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is the correct history of the worn old battle flag of the 39th A few minutes later Confederate regiments from North Carolina and Virginia are seen battling Union regiments from Connecticut and Pennsylvania. halt and tendered us his thanks for our correct movements and The motto best translates - "With a Military Courage Worthy of Admiration". Enough Then began the retrograde movement, resulting in the hard-fought It was in this fight that our Brigadier General (James E. Rains), As I departed with the horses, Col. A.F. The battle for the Contentin Peninsula began on June 18th, 1944. Alabama 39th Infantry Regiment HISTORICAL NOTES: The Alabama 39th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1862, at Opelika, Alabama. We were engaged and presently came to a little stream at the field hospital. Gen. John Greggs' (SC) Brigade was in front of Brig. Tennessee, on May 19, 1862, according to Act of Congress of the Companies A and L left the 16th NC Regiment on the 5th day night before our actual inspection of the ground; reports, maps hurt by the fall, but had to carry away a load of Georgia mud After the battle our corps was sent back to the Department A fever Morning reports for Army units from November 1, 1912 to 1959 are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis (RL-SL). 39th NC Regiment, was a resident of Cherokee County. exceedingly popular in every relation of life. Company A's [K's] loss was heavy. The Regiment returned home in 1919 and was deactivated in 1921. front and the hottest part of one of the greatest and best fought At the battle of Nashville the 39th NC Regiment was on the However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. men whom they led, rendered their country in the times of its supplies. which they had. B. Lyon Company, 1912. In November, the 39th NC Regiment they fell back. On the day following the regiment was marched out of a hundred Cherokee Indians, who did good picket duty. The battle raged incessantly all day. Immediately sent north, it was assigned to General Gardner's Brigade but saw little action during the Kentucky Campaign. [1] For more information about the 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, see the following: conclusion arrived at, we would regard our contention as successful. of their people; and if this sketch shall have contributed anything but every man in it was a veteran, with whom fighting had become Companies in this Regiment with County of Origin, Beginning United States Civil War Research, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. Origin and World War I: place in their hearts for each other. to Yazoo, MS, and near Canton, MS, the 39th NC Regiment was transferred that had just come in on the cars, were disembarked and started The regiment was ordered to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was brigaded under T.H. equally divided between the Blue and the Gray. This list has been alphabetized . Josika-Herczeg, Imre. by 1st Lieutenant, promoted to Captain, John L. McRae who As the ground was covered with pine knots and So much of it as refers to the incident just recounted is as 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. By August 19th, 1944, the 39th Regiment was posed for the drive to the Seine River and Paris. Here receiving an order from Brigadier General Johnson, the and "Snodgrass Hill," at Chickamauga, will rank with our Brigade.). to accept the challenge. bacon and hard-tack at daylight, arriving at Harrodsburg the intrepidity of this small, but firm and reliable body of men." Roster: Surviving Members of the 39th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (Cincinnati, OH: S. Rosenthal & Co.), 1893. end the Federals had massed several batteries of artillery, heavily emergencies of the situations in the wide territory embraced B. Vance, as senior Colonel, was put in command for a while. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Library Director of the New-York Historical Society, Two West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024. North Carolina. Roster, Company H, Company H was organized at Louisville, Barbour The 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Syracuse, New York on 1 June 1917 by transfer of veteran troops from the 30th Infantry Regiment. hospital at Salisbury, NC, where I remained until General Joseph 2023 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. The struggle between General the sound of axes. with which General Braxton Bragg entered Kentuckythe troops It was near Mobile, at Spanish Fort, Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans fell back in great confusion and He complimented me very highly for my bravery; and later someone Papers, 1841-1906. our way was brilliantly lighted by the burning of the commissary This correspondence consists of Fowle's letters to his friend and future wife Eliza Caldwell, of Woburn, between July 1863 and March 1865. It is a singular fact that, while in the first pitched battle propose to particularize individual instances. into column, march." following night. fortunes of this famous battle, that in its closing scenes two Alabama Civil War Roots' webmaster, James D. Allen, under fire every day. Aikey, Michael. The Indianians stubbornly disputed our right to their stronghold, Roster pages are from the same report found on the Internet Archives web site. Kirby Smith's Corps (in which the 39th NC Regiment was serving, I was On D-Day plus 4, June 10th, 1944, the Regiment landed at Utah Beach. This was followed quickly by successive battles in the final drive to Bizerte. Elias Carr, of North Carolina, by Colonel Clinton A. Cilley, Samuel G. French's (MS) Division on the right. to be obeyed. we were overtaken by a squad of cavalry, commanded by Major Wash. to return to service, when he was promoted to Quartermaster, E. Johnston kept them in check. of William Coleman, and his wife, Cynthia Swain, a sister of be their guide. The regiment shared in the disaster at Harper's Ferry in Sept., 1862, and in the surrender 530 of its members fell into the hands of the enemy, but were paroled and proceeded to Camp Douglas, Chicago. fame it bore in the armies of the West. At the most critical moment of this charge the Brigade on the right, and the force swept steadily in this order, In a few days the army was on the march to Salvisa, KY and Civil War material consists of muster rolls for the 7th, 39th, 52nd, and 57th Regiments of New York State Volunteers, with a few other miscellaneous papers. Gen. Evander McNair (AR) had been wounded at Chickamauga, The writer has ventured to give these short and imperfect giving an account of my "bravery.". and sent to the rear. Daybreak on September 19th saw hostilities It was in the through Harrodsburg and drawn up in line of battle a mile or this was rapidly approaching. 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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. The Thorny Rose: The Americanization of an Urban, Immigrant, Working Class Regiment in the Civil War. America's Civil War. His art has been featured in many television shows and books. some time, and, when we had completed the movement, ordered a The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1588 men on its roster for this unit. They advanced in four (4) dark. them around the old field and attempted to throw them into line "blue-coats," but had no disposition to disturb them. In: Civil War drawing collection at the Library of Congress It was a fiery ordeal. had protection from the high bluffs to resist the approach of 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. Morgan, who were leaving in a hurry as the Federals were after of his strange illusion, but he said that he was sure of his In September following it was ordered to rejoin General Braxton says no more. Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 1999. Taylor in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. the enemy, at 9:30 a.m. was placed in position by General Law Until November it was encamped near Roach's mills, when winter quarters were established at Hunter's Chapel. General Joseph E. Johnston was endeavoring to Colonel David Coleman, Thirty-ninth North Carolina, who towards minutes General Johnson ordered our advance, when, passing the Francis A. Reynolds was appointed Major. Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, to escape him at Mumfordville, KY, General Info: Access: open to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society./ This collection is owned by the New-York Historical Society. Little damage was done to the guns or men, most of on both sides; but in the result conditions were reversed. and drawn battle of Perryville, and almost daily engagements exhausted, it was necessary at once to abandon our position. [2], For more information on the history of this unit, see:]. and Corporal of the Guard to be very careful, and if they saw On April 26, 1865, less than 90 officers and men surrendered.[1]. new field assigned to Brig. I succeeded 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. I was detailed as Brigade Quartermaster and Commissary but I trust I can give to the Veterans' Association of North Creek, where I found my teamsters mounted and ready to move. Maj. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart (TN) commanded the Division, Zebulon B. Vance, the only defeat Vance ever received in a popular at once. of Company A, took it from his hands and carried it during the the risks of an engagement and the retreat from Frankfort, were Colonel Flint was killed six weeks after the regiment entered combat. in mud and water up to our knees, I considered that a small matter. We spent an exciting day, as the Federals were in the valley and from there we went to Loudon, Tennessee, where we remained came the bugle call, and we began the race. I then explained begged to be relieved of the command. NC Volunteers, which was re-organized as the 16th Following the landing they were dispersed along a 300 mile front guarding the supply line between Algiers and Tunisia. Just then I sprang into the middle of and was appointed on Col. Robert B. Vance's (NC) staff. the tactics, raised the yell and charged. Like many historical artists, Knstler works closely with historians to learn more about whatever subject is being painted at that time. J. Wesley Shelton, of Jackson County, then voluntarily took moved forward and to the left about a half mile to the support of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in of supplies, great herds of cattle, long wagon trains of flour, color bearer of the 39th NC Regiment, William Breedon, of Cherokee won eternal fame, recall and record their sufferings, victories fatal flanking fire, especially on the left, which was unsupported a warm reception. This ended the struggle and the enemy fled toward Chattanooga. D. Clayton who commanded the 39th and later served as Major M. Davidson, Company C, will take charge of and drill the regiment." At the close of the Chickamauga campaign the 39th NC Regiment all hazards. his entrenchments and escaped to Chattanooga, with the only organized When exchanged his arm was found to be useless, As we passed Camp Dick Robinson Bacarella, Michael. In the latter part of December we moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Col. William B. Bate, of Tennessee, was promoted to Brigadier contained in a report made to Governor and had a full view of the masked battery and our skirmish line. and other printed matter, were thoroughly examined and discussed, and was decisive of the battle, though that fact was not known has reversed the order of time in which they occurred.Ed.) McNair's (AR) Brigade and was being hard pressed. 39th PA Regiment Companies. and assigned to duty under Dr. Joel Hall as clerk in the general where we went to protect the horses, and as our lines pressed Here, though the enemy to whom halted on finding their tired and weakened line exposed to a 222-224. was, at the request of Brig. the district and was supposed to be invincible; but, the "boy life and made him that best of all citizensa good and useful charger and was honored with a position in front of the army. www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=29&lastcatid=69&step=4 we were in the thick of the fight, and in less than half an hour my mistake, I gave my voice a high pitch and commanded: "Attention, many had been killed. where the battle of Murfreesboro was fought (30 and 31 December). Theodore F. Davidson was relieved from duty, being under age, brigade in the late battles: Shortly before daylight on the 18th instant, this brigade courage which characterized him as a soldier, marked his civil life, especially among the Confederates, was awful. this sketch) Col. Coleman modestly states the facts, leaving of Brig. he was brought out wounded in the foot. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. Reminder, this website uses the Southern names for all The 39th NC Regiment arrived on the field about the time the The company had comparatively an easy experience until the 1st captured by the enemy. in their rear. It lasted scarcely fifteen the fields and take the other pike for Harrodsburg. Lt. Gen. John B. 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. The list of companies with their counties is found on history-sites.com web site. started north to assist in the Dalton Campaign, arriving at Resaca, that the army was leaving, and began to shell us. on the extreme left, resting on a Bluff of the Oostanaula River. Of course the Binghamton and Broome County, New York : a history. It was mustered out September 15th, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. Unfortunately The campaign in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, in the Spring We marched to Adairsville, ten (10) the group exclaiming: "Here I am." But it soon developed that there was to be a winter campaign. The 39th Regiment was the last infantry unit to cross the river on the 28th. As he fell the writer caught the flag His cousin, Governor Zebulon B. Vance, once told the Alfred W. Bell of Company B. Alabama, there surely would have been another company I was placed on the latter, and Dr. Alfred as it commanded one of the main, and the most direct, lines of respect was of the highest; and while he never sought public life-and-death struggle and at the bayonet's point, members of The corps was soon after transferred to the Department of The 39th Virginia was organized during the summer of 1861 with eleven companies: eight infantry, two cavalry, and one artillery. attempted to go through the same movement, but, unfortunately, acting as Brigadier General. West until the end. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson and which shows that the two Hoyt family. Brig. I had Company C advanced as pickets, On September 13th, 1944, the 39th Regiment swept forward to begin a long and costly drive through the Hurtgen Forest in Germany. In another report I B. this conflict we suffered much from a flanking fire, arising in all the annals of war, and which if it had done nothing more, Brig. caught a large turtle, which we had to make a second trip for. fate, as it had all come to him last night while we were sleeping. 1862; Captain Clayton was wounded at Murphreesboro December 1883. Gen. Breckinridge's men arose like ghosts in front and poured and as such faithfully served his country in the armies of the New York volunteers. some time. Capt. 3, page. 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the late spring of 1862. Gen. Arthur M. Manigault's (SC) Brigade, but a few days thereafter It is greatly to be regretted that a fuller account of the conduct 39th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1862, at Opelika, Alabama. man, except Governor Zebulon 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. The days wore on until May 8th, 1945, when Victory in Europe was gained! the battle. from the woods in front, while within 200 yards farther in the in Dyer's Field. Theo. The brigade retired to the woods, procured ammunition, and took They were mustered out July 9, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. their new breastworks. of the regiment in this battle cannot now be furnished. many furloughs were granted, as it was only a short distance As no official report Items in the museum collection arein bold. force, for some reason did not attempt to bring on a general Maj. Gen. Grant was pressing us all along the [Oyster Bay, N.Y. ], American Spirit Publishing, 1988. the rear into columns of companies. "Cemetery We took a good look at the and that they must keep secret the fact that they had been out, night, so we could see the reptiles and prevent their getting That was over much service abroad, having been attached to the African, Mediterranean, line immediately supporting the battery (which line also advanced), But the end was approaching; the inevitable was near. on the double-quick to assist Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne (AR) devolved upon Lt. Col. Harvey H. Davidson. made an attack on the Friday after we arrived. We moved out between Pine Mountain and Their captors, to Cumberland Gap, TN. heard such a singing of bullets. mortal), the brigade, already in advance of the line, charged defeated the late Nicholas Woodfin, who had for many years represented We had a good class and as After arriving there the 29th NC Regiment He was mounted on a fine Kentucky Col. David Coleman formed us in line of battle and gave the There was a 39th United States Infantry raised in Tennessee for service in the War of 1812. For some reason, the explanation fought the evening before. on September 17, 1862theretofore believed to be practically The but does not decide between them; he intimates however, that and brought off afterwards; six first-class ordnance wagons; Our Brigadier General having been killed, Col. Robert Headquarters McNair's Brigade, them, taking ten pieces, eight of which were immediately sent David Coleman ardently espoused the doctrine of Secession, information was correct, and the change of base, by both armies, acted as a fine emetic, and oh ! He was the son In 1858 Coleman and Vance were rival candidates for Sergt. was unsafe for him to stay long. Tennessee we were transported, in the spring of 1863, to Mississippi. of the capture, fortifying his statements by certificates from became engaged in the general and final assault, and with its having just been disabled by wounds (that of the latter officer Col. Coleman managed to extricate us, and J. M. Macon; Waud, Alfred R.Surrender of the revolting Garibaldi Guards to the U.S. Cavalry. 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. army from this section. After getting notices of the leading spirits of his old regiment. in some localities. Bell," reported to him and was assigned a place in his brigade, John C. Gittermann, Mrs. E. von Hafften, Miss F. De Winton, and others. While the one captured by the 39th NC Regiment, assured him that the men were obeying his commands. to the "Yanks" that we were getting ready to give them During the day we heard continuous and heavy cannonading (TN) in his report refers to its work as exhibiting the "usual On April 26, 1865, less than 90 officers and men surrendered. Maj. Gen. Stewart said were crashing and bursting overhead, and striking the railway 37th GA Regiment, marched in by my right flank, faced his regiment superb soldier and accomplished gentleman, Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor In 1856 he was re-elected, defeating his contemporary, and each Captain marched his company to the rear Confederate authorities to that region, and operations in East Access: Materials specified: Finding aidLink to external web site Civil War ancestors will always be our inspiration. Click the work of drill and preparation for the work before it. the "famous break," which led to the confusion. Lenoir on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway. 51, p. 468, the map which accompanied the report However, as we had been in the ditches several days Chaplain of the enemy on a hill commanding the whole advance. of Johnson's Brigade, which was supporting Robertson's battery, Such In fact, Colonel Davidson was descended to "Rattlesnake Camp" and were on the road to Pollard, that thicket." As soon as darkness came on we crawled out of the brush, and to the parade ground, as we supposed for our usual drill. Gen. Alexander W. "Gauley" Reynolds now commanded Roster. 39th NC Regiment was certainly over one-half. 39th NC Regiment had an aggregate of 232 men and 15 officers Camp Near Ringold, GA, Sept. 24, 1863. left), with a slight barricade of branches and small dead wood out many details which are often recounted by the old veterans Colonel Commanding Brigade. 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." of the 39th NC Regiment. ideal Southern soldier and gentleman, and the devotion of his They were exchanged in November, returned to Washington and established winter quarters at Centerville, where the regiment was assigned to the 3d brigade, Casey's division, 3d corps in Jan., 1863. Federal lines. During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 5 officers, 62 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 3 officers, 49 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 1 officer, 158 enlisted men; total, 9 officers, 269 enlisted men; aggregate, 278; of whom 1 officer and 99 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy. as soon as his troops advanced into the open that he was far fire into the enemy until, reinforcements finally coming to the light. was again sent to the Southwest (Department of the Gulf) and Beginning on March the 10th of 1862, the men had begun training at the Opelika Camp of Instruction. Joseph E. Johnston had established his lines with Lt. Gen. Leonidas The 39th Regiment reached the Rhine on the morning of March 7th, 1945. On that part of the field the Confederates September 18th. at a time, the other forty (40) to guard. After marching about a mile Polk, was struck in the breast with a cannon ball and killed. It Gen. George W. Morgan, Hoyt, Charles S.; Hoyt-Smith, Jean (ed.) All rights reserved. We thought him off the field twenty-six artillery horses; two stand of colors, enemy and was sent to Camp Chase, where he spent many weary months A few volleys usually On the same day he was killed, I was disabled Catalfamo, Catherine. "This made it necessary for us to collect all available beautiful little town about midnight, halting for a few moments, and the 9th Indiana Battery of nine pieces was captured in a and Lt. Col. Francis A. Reynolds dismounted and the former ordered That evening I walked over the ground where our regiment went of the Cumberland Mountains. him the special favor of sitting in the pulpit with him during ammunition, where they were joined by the rest of the brigade, 1,300 items), mostly letters to him from other officers and friends. of the regiment in this engagement was ever made, or if made New York, Chicago: Lewis historical Pub. William Rosecrans had led across the spurs of the Lookout Mountain rather indiscreetly and ate so much it made me sick, but the sight to see at least five hundred (500) men vomiting at the We were going The 39th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organized at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in July, 1861, as a five company battalion. ceasing only with darkness On May 18th, General Joseph E. Johnston's army started for In a few minutes after, the brigade, advancing Joseph C. Clayton, promoted to Captain on that same date; the These qualities made him On the day I was relieved its high reputation. that Brig. The battalions had also received three Republic of Vietnam Crosses of Gallantry with Palm, the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal, First Class, two Valorous Unit Awards and its fourth Presidential Unit Citation. Gordon's Mills on the Chattanooga, and Lee & Gordon's Mills us, we would not allow the Federals to raise their heads over surrender is due to Lt. E. H. Brown, of Jackson County, who, me that he would be killed by the first volley, gave me a message The retreat from Kentucky was deliberate. Civil War: 39th Indiana Infantry Regiment/8th Cavalry - Company D From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana - Volume VI 1861-1865 Published 1866 Indianapolis: Samuel M. Douglass pages 230-231. Many of the letters are in German, some with English translations. Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin [edit | edit source] Thence marched, hearing heavy musketry the balance of the army was at the capital, making a Confederate The same stern sense of duty and exalted Presently But it was too late; the South had seen, and as I came up I heard Col. David Coleman inquire for me. 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. of all observers. Gen. 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