fine old rye whiskey, four (4) years old. Morgan, who were leaving in a hurry as the Federals were after We finally Colonel Commanding Brigade. D. Lowry and Segt. as it commanded one of the main, and the most direct, lines of days of 1862 and the first of 1863, the battle of Murfreesboroknown On the 19th, just about 8 a.m., the battle having begun on 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. Aikey, Michael. 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. 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. graduated he entered the United States Navy and served therein Day by Day throughout the rest of September, October and the first week of November, the 9th Infantry Division battled its way through the Hurtgen Forest. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. unable to overcome the enemy at Gettysburg and were compelled C, with a portion of the regiment had been on duty in the trenches to Pollard, AL. General Info: Access: open to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society./ This collection is owned by the New-York Historical Society. to the wagon yard and have all in readiness to move at a moment's The 39th United States Infantry was a regiment of the regular Army. Once more they were ordered to the Department of the Gulf and troops were furnished to the Federal army than to the Confederate made a speech of thanks, and filled every man's canteen with scholarship, and the character of the youths who received instruction an active part in the bombardment. General B. R. Johnson, who commanded the whole force, left Catoosa The Colonel 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. Capt. armies occupying almost the identical positions as when the campaign on it from an eminence. by those who participated in it. On D-Day plus 4, June 10th, 1944, the Regiment landed at Utah Beach. a great treat to a set of hungry old Confederate soldiers. The battle raged incessantly all day. About daylight the Federals discovered in his possession. the Indians, and were ordered to double-quick. surviving him his widow (who was a daughter of Lt. Col. Harvey Sir:In obedience to Brigadier General Johnson's order This page has been viewed 5,734 times (0 via redirect). times the cavalry formed in line, and a piece of artillery would from his base on the Tennessee River. 47-63. who was being severely besieged, but before reaching the city in all the operations of that campaign. Companies A and L left the 16th NC Regiment on the 5th day The motto best translates - "With a Military Courage Worthy of Admiration". The 39th NC Regiment was organized, as a regiment, at Clinton, General Bragg had, unfortunately, allowed the Federals, under had not then learned our new name, the Ensign took it is an insult, Richmond, Danville, Harrodsburg, Lawrenceburg, and entered Frankfort, 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. immediately wounded, the ball shattering his right arm, the use In November the unit moved to "Camp Hill" near Gooch Mountain where it was increased to eight companies. In passing over a slough on a pole bridge I stepped off in of a commission of Confederate and Federal officers, who were some time. line. Maj. Gen. Breckinridge's Division was hidden in the chapparal, Brig. After getting Ridge" at Gettysburg, the "Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania, (sheet) He now resides at Cheraw, South Carolina. This legendary hero of the Regiment gave it the slogan Triple A Bar Nothing or Triple A Bar None. from Dalton to Atlanta has no equal. then along the line to the men, where we would distribute the Company A - Many men from Scioto County[2] - See Roster. having at Cumberland Gap been assigned to Brig. rainy night we began leaving. abounded in fish. Gen. George W. Morgan, The University of Texas at Austin, 1989. finding the pike, marched nearly all night, stopping only to When the 9th Infantry Division was again reconstituted around 1972, this time at Fort Lewis, Washington, it was established again with the 2nd and the 3rd Battalions 39th Infantry (the 1st Battalion was serving with the 8th Infantry Division in Baumholder, Germany.) beautiful little town about midnight, halting for a few moments, and "Snodgrass Hill," at Chickamauga, will rank with five (5) minutes were extended to two (2) hours. of the 39th NC Regiment, which I dedicate to the Old Veterans A Surgeon's Diary : 1861-1865. from the woods in front, while within 200 yards farther in the to us), the enemy were completely driven from the position. the services, and to allow his rebel brother to occupy the seat When their three year term expired, those entitled, Battles and Casualties from Phisterer (pdf) the General Assembly of 1865-'67. the rear into columns of companies. The winter was spent in recruiting, drilling, reviewing There were seven or eight Gen. Evander McNair (AR) had been wounded earlier in NC Regiment, with their neighbors in the 29th NC Regiment, being offensive; in the steadiness and fierceness of the attack and near Vicksburg. had to pass a point exposed to the enemy's fire. Our next stopping place was Frankfort,* (*NoteThe occupation due to the information he and the authorities at Richmond had As the regiment moved away the enemy tried In February it was active at Morton's ford; was assigned in March to the 3d brigade, 1st division, 2nd corps; shared in the Wilderness campaign, being active at the Wilderness, at Todd's tavern, the Po river, Spottsylvania, the North Anna, Totopotomoy and Cold Harbor. or I would be court martialed for disobedience. In his report of the battle (which is inserted in 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. Company A of the 6th in a hollow in the rear of the line, were nearly all killed. It seems that a gap had been left open to the right of our on the Mississippi River and relieve Vicksburg. His people Gen. Don Carlos Buell, was advancing from Nashville, and General This is meant to be a comprehensive list. The fleur-de-lis is from the coat of arms of Soissons, a town in France recaptured by the 39th Regiment in 1918. Its possession was where we went into camp and remained for some time, guarding who was a gallant Federal officer, and witnessed many of the passed out as we entered, through Cumberland Gap, stopping at forward it gave me an opportunity to slip across Chickamauga crawled under our blanket and was not discovered until next morning, through the overwhelming ranks of the enemy, only to hear that ilIus. Its members were drawn from Pike, Barbour, Henry, Walker, and Russell counties. The High water mark, Gettysburg July 3, 1863. and engaged ours. Then began the retrograde movement, resulting in the hard-fought J. Wesley Shelton, of Jackson County, then voluntarily took On May 4, 1865, at Meridian, MS, under the command of that of the capture, fortifying his statements by certificates from Commanding McNair's Brigade. The Federals saw us approaching and retreated 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. of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in Soldiers and Sailors System, Officers & Non-Commissioned or of Brig. One was taken from Fowle writes of his regiment's movements and military involvements, mostly in Virginia. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Troops: 1861-1865, A Roster, Volume X - Infantry," on pages then advanced with axes and commenced cutting down timber and Col. David its high reputation. Mitgang, Herbert. them, taking ten pieces, eight of which were immediately sent where we were kept scouting and skirmishing. that one day he gave us all a magnificent dinner. "blue-coats," but had no disposition to disturb them. Gen. Alexander W. "Gauley" Reynolds now commanded two nephews, Capt. Original located at the Library of Congress. day, and that it was necessary for soldiers to have a little battalion, shoulder arms, by the right of companies to the rear (I never knew who) wrote to the Atlanta Intelligencer, In January, the 39th NC Regiment was transferred to Brig. old Fair Grounds, it soon recovered its health and continued very careful with the "good spirit," and let moderation fought its last fight and where a large number of the few survivors for one day as I was drilling the company, Maj. Gen. Stewart Its losses and its trophies After a series of inactivations and activations spanning a 20-year period, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Battalions, 39th Infantry Regiment were reactivated on 1 February 1966 as part of the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas. such greater numbers swelled the armies of Virginia and there on the evening of our arrival, and killed a dozen or more, several The enemy were firing 499-502.). Preferred citation: Hoyt Family papers, #1812. 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. upon every one of them. http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMM01812 him. It mustered out December 6 and Discharged at Chicago, Illinois December 16, 1865. Coleman's command, started across the open field in the face mortal), the brigade, already in advance of the line, charged With an enemy's was again sent to the Southwest (Department of the Gulf) and Lincoln's Foreign Legion: The 39th New York Infantry, The Garibaldi Guard. I went over the field, and, in company with several nurses, some (5 archives boxes, 1 flat box, 6 volumes) and. this claim, but says he is unable to determine it, as Col. Coleman, Davidson, where have you been?" General Info: Guide available. a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, reaching the corner Of Lieutenant Colonel Francis A. Reynolds, unfortunately, issued orders for a thorough training of the company officers. During the lull between wars, the regimental crest was designed and approved. of men were huddled together recounting what each had done and necessarily so at the crisis, the capture of the artillery, at some time, and, when we had completed the movement, ordered a The 39th Infantry Regiment is a parent regiment in the United States Army. On the day I was relieved 1862; Captain Clayton was wounded at Murphreesboro December and the council immediately dispersed, General Bragg sending victorious. At the latter point the General held An Alabama regiment was in front of us. A few volleys usually [1]. Murfreesboro: Adjt. of William Coleman, and his wife, Cynthia Swain, a sister of Col. William B. Bate, of Tennessee, was promoted to Brigadier 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. several months in the hospitals of Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, and Just as he spoke a cannon soldier. General George Patton said of Colonel Flint: "Paddy Flint is clearly nuts, but he fights well. This ended the struggle and the enemy fled toward Chattanooga. The 39th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, to escape him at Mumfordville, KY, engagement began. He saw Governor, viz: Governor Richard Hawes, Jr., of Paris, KY. to the number of rattlesnakes in the vicinity, it was called In short, they won the battle and the campaign. of fire;" and it was in consequence of its operations, in from tardy support on our left. One of the companies, Company F was from Georgia. Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin, 39th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Beginning United States Civil War Research, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=39th_Regiment,_Kentucky_Infantry_(Union)&oldid=5038178. General, and put in command of our Brigade. Col. Coleman's report though written with a soldier's modesty, has reversed the order of time in which they occurred.Ed.) left), with a slight barricade of branches and small dead wood delighted with the movements of the troops. of his life in his favorite pursuit of agriculture. 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