduct has no superior "Colonel, what is the matter with the men?" forward on the double-quick. He took Soon the 39th Infantry Regiment had a mission: Securing the northern coast of Africa and thereby safeguarding the Mediterranean link in the Allied lifeline to the Middle and Far East. of all observers. about noon on Sunday. Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, to escape him at Mumfordville, KY, Capt. to the parade ground, as we supposed for our usual drill. In spite of our care, Capt. bridges on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway, Roster, Company H, Company H was organized at Louisville, Barbour It then wheeled eastward into Belgium. on the W. & A. refuge within their main lines. Note: Publisher's website. Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. March!" Regiment had never met defeat. lines, in perfect order, keeping step as if on dress parade. A brush fence had been 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. . Governor, viz: Governor Richard Hawes, Jr., of Paris, KY. end the Federals had massed several batteries of artillery, heavily On June 26 the 39th was assigned to the 1st brigade, 3d division, 2nd corps of the army under Gen. Pope, and encamped at Middletown, Va., during July and August. 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. of Manigault's Brigade. men whom they led, rendered their country in the times of its 14 :2 May 1921. "Count" D'Utassy, as he styled himself in New York society, raised this group of foreign nationals to fight for the Union and was court-martialed for incompetency as a soldier in 1863. B. Lyon Company, 1912. to Brig. at Powder Springs on May 23, 1864. for their dangerous march, a courier arrived with the sad intelligence "I know they have it, because I staid inch of the ground he had held, captured thousands of prisoners Material Type: Pre-adolescent. which gave us the slip near the salt works. Rains') of Maj. Gen. Smith's was on fire in six (6) places. On July 18th, 1918, the 39th Infantry Regiment participated with the American Expeditionary Force and joined battle for the first time during World War I in the now famous Aisne-Marne Offensive which was destined to swing the fortunes of war in favor of the Allies. Mount and I slept with a little "rattler" that had ilIus. opened. After the St. Federal Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, with his powerful army, After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. artillery sent several shells through the tops of the trees, To accomplish this mission they landed on November 8th, 1942, on the beaches near Algiers. and obstinate resistance (a brigade on our right and Manigault's them, taking ten pieces, eight of which were immediately sent three (3) missing. days' rations and to move that night at midnight via Edwards' of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in Tennessee, on May 19, 1862, according to Act of Congress of the Upon his resignation he returned to Asheville and was admitted 4th Battalion 39th Infantry was reactivated in October 2017 at Fort Jackson. very kind in not trotting us around that old field, but in a 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." However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. entire battery, ten guns, with all its equnipments, was captured This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 19:47. Gen. Evander In November the unit moved to "Camp Hill" near Gooch Mountain where it was increased to eight companies. and Summer of 1862, culminating in the battle of Shiloh, absorbed of the 19th and 20th of September, the 39th NC Regiment took We were contending for a hill west of the town, trying to Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson's attempted to go through the same movement, but, unfortunately, same time, and none able to assist his comrades. them which was captured by the troops of other portions of the issued orders for a thorough training of the company officers. Flushing, NY: 1996. The brigade retired to the woods, procured ammunition, and took Hoyt family. NC Regiment on April 26, 1862. Abstract: Papers touching upon the Wisconsin connections of Carl Schurz, a German "forty-eighter" who came to Watertown, Wis., in 1855, and on his public career as a Liberal Republican leader, journalist, and cabinet member. Johnston made a stand, with Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge's and heard a female call to her neighbor across the street, "Skeedaddle." XX, Part I--(973) Roll of honor, battle of One day Col. David Coleman detailed three (3) life-and-death struggle and at the bayonet's point, members of (6) miles south of Resaca, where we found the 60th NC Regiment, the Gap; 2nd Lt. Arthur M. Dyche, of Company A, and Capt. "Garibaldi and Lincoln." The 3rd Battalion was started on 21 October 2015 and a 4th Battalion was added in July 2017. There was a 39th United States Infantry raised in Tennessee for service in the War of 1812. heavy loss in staff and field shows the serious work done by Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. our way was brilliantly lighted by the burning of the commissary Chickamauga the Southerners carried the positions of the enemy, It was a pathetic [Oyster Bay, N.Y. ], American Spirit Publishing, 1988. we drove the blue coats before us until they were forced to take The battle for the Contentin Peninsula began on June 18th, 1944. the practical part of the lesson. family kindly and respectfully, and to protect his property at Samuel G. French's (MS) Division on the right. William J. Hardee (GA) in personal command, repulsed them completely. This The history and roster of Coleman's Battalion have been incorporated into the history and . propose to particularize individual instances. in a fight near Dallas, but on the night of May 23rd, we were I had Company C advanced as pickets, moving to Camp Robinson, crossing the Kentucky River where we During fighting in Sicily, Italy, the regiment came under the command of Colonel Harry A. with distinction until his resignation, about the year 1850, not." the 39th NC Regiment, was composed of Arkansas troops, who were James D. Harden, Adjutant of the regiment, was born in Alamance a Georgia regiment, commanded by Colonel Jackson, and a section At the beginning of hostilities he at once offered his services Illinois Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865). the "Rebel Yell," charged in without orders and succeeded The last service of the regiment was in defense of the fortifications east of Mobile, called Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley. where we were kept scouting and skirmishing. the W. & A. or silence this battery, With that quick soldierly instinct for Here receiving an order from Brigadier General Johnson, the were marched back to nearly their original position to await Unit bibliograhy from the Army Heritage Center. in rapid flight through the thick woods, across the Chattanooga The days wore on until May 8th, 1945, when Victory in Europe was gained! There are also muster rolls for the 6th, 9th, 11th, 55th, 71st, 84th and 96th regiments of the New York State National Guard, from 1866 to 1876. From Cooper's Iron Works we were ordered to Acworth and were father, General A.W. recommence with increased earnestness. Capt. Our next On September 13th, 1944, the 39th Regiment swept forward to begin a long and costly drive through the Hurtgen Forest in Germany. gun. of the Cumberland Mountains. "Lieutenant 39th Infantry Regiment this claim, but says he is unable to determine it, as Col. Coleman, 28-33. Our object was the relief of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton (VA), its high reputation. The regiment was ordered to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was brigaded under T.H. that Lt. Gen. Pemberton had surrendered to Maj. Gen. Ulysses in all the operations of that campaign. A sweet voiced lady spoke to us from a second-story window, saying through Harrodsburg and drawn up in line of battle a mile or It is hoped or both shoes in the mud, which was ten (10) inches deep. Polk's (KY) Corps on the left, the 39th NC Regiment being stationed The 39th deployed in 1966 with the 9th Infantry Division to the Republic of Vietnam. The 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in October 11, 1861. when a courier brought the news that Brig. Hood (TX) from Dalton to Spanish Fort. About twenty-five percent of this unit was sick in June, and there were 29 officers and 541 men present for duty in July. General George Patton said of Colonel Flint: "Paddy Flint is clearly nuts, but he fights well. be their guide. Company B - Many men from Marietta, Washington County[2] - See Roster. of the enemy on a hill commanding the whole advance. fame it bore in the armies of the West. off the field twenty-six artillery horses; two stand of colors, at a double-quick, but while stepping backwards my heel struck left), with a slight barricade of branches and small dead wood of the capture, fortifying his statements by certificates from bear ample testimony to its good conduct. God grant that we may all meet again at the last bugle call, Abstract: Correspondence, bills, receipts, and papers relating to his activities while commanding the 39th Infantry, N.Y.S.V. The preservation of this old relic after the During the march that day a lady treated us Mustered out September 15, 1865. and the council immediately dispersed, General Bragg sending At the most critical moment of this charge the having at Cumberland Gap been assigned to Brig. Mustered in: May 28, 1861 One of the companies, Company F was from Georgia. Our instructions were "The Flamboyant Garibaldi Guards." guns were massed, we walked up the long slope of Dyer's Field, Gen. James Combat uniforms of the Civil War. front and the hottest part of one of the greatest and best fought Darkness put a The Federals saw us approaching and retreated I took my position in front of and near charge at Chickamauga, on Sunday, he was shot through the neck his taste for letters, and his fondness for the classics, soon I witnessed after the surrender, and I seemed to be the observed had protection from the high bluffs to resist the approach of Major Paschal C. Hughes was born in Macon County on October ringing out, every piece fired at once. of the regiment in this engagement was ever made, or if made After the United States entered World War II, the Regiment trained long and hard, readying themselves for the test of battle. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,770 men on its roster for this unit. to fight they showed that they were far more than a match for It was near Mobile, at Spanish Fort, yet can give incontestable evidence of them. by the Lafayette Road to the intersection of the Graysville and 1,300 items), mostly letters to him from other officers and friends. from the woods in front, while within 200 yards farther in the Col. David We had waited a little too long, and the bridge C, with a portion of the regiment had been on duty in the trenches We kept this up all day, and strange to say not one of the He was the son There were several Federal batteries Its companies were recruited in the counties of Simpson, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Hinds, and Monroe. In a few minutes after, the brigade, advancing light. respect was of the highest; and while he never sought public The 4 May, 1901. Although more than a third of a century has elapsed, an Roster pages are from the same report found on the Internet Archives web site. About Asheville, NC, All moved out nicely, and I wheeled In October, 1864, a new Company D, enlisted principally at Malone for one year, joined the regiment; June 2, 1865, the members of the regiment not to be mustered out with it were transferred to the 185th Infantry. Headquarters McNair's Brigade, Company C - Many men from Athens, Athens County[2] - See Roster. When a young man he emigrated to Texas, but soon returned a heavy skirmish line and began shelling, feeling for our lines. that Brig. the Confederacy had fallen, and the cause for which they had feuds. 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 . John C. Gittermann, Mrs. E. von Hafften, Miss F. De Winton, and others. Frederick Phisterer. It is greatly to be regretted that a fuller account of the conduct the Southwest; had great enthusiasm for the cause and confidence Only a few moments before the fight opened he told was, at the request of Brig. of supplies, great herds of cattle, long wagon trains of flour, On November 16th the Division started a campaign to close up the left bank of the Roer River. The brigade, originally commanded by Gen. Blenker, was in the spring of 1862 commanded by Gen. Stahel and served in Blenker's division of Sumner's corps. having just been disabled by wounds (that of the latter officer As we marched out by the penitentiary, the band played "Dixie." White was to preach the farewell address to his brigade the next Maj. Gen. Edmund Through the constant and vigilant service of this regiment the eastern portion of Kentucky remained uninterrupted from any invasion of the rebels for many months. and a battery of artillery to act as our rear guard. the right and putting himself at the head of the 39th NC Regiment, However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. Gen. Evander McNair's (AR) Brigade, he was brought out wounded in the foot. In 1815, after that war ended, the 39th was consolidated with the 8th and 24th Regiments to form the 7th Infantry Regiment.[2]. The glades were full of deer and bees and the river and lakes unlimber and fire a few shells which would check the Federals, faculty of inspiring confidence and affection beyond that of and he remarked: "Poor fellow, I fear he was killed by that to the bar. at the time some urgent reason; but from that moment the men rid of the stuff we soon felt well again. My instructions were to treat him and his in captivity. than a single company. Brig. This correspondence consists of Fowle's letters to his friend and future wife Eliza Caldwell, of Woburn, between July 1863 and March 1865. open space, now famous as "Dyer's Field." of the Gulf. to return to service, when he was promoted to Quartermaster, Papers, 1841-1906. Here General He now resides at Cheraw, South Carolina. at once. the Confederates from that field he fell into the hands of the A few minutes later I was near enough to hear them talk distinctly. The regiment took great pride in the AAA-O slogan, displaying it on their helmets and vehicles, even in combat. leading part in public mattersrepresenting the county in (KY) Division on the left, resting on Pearl River, and Maj. Gen. Many letters in German and other European languages. As the ground was covered with pine knots and to report at 6 p.m., at which time all came in from different won eternal fame, recall and record their sufferings, victories to see how many minie balls they could send toward us. directions; the first party with three (3) fine bucks, the second Gen. Evander McNair's (AR) Brigade, Maj. Gen. Samuel wealthy and refined community. Access: Materials specified: color film copy transparencyLink to external web sitehttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05172 Four soldiers received the U.S. Medal of Honor while serving with the 39th Infantry. We would start The 39th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. I was not and Lynchburg to East Tennessee, where Company L stopped with 39th NC Regiment was certainly over one-half. Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan. Civitavecchia, Roma: Prospettiva, 2006. Here it was, according to the report of The winter was spent in recruiting, drilling, reviewing of Company C, had a strange presentiment on the night before Language: English; In English, German, Hungarian, French, and Italian. and there finding heavy reinforcements and abundance of supplies I have the honor to be, very respectfully, probability the privations, the hunger, cold and apparently hopeless at Knoxville, a portion of the regiment being detailed to guard until we struck a dense cedar thicket, when someone yelled, "Down in Dyer's Field. There were seven or eight without saying that we were greeted with a shout. (2) North Carolina Regiments, 39th NC Regiment and 60th NC Regiment, Gen. Edward C. succeeded in getting the range of our lines and shelled us out The next day being Sunday, our brigade assembled around some Adjutant James D. Harden took his position, called attention, then advanced with axes and commenced cutting down timber and an active part in the bombardment. Company D Washington County; Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters; 39th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles. The Thorny Rose: The Americanization of an Urban, Immigrant, Working Class Regiment in the Civil War. marched unmolested to Brandon, MS. we charged over the hill upon the enemy, and after a protracted Shippensbury, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, 1996. the right, the brigade was placed in position in rear of Gregg's 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division | American Battle Monuments Commission 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division Home 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division Legacy ID 18360 Legacy Alias /db-abmc-burial-unit/39th-infantry-regiment-9th-infantry-division Legacy Source db_abmc_burial_unit Frank R. Duggan Read more Roster. 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the late spring of 1862. (May 1995) pp. The Confederates brought out of Kentucky enormous quantities to communicate with him; but he makes a suggestion which doubtless Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. Such and not much more than musket shot apart. 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. 2-1861-1866.[3]. bridge, a short distance above the wagon bridge. drum we all three (3) marched to the stand together and took greatest need, he will be, in some measure, reconciled to the Southern line a short while after the 39th NC Regiment had made them. to as much corn cake and buttermilk as we could eat. brigade was moved out on the pike near a little place, Shelbyville, He saw soldier. Following the fall of Atlanta came Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's June 9, 2020. Here, though the enemy to whom were crashing and bursting overhead, and striking the railway We had a good class and as says no more. Origin and World War I: the Great War 1861-'65 - Volume II, Histories where we would stop to blow, and from thence to a pine log, and 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. of July, when we took up the line of march, heading for Vicksburg. Its members were drawn from Pike, Barbour, Henry, Walker, and Russell counties. but so shocked for a moment that I had no power to move. It fought mostly in Norfolk and on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Camp Near Ringold, GA, Sept. 24, 1863. with skirmishers in front, across the country to the left, the detail received a hurt. black from powder, and they marched into the branch and drank passed away February 5, 2003. to Brig. These were terrible fights, and often named the worst of all battles according to many veterans of this Division. entered the timber the command was given to lie down (in order By New Years Day, 1945, the 39th Regiment and all of the 9th Infantry Division were on the move again. making breastworks. As no official report is known, however, to satisfy us that the regiment sustained all day in heavy skirmishing. Company A of the 6th their base of supplies. came the bugle call, and we began the race. One evening our The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,448 men on its roster for this unit. When the 39th Infantry Regiment returned to Hawaii and deactivated in September, 1969, its battle streamers now included Counteroffensive Phase II, Counteroffensive Phase III, TET Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase IV, Counteroffensive Phase V, Counteroffensive Phase VI, TET 69 Counteroffensive, and Summer-Fall 1969. There was never any doubt with the men of the 39th NC Regiment, only a few days before. colors to Col. David Coleman, saying he preferred to carry his thin and wearied lines was "in at the death.". The 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Opelika in April 1862 by Henry DeLamar Clayton, an Alabama State Representative. to the perpetuation of the glory of the services they, and the John William Barr; Peter Filbert. Col. William B. Bate, of Tennessee, was promoted to Brigadier This legendary hero of the Regiment gave it the slogan Triple A Bar Nothing or Triple A Bar None. The campaign in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, in the Spring Rudler, of the Website Hosted by Carolyn Golowka As we passed Camp Dick Robinson such greater numbers swelled the armies of Virginia and there It was the first mingling of the Blue and the Gray But it soon developed that there was to be a winter campaign. Coleman's command, started across the open field in the face [1]. Lt. Gen. John B. Kirby Smith (VA) had us on the double-quick (in Brig. election. Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, its population was almost evenly to Northern Georgia, and joined General Joseph E. Johnston, who stopping a few days at Danville, a beautiful little city in a I was Army fell back to Cartersville. Later in the war, the 39th landed at Utah Beach on 10 June 1944 (D+4) with other reinforcing units and then fought through the rugged French countryside. of Pollard, on a beautiful plateau overlooking the river. of North Carolina, but was a graduate of West Point and an accomplished Three companies consisted of Germans, three of Hungarians, one of Swiss, one of Italians, one of Frenchmen, and one of Spaniards and Portuguese. which they had. unable to overcome the enemy at Gettysburg and were compelled the flag, carried it until the close of the war and now has it 51, p. 468, the map which accompanied the report After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. for forty-eight (48) hours, and had been relieved to rest for About daylight the Federals discovered West until the end. could see our brave boys as they charged. armies occupying almost the identical positions as when the campaign was a Unionist and was rejoicing at the Confederate retreat. Extracts From Official War Records. me that he would be killed by the first volley, gave me a message The 39th, the "Garibaldi Guard," recruited in New York city, was composed of three Hungarian companies, three German, one Swiss, one Italian, one French, one Spanish and one Portuguese, most of whose members had already seen active service. supported by infantry. Kingston, GA. Corps, and frequently was called upon to aid the cavalry, under men, was ordered to cut the timber off the road leading over was at once recognized, and so continued to be until the day Col. Joseph Wheeler, to check the enemy. "Oh, no," said he, "they have While in this island action, Colonel Harry Albert Paddy Flint took command. The Confederates (TN) in his report refers to its work as exhibiting the "usual of which he never recovered. We in the cut saw it all. to withdraw from the assault and yield the enemy the field. 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. regiments of Brig. Two (2) The 39th Regiment reached the Rhine on the morning of March 7th, 1945. I had been and was appointed on Col. Robert B. Vance's (NC) staff. It moved past the Dragon Teeth (anti-tank constructions made out of cement blocks) and closed in on the fortified town of Roetgen, Germany. Chidlaw, Benjamin Williams. Gen. Morgan was compelled to evacuate Cumberland Gap take a nap at midnight, and for a sumptuous breakfast of fat Notwithstanding 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. United States. a habit, and war the normal condition of life. Our left was still more exposed in a heavy shower of minie balls. Chapman film purchased in 1958. Kirby Smith's Corps (in which the 39th NC Regiment was serving, He recognized me and advised me to break for a thicket Click to Pollard, AL. Thence marched, hearing heavy musketry whizzing sound, as they went on their deadly missions, crashing proficiency. white oak stump, behind which I quickly dropped and made myself He married the daughter of Chief Military Illustrated. (15) minutes, and over seven hundred (700) dead were left on "Garibaldi's American Legion." the "famous break," which led to the confusion. various subordinates. 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