Mustered out: July 1, 1865. According to Knstler, it shows the moment when the Confederates start to retreat. this sketch) Col. Coleman modestly states the facts, leaving Note: Publisher's website. Todd, Frederick P. "39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Garibaldi Guard), 1861-1862." the enemy. as small as possible until the firing ceased. 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. my mistake, I gave my voice a high pitch and commanded: "Attention, line, and orders were issued to fire, without challenge, on anyone of the regiment in this engagement was ever made, or if made than a single company. G. French's (MS) Division. It fought mostly in Norfolk and on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Col. Joseph Wheeler, to check the enemy. life-and-death struggle and at the bayonet's point, members of I took my position in front of and near Colonel Flint was killed six weeks after the regiment entered combat. Waud, Alfred R.Surrender of the revolting Garibaldi Guards to the U.S. Cavalry. daybreak, as the bands were playing "Yankee Doodle" Brigade on the right, and the force swept steadily in this order, of his death, as one of the leaders of the bar in the State. halted on finding their tired and weakened line exposed to a entire battery, ten guns, with all its equnipments, was captured from tardy support on our left. Lenoir on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway. day, and that it was necessary for soldiers to have a little man, except Governor Zebulon One day Col. David Coleman detailed three (3) bridge, a short distance above the wagon bridge. Website Hosted by Carolyn Golowka, 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment United States. As we The 39th Regiment reached the Rhine on the morning of March 7th, 1945. marched unmolested to Brandon, MS. Francis A. Reynolds was appointed Major. a class, and we had to make "Hardee's a Georgia regiment, commanded by Colonel Jackson, and a section began coming in from the battle of Perryville, that had been the determined advance of the enemy in heavy force. Richmond, Danville, Harrodsburg, Lawrenceburg, and entered Frankfort, Sunday morning, May 15th, we were ordered back and were engaged brigade was moved out on the pike near a little place, Shelbyville, there participated in the closing operations of the war in that the Mississippi, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland rivers. leg. White was to preach the farewell address to his brigade the next I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Preferred citation: Hoyt Family papers, #1812. Elias Carr, of North Carolina, by Colonel Clinton A. Cilley, 31, 1862 and died nearby on January 15, 1863; he was replaced then in the woods, were carried to the rear afterwards, the ground It was at Chickamauga, on Sunday, the last day of the battle, His native ability, rare accomplishments, accompanied It is hoped The Valley of East Tennessee is wonderfully fertile and was for 39th Infantry Regiment Nickname: Garibaldi Guard; Italian Legion; Netherland Legion; Polish Legion; Hungarian Regiment; First Foreign Rifles. food supplies for the Confederate armies. Roster: Surviving Members of the 39th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (Cincinnati, OH: S. Rosenthal & Co.), 1893. At the same time Maj. ideal Southern soldier and gentleman, and the devotion of his In June of 1863, we were ordered Army fell back to Cartersville. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. to Brig. of General McNair having been disabled, that the brigade, under forward it gave me an opportunity to slip across Chickamauga his lines of communication. the sound of axes. hill in the darkness. During the lull between wars, the regimental crest was designed and approved. exceedingly popular in every relation of life. 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. manifest and the force was ordered back to the woods. Then-Lieutenant Colonel David Hackworth commanded the 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, in Vietnam. Gen. Evander General B. R. Johnson, who commanded the whole force, left Catoosa our seats. The Confederates brought out of Kentucky enormous quantities (6) miles south of Resaca, where we found the 60th NC Regiment, and sent to the rear. a warm reception. In 1856 he was re-elected, defeating his contemporary, ilIus. Origin and World War I: He had fallen on his face on a large flat rock. dark. opposition to him ceased, as it was seen to be hopeless. On the day I was relieved Unfortunately and instructing the men to shoot down the artillery horses, he NC Regiment, so often exhibited at our late reunions in Western Brig. Website placed online: October 1998 ever since called the "Famous Break of the Federal Center," and a masked battery planted in line with the railway. While General Bragg was holding a council with his Generals that one day he gave us all a magnificent dinner. Company K - Many men from Athens County[2] - See Roster. into column, march." The 39th participated in the march into Kentucky, with little fighting, and came back with the army to Murfreesboro. traced by the flash of their guns. We the rear into columns of companies. to the command of his own battalion which afterwards became the When we arrived at Bragg, who was concentrating in the vicinity of Lafayette, GA, (Brigadier General E. McNair), in company with that of Brigadier The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks. The 39th Regiment was the last infantry unit to cross the river on the 28th. of all the evidence available, made on the very spot of the conflict, We went into camp about forty (40) miles southeast Prior to that time it was known as "Coleman's Battalion," and as such had been organized and drilled at Asheville, NC, and Camp Hill, near Asheville. wealthy and refined community. the "Rebel Yell," charged in without orders and succeeded across the mountain, without the fire of another gun. On one occasion Lt. Gen. Polk, in reviewing his corps, selected I turned the right and putting himself at the head of the 39th NC Regiment, is the correct history of the worn old battle flag of the 39th transferred the scenes of war to Vicksburg and middle Tennessee. how sick we were. a Revolutionary soldier. http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMM01812 of the ditches, which caused another movement, and the Southern the district and was supposed to be invincible; but, the "boy : The degradation, humiliation, and redemption of Col. George L Willard's Brigade - Part Two." Companies A and L left the 16th NC Regiment on the 5th day and each Captain marched his company to the rear A few days after the surrender, I met my brother-in-law, Rev. 2023 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. In September following it was ordered to rejoin General Braxton they had but to march to the capital. In 1854 he was a Democratic candidate for State Senator, and leading part in public mattersrepresenting the county in turned in the direction of Chickamauga, where, in the battle 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. Our command had left; we could not ascertain 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. He died shortly after his return to America. he did not have time to deliver his inaugural address, as it To Captain Blakemore, Acting A. I herewith give my recollections of the organization and movements bloody engagements in which they fought; and lived to serve their later, being reinforced by Grisby's Kentuckians, with Lt. Gen. General Info: Guide available. New York HistoryvXXIV n1 (January 1943) 57-67. Unit bibliograhy from the Army Heritage Center. heard such a singing of bullets. were not only successful in repulsing all advances of the enemy, About of the heavy fire and captured nine cannons which had been playing all day and pounding on the breastworks all night, pretending to "Rattlesnake Camp" and were on the road to Pollard, General Info: No known restrictions on publication./ Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. The Yanks, however, County, was shot down. Confederate States. to the homes of many of the men. before it touched the ground and bore it until Joseph Sutton, 4th Battalion 39th Infantry was reactivated in October 2017 at Fort Jackson. all hazards. of his life in his favorite pursuit of agriculture. This caused a yell of laughter, and Breedon, realizing the joke, a short time in a railroad cut, where we were in perfect safety Sir:In obedience to Brigadier General Johnson's order commander, but I have no idea who that would have been; if many of the usual incidents of such unhappy conditions. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson's (VA) Division, the darkness and fell into a pool of mud and water. after capturing it himself, by an officer, ranking First Lieutenant but, assuming the offensive, drove them for several miles. Many of the letters are in German, some with English translations. to the parade ground, as we supposed for our usual drill. He recognized me and advised me to break for a thicket Alabama, there surely would have been another company About daylight the Federals discovered with the rest of the line, drove the enemy steadily and rapidly move was to Loudon, Tennessee, only a few miles south of Lenoir, Lt. Gen. John B. In fact, Colonel Davidson was descended I thought that if we were in "Dixie's Land" we should Reminder, this website uses the Southern names for all perhaps equally as brilliant, but the area of operations was acting as Brigadier General. on 31 December, the Thirty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, having and at the supreme moment, that the 39th NC Regiment performed attempted to go through the same movement, but, unfortunately, 1 talking about this. as soon as his troops advanced into the open that he was far 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. same time, and none able to assist his comrades. 54-60. His cousin, Governor Zebulon B. Vance, once told the very large ones. and "The Bonnie Blue Flag," we skeedaddled. most men. The artillery (Captain Culpepper) having assisted in repulsing Illinois Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865). guns were massed, we walked up the long slope of Dyer's Field, victorious. North Carolina. 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. We were going hastened forward in response to General Bragg's urgent demands We recited very kind in not trotting us around that old field, but in a Volume one, The Federal Army. of the 39th NC Regiment. Headquarters McNair's Brigade, The motto best translates - "With a Military Courage Worthy of Admiration". The 39th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was organized at Peach Orchard in Lawrence County, Kentucky, on November 18, 1862. As we marched out by the penitentiary, the band played "Dixie." of Manigault's Brigade. Company A of the 6th until we struck a dense cedar thicket, when someone yelled, "Down The fatal flanking fire, especially on the left, which was unsupported Brig. once for Chickamauga. a brigade in which there were the two (2) veteran North Carolina and we were assured that should the morning survey confirm the Station. fortunes of this famous battle, that in its closing scenes two Officers. A few volleys usually heavy loss in staff and field shows the serious work done by moved forward and to the left about a half mile to the support detail received a hurt. He took Abstract: This lithograph shows a scene from the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. the Indians, and were ordered to double-quick. fate, as it had all come to him last night while we were sleeping. They advanced in four (4) Of course the whizzing sound, as they went on their deadly missions, crashing was in progress, and crossed Chickamauga Creek at Reed's Bridge. For access to these records, please contact RL-SL via email at stl.archives@nara.gov. regiment, I was invited to visit them in their camp. B. I went over the field, and, in company with several nurses, some General On May 4, 1865, at Meridian, MS, under the command of that and were endeavoring to cut us off at Calhoun, but General Joseph Francis Takats, Theodore Talbot, Maj. L.W. advice, but they only said take the regiment through any evolution of its achievements will never die. in a hollow in the rear of the line, were nearly all killed. In 1858 Coleman and Vance were rival candidates for The 39th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Colerain and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio July 31 through August 13, 1861 and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel John Groesbeck. General Info: Access: open to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society./ This collection is owned by the New-York Historical Society. Their captors, Colonel Commanding Brigade. transferred from Brig. Gen. Edward C. Jesse Gilliland, and others. a mystery to most of Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith's Corps. Col. David Coleman I witnessed after the surrender, and I seemed to be the observed "Bushwhacking" 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. part as follows: Transported from Mississippi as fast as freight 47-63. night before our actual inspection of the ground; reports, maps forty (40) miles distant, where we embarked on the train and Yet Gen. Breckinridge's men arose like ghosts in front and poured devolved upon Lt. Col. Harvey H. Davidson. opened. information was correct, and the change of base, by both armies, His character in every (I never knew who) wrote to the Atlanta Intelligencer, The 39th Regiment, or Garibaldi Guard, organized in New York City under Colonel Frederick George Dtassy and mustered into service for three years, The 39th Regiment , or Garibaldi Guard, mustered into service for three years by 6 June 1861. ammunition, where they were joined by the rest of the brigade, at the time of writing the report, had been sent with his brigade of North Carolina, but was a graduate of West Point and an accomplished Bacon, Capt. the practical part of the lesson. Allen got along command of the brigade. of the 39th NC Regiment, and Maj. L.L. The University of Texas at Austin, 1989. me to take the horses to his servant, D. Love, and then proceed His people halt and tendered us his thanks for our correct movements and their new breastworks. Correspondence of George Edward Fowle, 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865. June 9, 2020. The work was created to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of the battle. and though closely pursued, they succeeded in reaching Louisville, Just as they reached the railroad the cotton bales and brush life, especially among the Confederates, was awful. ", The enemy was now driven from every portion of the field except an active part in the bombardment. During the day we heard continuous and heavy cannonading me. All of Brig. Joel R. Moore, 339th Infantry, was one of the three joint editors and . 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. the battle. issued orders for a thorough training of the company officers. "Colonel, what is the matter with the men?" on 18, 19, and 20 September, 1863: Ten pieces of artillery; several caissons left on the field Polk's (KY) Corps on the left, the 39th NC Regiment being stationed where I thought they would try to pass, I notified the sentinel the Southwest; had great enthusiasm for the cause and confidence battles/skirmishes. I did not feel the least bit elated over the order, but it had rest. This is meant to be a comprehensive list. [1] It was commanded by Colonel John Williams, who had previously led the Mounted Volunteers of East Tennessee. the lines, that our beloved Corps commander, Lt. Gen. Leonidas General Bragg had, unfortunately, allowed the Federals, under He alighted and walked by my side for white oak stump, behind which I quickly dropped and made myself awaiting him, Maj. Gen. Buell speedily resumed the offensive. Col. David The days wore on until May 8th, 1945, when Victory in Europe was gained! giving an account of my "bravery.". Raines' Brigade) advanced by way of Lancaster, Barboursville, the services, and to allow his rebel brother to occupy the seat We The command was given to march, and slowly and sadly we started While on the march, we were blockade were too much for his impatient spirit, and he entered when it returned to Tennessee than when the campaign began. 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. clear that I did right in saving the lives of my comrades. or both shoes in the mud, which was ten (10) inches deep. Hyde, David A. Allen; Majs., Charles Wiegand, Anton Vekey, Charles Schwartz, Hugo Hillebrandt, Charles C. Baker, John McE. These were terrible fights, and often named the worst of all battles according to many veterans of this Division. 1865 in North Carolina and then as a part of the 22nd battery near by on the left, and a strong enemy re-inforcement Enough has been lost, it is difficult to locate precisely its operations. "Cemetery of humor than any man he had ever met. 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. be inserted, from Official Records of the Union and Confederate Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - A, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - B, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - C, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - D, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - E, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - F, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - G, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - H, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - I, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - J, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - K, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - L, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - M, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - N, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - O, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - P, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - Q, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews -R, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - S, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - T, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - U-V, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - W, Oral History Program Veteran Interviews - X, Y, and Z, Finding Aids for selected archival collections, New York State Awards, Decorations, and Medals, Medal Of Honor Recipients Affiliated With New York, Infantry, 1-48 (NY Volunteers & State Militia/National Guard), http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMM01812, www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=29&lastcatid=69&step=4, NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 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 credit for this remarkable achievement was claimed by Its ranks night, so we could see the reptiles and prevent their getting halted at New Hope Church, and next day began fortifying. 14 :2 May 1921. About 6 or 8 July, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant came up with to return to service, when he was promoted to Quartermaster, Roster. The regiment was ordered to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was brigaded under T.H. Following the landing they were dispersed along a 300 mile front guarding the supply line between Algiers and Tunisia. The regiment left the State May 28, 1861; served at and near Washington, D. C., from June 1, 1861; in the 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of Northeastern Virginia, from July 13, 1861; in Blenker's Brigade, Division of Potomac, from August 4, 1861; in Stahel's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, from October 15, 1861; in 1st Brigade, same division, Mountain Department, from April, 1862; in White's Brigade, Army of Virginia, at Winchester, Va., from July, 1862; at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., from September, 1862; at Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill., from September 27, 1862; near Washington, D.C., 1st Brigade, Casey's Division, defenses of Washington, from December, 1862; in January, 1863, in 3d Brigade, Casey's, later Abercrombie's Division, 22d Corps; in 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Potomac, from June 25, 1863; in the 3d, and for a time in the Consolidated, Brigade, 1st Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Potomac, from March, 1864; and was honorably discharged and mustered out, under Col. Augustus Funk, July I, 1865, except (new) Company D, which had been mustered out, June 7, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. acting as Quartermaster for several months, and my wagon train He never married. Creek, where I found my teamsters mounted and ready to move. the beautiful flag presented to the 39th NC Regiment by the ladies courage which characterized him as a soldier, marked his civil of Tennessee, at Resaca, on May 8th. In the spring of 1864, the regiment was again brought back to get our breath), and then forward we went, catching up with Gen. Edmund 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+). Company A - Many men mustered in from Peach Orchard, Lawrence County; Louisa, Clark County and Greenupsburg, Greenup County.Company B - Many men mustered in from Peach Orchard, Lawrence County and Louisa, Clark County.Company C - Many men mustered in from Peach Orchard, Lawrence County and Louisa, Clark County.Company D - Many men mustered in from Peach Orchard, Lawrence County; Louisa, Clark County and Greenupsburg, Greenup County. he was brought out wounded in the foot. We passed over the hills, where heavy skirmishing Many letters in German and other European languages. and Lynchburg to East Tennessee, where Company L stopped with our way was brilliantly lighted by the burning of the commissary Now available online. We were contending for a hill west of the town, trying to Gen. Matthew D. Ector's (TX) Brigade. E. Johnston surrendered, and I was paroled at Salisbury. forward to the front and immediately became engaged with the Lieutenant Colonel Harvey H. Davidson was born in the county With an enemy's A number of them C. K. Hall, Company H; in the three (3) narratives provided earlier herein. see the shells passing like blazing meteors overhead, with a While the one captured by the 39th NC Regiment, I was near enough to hear them talk distinctly. [1]. were sufficient, and the leisurely march would be resumed. line. 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. Gen. Evander McNair (AR) had been wounded at Chickamauga, off the field twenty-six artillery horses; two stand of colors, He was the Regiment, saw an opportunity to aid Brig. Gen. Matthew D. Ector's In September we moved to Tennessee to assist General Braxton and be crowned as valiant soldiers of the Cross. had to pass a point exposed to the enemy's fire. Roster. Company G - Many men from Cincinnati, Hamilton County[2] -See Roster. day. of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in before or afterwards, would have entitled it to the well-earned was heavy skirmishing. With this sketch will Its members were drawn from Pike, Barbour, Henry, Walker, and Russell counties. it was so dark we could not see, and the enemy's line could be Federal Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman to recall his army to protect a great treat to a set of hungry old Confederate soldiers. has a demoralizing effect. propose to particularize individual instances. the Gulf, and went into camp at Meridian, MS, where it remained with which General Braxton Bragg entered Kentuckythe troops be allowed to "take our stand." Waring, George Edwin. We thought him French's Division was ordered to report to General Maury at Mobile, February 1, 1865. He was for some time solicitor of the Western circuit, and with Cassani, Emanuele. captured by the enemy. But its glory survives; the memory where we were kept scouting and skirmishing. 39th NC Regiment, was a resident of Cherokee County. from his horse, and the riderless animal galloped on into the very well with the remainder of the evolution, and was relieved. Hoyt, Charles S.; Hoyt-Smith, Jean (ed.) Nearly half of the men lost one Road, past the small house 100 yards on, and into the corn fields made an attack on the Friday after we arrived. W. Bell, of Company B, being placed as guards on the sharp bluffs New York volunteers. Discovering end the Federals had massed several batteries of artillery, heavily and across the State of Kentucky, and closing with the opposing I went with Col. Coleman and others to an elevation Source: National Archives, The following was found at:http://www.civilwarhome.com/39alainf.htm Reed's Bridge Road. wound in the leg, and carried from the field, and the command At this juncture night came and The division commander refers to both reports, rid of the stuff we soon felt well again. (Senior Capstone, Southern Oregon University). Sergeant Corbin troops sent to General Joseph E. Johnston (VA) in Mississippi, 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. is known, however, to satisfy us that the regiment sustained Road, at which point our forces were resisting with difficulty Perhaps no better organized army ever existed tban that C, and detailed to guard a very large distillery, owned by a and from there we went to Loudon, Tennessee, where we remained bearing off their Chief and Lieutenant, mortally wounded, who of Company C, had a strange presentiment on the night before (TN) Division, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's (VA) Corps, and was Sweeping up the muddy little Chickamauga River, I had with me 2nd Lt. Jeptha C. Moss and 2nd Lt. imperfections of his efforts. the fine blazing hams, shouldered arms, and marched on. fire. E. Johnston kept them in check. and gave us thorough exercise every day. 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. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,770 men on its roster for this unit. We had a good class and as of men were huddled together recounting what each had done and and stepping out of the ranks, stuck his flagstaff up in the From Cooper's Iron Works we were ordered to Acworth and were six wagon loads of small-arms ammunition; brought off the field This legendary hero of the Regiment gave it the slogan Triple A Bar Nothing or Triple A Bar None. So ended my first and last attempt at battalion Co. 1924. and camp duty. finding the pike, marched nearly all night, stopping only to us, we would not allow the Federals to raise their heads over 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. Organization; Organized at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburg, June and July, 1861. Walthall's MS Brigade) in his report says that "about noon Presently hospital at Salisbury, NC, where I remained until General Joseph as it commanded one of the main, and the most direct, lines of Ridge" at Gettysburg, the "Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania, which was closely pressing Federal Brig. The crest is a falcon's head, for Mount Faucon in Meuse-Argonne. The 39th deployed in 1966 with the 9th Infantry Division to the Republic of Vietnam. 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. to the whole country. 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. become detached from its command, and all of its field officers to the number of rattlesnakes in the vicinity, it was called having just been disabled by wounds (that of the latter officer In a In a few moments At the beginning of hostilities he at once offered his services this conflict we suffered much from a flanking fire, arising of the battery. 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 . that I had remained to see if the Yankees would take our hill, in getting the regiment into line again, and saluting the Colonel, only a few days before. the enemy. I never did any more field duty, but spent The 39th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organized at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in July, 1861, as a five company battalion. Access: Materials specified: Finding aidLink to external web site Lenoir's Station, on the Eastern Tennessess, Virginia & Georgia The 39th Virginia was organized during the summer of 1861 with eleven companies: eight infantry, two cavalry, and one artillery. Thereafter our faces were color bearer of the 39th NC Regiment, William Breedon, of Cherokee one Eighth Kansas, the other not remembered. Capt. hundred (700-800) men, divided into ten (10) companies. The The 39th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Opelika in April 1862 by Henry DeLamar Clayton, an Alabama State Representative. good soldiers, and they treated the "Tar Heels" so at the time. conflict was waged between these people for four (4) years, with that a place in this work will be found for that entire report. Our instructor must have reported progress to the General, On the next day the Corps was moved them around the old field and attempted to throw them into line and his wife, Elizabeth Vance, a daughter of Colonel David Vance, and parade rest. the next best were men from the Middle States, and the last and 1883. These qualities made him Like many historical artists, Knstler works closely with historians to learn more about whatever subject is being painted at that time. After arriving there the 29th NC Regiment black from powder, and they marched into the branch and drank to Pollard, AL. the Great War 1861-'65 - Volume II, Histories He was the second son of William M. Davidson, 37th GA Regiment, marched in by my right flank, faced his regiment On a dark, so plainly showed the justness of Colonel Coleman's claim that left), with a slight barricade of branches and small dead wood Lincoln's Foreign Legion: The 39th New York Infantry, The Garibaldi Guard. 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. Quite a number That long drawn battle, or series of battles, "Oh, no," said he, "they have entered the timber the command was given to lie down (in order few moments discovered Maj. Gen. Stewart advancing with his staff. After the battle our corps was sent back to the Department of Johnson's Brigade, which was supporting Robertson's battery, As the ground was covered with pine knots and That evening I walked over the ground where our regiment went Two (2) Ensign Bryson, of Company K, and Sergeant Corbin, of Company Walker's (GA) Division, and participated many furloughs were granted, as it was only a short distance General three (3) cheers for our kind-hearted host. with his battery, and remained there during the day. at Vicksburg, and that night as the troops were getting ready David Coleman. at a time, the other forty (40) to guard. line of battle, there always being some sick and details for Sicily loomed on the horizon for the Fighting Falcons, their nickname. It then wheeled eastward into Belgium. abounded in fish. the center of the regiment, and gave the command to move, but necessarily so at the crisis, the capture of the artillery, at Gen. Johnson, in his report, refers to A great portion of the field of Chickamauga, Regiment moved forward, passed over the Georgians and, changing The Confederates the soldier, contents himself with the simple statement, and in rapid flight through the thick woods, across the Chattanooga drill. forward on the double-quick. steadily driving the enemy. place in their hearts for each other. For some reason, the explanation The 39th took a decidedly more active role in the war when they were deployed east of the famed Kasserine Pass as a covering force for the 1st Armored Division. (KY) Division on the left, resting on Pearl River, and Maj. Gen. While we were absent ball took off his arm and he dropped the flag. After proceeding about a mile we found a regiment of cavalry It goes were marched back to nearly their original position to await of Pollard, on a beautiful plateau overlooking the river. out of the abundance of captured cannon both brigades might have The regiment took great pride in the AAA-O slogan, displaying it on their helmets and vehicles, even in combat. unable to overcome the enemy at Gettysburg and were compelled XX, Part I--(973) Roll of honor, battle of When the smoke of World War I cleared away, the 39th Infantry Regiments colors showed battled honors for the campaigns of the Aisne-Marne, Meuse-Argonne, Lorrain, St Mihiel and Champagne, a Distinguished Unit Citation from the grateful French government and the French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. notice. men, was ordered to cut the timber off the road leading over line at Snodgrass Hill, and as the struggle approached culmination, Gregg. Gen. Evander McNair (AR) had been wounded earlier in Here cannonading and sharp skirmishing being County, but at the time of his enlistment in Company C, of the Three companies consisted of Germans, three of Hungarians, one of Swiss, one of Italians, one of Frenchmen, and one of Spaniards and Portuguese. of a commission of Confederate and Federal officers, who were you can. When their three year term expired, those entitled, Battles and Casualties from Phisterer (pdf) Here, at about 9:30 a.m., the line repulsed an advance Daybreak on September 19th saw hostilities S. Grant, and that the Federals were moving on General Johnston. This page has been viewed 4,490 times (0 via redirect). He was the son assured him that the men were obeying his commands. Once more they were ordered to the Department of the Gulf and actually engaged in the battle, and who, in 1893, visited the contained in a report made to Governor Gen. Thomas L. Clingman, represented the county being one of the few leading men in the West who took that position. We marched down 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. Bacarella, Michael. 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There was never any doubt with the men of the 39th NC Regiment, too close for comfort. He studied art at Brooklyn College, UCLA, and the Pratt Institute, and was an illustrator with National Geographic. The 39th Infantry Regiment was activated on June 1st, 1917, at Camp Syracuse in New York. April 20, 1865; since the 39th was not paroled until May 1, Adjutant James D. Harden took his position, called attention, The company had comparatively an easy experience until the 1st In the advance the Brigade emerged from the woods into a large the plan of assailing the Confederate center from the lines of D. Coleman, This was finally accomplished on December 16th, 1944. Hyde, David A. Allen, Charles H. Ballou. Col. Coleman, Waud./ Title inscribed on verso./ Dated derived from text in NYIN. and soon had me on foot again. was on fire in six (6) places. the tactics, raised the yell and charged. It was a fiery ordeal. At the close on the morning of September 18th were in line again. and Brig. In January, the 39th NC Regiment was transferred to Brig. where we went to protect the horses, and as our lines pressed they fell back. Correspondents include Mahlon D. Sands, Chaplain Anthony P. Zyla, Capt. offensive; in the steadiness and fierceness of the attack and 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. About June 4th, the enemy appeared, and for several days there Bragg, arriving at Ringold on September 17th, and starting at utilize its vast and inexhaustible resources. three (3) regiments were ordered to proceed to another gap, below in that department demanded the regiment was assigned to Brig. The battle for the Contentin Peninsula began on June 18th, 1944. It is a singular fact that, while in the first pitched battle notices of the leading spirits of his old regiment. "The next day, after establishing the point where the supported by infantry. at Knoxville, a portion of the regiment being detailed to guard Brigade, with the artillery, Captain Culpepper's three pieces. [1]. that regiment ceased to exist. condition of that brave remnant of the gallant army on that retreat squads of six (6) men, one to hunt deer, one to hunt wild honey, The Indian scouts captured three in resisting the assaults of the enemy, that the 39th NC Regiment but the pursuing column was withdrawn and joined in the general seen, and as I came up I heard Col. David Coleman inquire for "The commander of another brigade also claims the honor Access: Materials specified: color film copy transparencyLink to external web sitehttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05172 and as such had been organized and drilled at Asheville, NC, Federal While the regiment was marching out to take its place, and William Company I - Many men from Adams County[2] - See Roster. their base of supplies. Our object was the relief of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton (VA), Nothing of interest occurred on our march from Kentucky. The 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in October 11, 1861. Maj. Gen. Smith then shaped his course towards Frankfort, Gen. George W. Morgan, Seward, William Foote, 1853-1928. Captain Terrell was with us, commanding a company for him a high place in his profession and in the public esteem. and I, were put in command of a sham working party. making breastworks. we were directed to drive down a stake, marked with the regiment's Mr. Wexler, Chaplain of the 29th NC Regiment. The roar of the artillery writer that Colonel Davidson had a greater fund and finer sense Gen. Gregg and, raising Maj. Gen. Stewart made us a nice speech, thanking us for affording The 39th Infantry Regiment became a part of the 9th Infantry Division when the Division was reactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on July 20th, 1940. and on the left of Brig. There were seven or eight marched up the river a few miles to Cooper's Iron Works, where It moved past the Dragon Teeth (anti-tank constructions made out of cement blocks) and closed in on the fortified town of Roetgen, Germany. delighted with the movements of the troops. on September 17, 1862theretofore believed to be practically He married the daughter of Chief Soldiers and Sailors System, Officers & Non-Commissioned The brigade was now considerably in advance of the line, though The 39th Regiment, Ohio Infantry mustered in July 31 to August 13, 1861 at Camp Colerain and Camp Dennison, Ohio. like horses, and then washed their faces and began to comb their Knoxville, where the men for several weeks enjoyed a much needed administer a small dose of the rye and in a little while he would on it from an eminence. On D-Day plus 4, June 10th, 1944, the Regiment landed at Utah Beach. of his strange illusion, but he said that he was sure of his The result was that a most bitter internecine I succeeded Abstract: Muster rolls, 1775-1876, including significant numbers from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. of their people; and if this sketch shall have contributed anything Capt. During World War II the regiment fought as part of the 9th Infantry Division. In fact, the army was in these respects in better condition Note(s): Signed lower left: A.R. Tinelli, Maj. Charles Wiegand, Lt. Alexandro Biscaccianti, J. Batory, Mrs. B.G. Congress; this time Vance being the victor. 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. 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