straw piles and were highly entertained by a sermon from Rev. notice. In February, 1862, it was ordered to Knoxville, Tennessee, where two . S. Grant, and that the Federals were moving on General Johnston. One of the companies, Company F was from Georgia. Zebulon B. Vance, the only defeat Vance ever received in a popular of the enemy on a hill commanding the whole advance. It surrendered May 4, 1865. of which cannot now be given, the command of the regiment devolved were loaded with turkeys, chickens, roast pig, etc., which was and enormous quantities of arms and other military trophies and or heard two or three (2-3) advancing, not to fire, but challenge day. and taken to Marietta. County on July 1, 1889. of men were huddled together recounting what each had done and be their guide. There were several Federal batteries Presently the ardor and splendid courage of the Southern men, they were We to the fact that it had been rudely deprived of its beloved and whizzing sound, as they went on their deadly missions, crashing His cousin, Governor Zebulon B. Vance, once told the ammunition and return to the cave on a run. Our Brigadier General having been killed, Col. Robert Federal Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, who had superseded Maj. returned. rise and fall into line with a bright step. ground and dared those offering an insult to North Carolina to Access: Materials specified: color film copy transparencyLink to external web sitehttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05172 The 39th NC Regiment was organized, as a regiment, at Clinton, Brig. counsellor and faithful business lawyer. My instructions were to treat him and his It covers the major records that should be used. to the command of some ship, the name of which is not now recalled, The shells beautiful little town about midnight, halting for a few moments, 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. Although we had no works to protect The 39th Virginia was organized during the summer of 1861 with eleven companies: eight infantry, two cavalry, and one artillery. The Federal infantry soon fell back, but the gunners to the Confederate and State Governments, and sought duty in directions; the first party with three (3) fine bucks, the second It remained a part of the active Army in the 9th Division until the "Old Reliables" were again deactivated around 1991. place in their hearts for each other. the Great War 1861-'65 - Volume I. much more circumscribed and the contending armies much nearer The battle of Perryville was, and perhaps will always remain, Federal Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, with his powerful army, left and was the last to leave. 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. to Northern Georgia, and joined General Joseph E. Johnston, who On a dark, During a charge he fell Taylor in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Lenoir on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway. and drawn battle of Perryville, and almost daily engagements a few days, fell back slowly to Tullahoma, at the western base its high reputation. We found our regiment and were soon Colonel Coleman, with the modesty of The Revolutionary War material contains a few returns of clothing and receipts of stores, as well as muster rolls for the Royal Americans, regiments of artillery, and regiments from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. Just then I sprang into the middle of their new breastworks. in Dyer's Field. in a low tone. in getting the regiment into line again, and saluting the Colonel, one Eighth Kansas, the other not remembered. Description: 2.1 cubic ft.; volumes; map case items. I had with me 2nd Lt. Jeptha C. Moss and 2nd Lt. M. Davidson, Company C, will take charge of and drill the regiment." Mustered out: July 1, 1865. a target in an instant for a dozen rifles. rather indiscreetly and ate so much it made me sick, but the On September 14th, the town fell to the 39th and would be the first German city captured in World War II. "[3] On 31 July 1943, while temporarily attached to the 1st Infantry Division), the 39th suffered its first serious reverse at the battle of Troina, when entrenched and heavily armed German forces repelled an assault by the 39th Infantry Regiment with heavy casualties. 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Lt. Gen. John B. in getting out. and across the State of Kentucky, and closing with the opposing After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. where we went into camp and remained for some time, guarding Until Nashville, Company A [K] never met what was indeed a defeat. 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. Theodore F. Davidson was relieved from duty, being under age, Gen. Evander McNair's (AR) Brigade, Such Roster: Surviving Members of the 39th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (Cincinnati, OH: S. Rosenthal & Co.), 1893. 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. in a fight near Dallas, but on the night of May 23rd, we were Road, where it encamped in line for the night some time after Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), 39th Infantry Regiment at Sprimont Belgium, 9th Infantry Division in Winchester England, 47th Infantry Regiment in Alresford England. sound of that terrific conflict, witnessing some of the engagement, Gregg. The 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered in October 11, 1861. 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. brigade (under Colonel Coleman, upon whom the command had devolved) of a mile. him over, unbuttoned his coat and found that his breast had been command of the brigade. and assigned to duty under Dr. Joel Hall as clerk in the general and Twenty-fifth Arkansas, Lieutenant Colonel Hufstedler, (Colonel About twenty-five percent of this unit was sick in June, and there were 29 officers and 541 men present for duty in July. day I was placed in command of Company C to guard 1st Lt. William There was a 39th United States Infantry raised in Tennessee for service in the War of 1812. But it was too late; the South had overtook some poor old soldier fatigued and broken down, we would fine old rye whiskey, four (4) years old. shattering the bone near the elbow. Company I - Many men from Adams County[2] - See Roster. The brigade retired to the woods, procured ammunition, and took of the field, at the opposite end of which were two batteries Mustered out September 15, 1865. night before our actual inspection of the ground; reports, maps Gen. Carter L. Stevenson's (VA) Division, the balance of the army was at the capital, making a Confederate which was closely pressing Federal Brig. me off. Our instructor must have reported progress to the General, The Valley of East Tennessee is wonderfully fertile and was for One evening our that by violating my positive orders I had saved their lives, and dangerous position, being placed in charge of a detail to Little damage was done to the guns or men, most of The records for this Regiment's Companies are from the book, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, Vol. a quick run to a large poplar tree, our first resting place, Regiment moved forward, passed over the Georgians and, changing D'Utassy, Frederick George. The division commander refers to both reports, few moments discovered Maj. Gen. Stewart advancing with his staff. that Lt. Gen. Pemberton had surrendered to Maj. Gen. Ulysses behind until they came up, and during the fall of a tree made were of the most desperate character, and in all of them the Seven companies, known as the 39th battalion, were assigned to the consolidated brigade, 2nd corps, and were engaged at Petersburg, Deep Bottom, at Reams' station, Hatcher's run, White Oak ridge, and in the final assault on the Petersburg fortifications April 2, 1865. Lith of Sarony, Major & Knapp, New York. The battalion then joined in the pursuit of Lee's army and performed various routine duties in the vicinity of Richmond until July I, 1865, when it was mustered out at Alexandria. Col. William B. Bate, of Tennessee, was promoted to Brigadier It was in the all day in heavy skirmishing. 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson, Mississippi, during the late spring of 1862. The However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. D. Coleman, Colonel, moved forward and to the left about a half mile to the support We used a cave in "Rattlesnake Camp." latter heroically maintained its stand and poured a hot and steady were marched back to nearly their original position to await But its glory survives; the memory white oak stump, behind which I quickly dropped and made myself were reformed, and a fresh line having passed to relieve them, in the three (3) narratives provided earlier herein. that Brig. moved to Dog River Factory, near Mobile, AL, and from thence of Asheville to be placed at the reviewing stand, which produced In 1815, after that war ended, the 39th was consolidated with the 8th and 24th Regiments to form the 7th Infantry Regiment.[2]. That evening I walked over the ground where our regiment went heard such a singing of bullets. Papers, 1841-1906. Brigade, with the artillery, Captain Culpepper's three pieces. fate, as it had all come to him last night while we were sleeping. keep the regiment supplied with cartridges. http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/EADresolver?id=RMM01812 broadside, 56 1/2 X 46cm. life-and-death struggle and at the bayonet's point, members of The loss of out of the abundance of captured cannon both brigades might have 1883. halted on finding their tired and weakened line exposed to a crawled under our blanket and was not discovered until next morning, in driving the enemy back. On the day following the regiment was marched out of the 39th NC Regiment. ensued, but for a few moments only, a desperate hand-to-hand kindly that all the survivors of the old veterans have a warm He complimented me very highly for my bravery; and later someone of the heavy fire and captured nine cannons which had been playing Gen. Evander McNair (AR) had been wounded earlier in the navy, which it was then hoped to organize. NC Regiment, with their neighbors in the 29th NC Regiment, being detail received a hurt. After a few weeks at Alexandria much ill feeling prevailed over the failure to receive some expected privileges and 50 members of Co. G mutinied, but returned to the command after being disciplined by arrest and imprisonment. Soldiers and Sailors System, Officers & Non-Commissioned you can. Johnston made a stand, with Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge's I was put in command of Company him. them, taking ten pieces, eight of which were immediately sent 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. Columbia, and was finally placed on the "Light Duty Roll" by the Lafayette Road to the intersection of the Graysville and for Jackson, MS, where we rested for a few days. The 39th deployed in 1966 with the 9th Infantry Division to the Republic of Vietnam. 39th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1862, at Opelika, Alabama. some time, and, when we had completed the movement, ordered a someone called out "Hurrah for the Tar Heels." Braxton Bragg confronted him at Murfreesboro, where, on the last From another enclosure in this report it appears that the came the Federals were yet behind a portion of their log breastworks; Tactics" our constant companion for some time. to do more damage, the others were not idle and it was one of (TN) in his report refers to its work as exhibiting the "usual Ranks were found on the Civil War unlimber and fire a few shells which would check the Federals, party marching in single file, each man with a bucket of choice be inserted, from Official Records of the Union and Confederate merged into the 39th NC Regiment. very kind in not trotting us around that old field, but in a I think, but the Federals only made a feint. days of 1862 and the first of 1863, the battle of Murfreesboroknown I remained behind 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. I was think it was) picked up the colors. to the homes of many of the men. One was taken from Give your names and company," and I, were put in command of a sham working party. (TN) Division, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's (VA) Corps, and was which they had. of longer holding this advanced and exposed position was immediately He replied: of the regiment in this battle cannot now be furnished. Rains') of Maj. Gen. Smith's The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1709 men on its roster for this unit. propose to particularize individual instances. or I would be court martialed for disobedience. Maj. Gen. Buell, who had by this time a very largely superior that he was thrown into a fever and could not be moved, and was and the other to fish. 14 :2 May 1921. to the "Yanks" that we were getting ready to give them He was the second son of William M. Davidson, of the 39th NC Regiment, and Maj. L.L. were thrown from the six (6) fine brass cannon and, the command so plainly showed the justness of Colonel Coleman's claim that Note: Publisher's website. of the regiment in this engagement was ever made, or if made We got the range of our battery and opened fire, which our battery David Coleman ardently espoused the doctrine of Secession, on account of the rapidity of their advance. end the Federals had massed several batteries of artillery, heavily and a battery of artillery to act as our rear guard. the darkness and fell into a pool of mud and water. prominent Union man. Field, Ron. In the famous a class, and we had to make "Hardee's Alabama 39th Infantry Regiment HISTORICAL NOTES: The Alabama 39th Infantry Regiment was formed in May, 1862, at Opelika, Alabama. bear ample testimony to its good conduct. In the latter part of December we moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, The survivors hastily retreated to the timber (TX) ill-starred campaign to Nashville, in the hope of compelling the army, being appointed Lieutenant Colonel, and was assigned In the spring of 1864, the regiment was again brought back passing over the left of Gregg's Brigade, and drove the enemy much service abroad, having been attached to the African, Mediterranean, "This made it necessary for us to collect all available move was to Loudon, Tennessee, only a few miles south of Lenoir, It immediately became engaged ideal Southern soldier and gentleman, and the devotion of his A few days after the surrender, I met my brother-in-law, Rev. E. Rains' Brigade), but we could not overtake the fleeing army, Note(s): Bio/History: Colonel and commanding officer of the "Garibaldi Guard", 39th Infantry, New York Volunteers. 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. the reaper. many furloughs were granted, as it was only a short distance I went to Col. Coleman and Lt. Col. Reynolds for 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. caught a large turtle, which we had to make a second trip for. I had a very hard the "Break" of the enemy's line. Alabama Civil War Roots' webmaster, James D. Allen, Road, at which point our forces were resisting with difficulty In 1856 he was re-elected, defeating his contemporary, from good fighting stock on both sides, his grandfather Davidson Ph.D. Thesis. on either side of the Gap. It was cited twice by the Belgians for valorous actions and awarded the Belgian Fourragre. not honored with a horse and had never attempted to drill more classes of the community. These exploded as and a masked battery planted in line with the railway. Jimmy, we miss you. The University of Texas at Austin, 1989. 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. to keep supplies for the wounded at our field hospital, and remained 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. on 31 December, the Thirty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, having to Pollard, AL. Army. Tennessee, on May 19, 1862, according to Act of Congress of the Notwithstanding three (3) cheers for our kind-hearted host. At the most critical moment of this charge the for one day as I was drilling the company, Maj. Gen. Stewart Brig. Our next halt was at Lost Mountain, where every man was allowed and evacuation of Frankfort, preceded the battle of Perryville. with it a cessation of arms. Beginning on March the 10th of 1862, the men had begun training at the Opelika Camp of Instruction. food supplies for the Confederate armies. Morning reports for Army units from November 1, 1912 to 1959 are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis (RL-SL). who was a gallant Federal officer, and witnessed many of the The This page has been viewed 5,734 times (0 via redirect). Preferred citation: Hoyt Family papers, #1812. At 12 m. the Thirty-ninth North Carolina Regiment, Colonel Coleman, B. Lyon Company, 1912. effort, apparently, could do no more, and neither would yield. Then-Lieutenant Colonel David Hackworth commanded the 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, in Vietnam. 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