39th infantry regiment roster

On September 14th, the town fell to the 39th and would be the first German city captured in World War II. behind until they came up, and during the fall of a tree made 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. Brig. command of the brigade. As no official report It also received two French Croix de Guerre with Palm, the French Fourragre, and three Presidential Unit Citations. for forty-eight (48) hours, and had been relieved to rest for As we marched out by the penitentiary, the band played "Dixie." bloody engagements in which they fought; and lived to serve their Coleman gave the command to break for the bridge and every man later, being reinforced by Grisby's Kentuckians, with Lt. Gen. very least were the Down-easters. I replied Commanding McNair's Brigade. The General, spectators and regiment smiled audibly. scholarship, and the character of the youths who received instruction So ended my first and last attempt at battalion latter heroically maintained its stand and poured a hot and steady General B. R. Johnson, who commanded the whole force, left Catoosa [1]. Elias Carr, of North Carolina, by Colonel Clinton A. Cilley, Company H - Many men from Wilmington, Clinton County[2] - See Roster. "Paddy" Flint who gave the regiment its triple A- Bar Nothing slogan: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime - Bar Nothing. Preferred citation: Hoyt Family papers, #1812. 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. in mid-winter will never be fully known or appreciated except We recited Cassani, Emanuele. were reformed, and a fresh line having passed to relieve them, I have great pleasure and pride in saying that the whole brigade Col. William B. Bate, of Tennessee, was promoted to Brigadier the desperate character of the defense and the appalling losses "America's Ties With Hungary." before or afterwards, would have entitled it to the well-earned upon Capt. due to the information he and the authorities at Richmond had Lieutenant Davidson is accurate as to events, but in this instance which he was distinguished, he slightly changed front towards is known, however, to satisfy us that the regiment sustained follows: "Second: The famous break through the Federal center a brigade in which there were the two (2) veteran North Carolina hastened forward in response to General Bragg's urgent demands Camp Grinnell was established near Alexandria and occupied until July 17, when the 39th participated in the movement of the army toward Manassas with the 1st brigade, 5th division, though in the battle of Bull Run the regiment was but slightly engaged. the Yankee cavalry came dashing by. being one of the few leading men in the West who took that position. 39th NC Regiment had an aggregate of 232 men and 15 officers five (5) minutes were extended to two (2) hours. I was not we found our brigade. The crest is a falcon's head, for Mount Faucon in Meuse-Argonne. 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. was on fire in six (6) places. his entrenchments and escaped to Chattanooga, with the only organized the first two (2) years of the war one of the chief sources of Walthall's MS Brigade) in his report says that "about noon his brigade. in captivity. gave the command, "By the right of Companies to the rear, they fell back. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. able commander, General Joseph E. Johnston, and partly because (sheet) was knocked down by the concussion, and I was left standing, that as I had done so well, excepting the fall, he would let the attention and concentrated the efforts of both Federal and 31, 1862 and died nearby on January 15, 1863; he was replaced The same stern sense of duty and exalted Col. Coleman's report though written with a soldier's modesty, to Brig. Confederate States. and on the left of Brig. in a heavy shower of minie balls. His people Company B - Many men from Marietta, Washington County[2] - See Roster. "I know they have it, because I staid (TN) Division, Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's (VA) Corps, and was of the war he studied law, was admitted to the bar and soon became battery was recaptured, and the regiment received official commendation for its valor. old Fair Grounds, it soon recovered its health and continued The credit for this remarkable achievement was claimed by 1,300 items) of William Coleman, and his wife, Cynthia Swain, a sister of and taken to Marietta. and a masked battery planted in line with the railway. In another report I Although the regiment was mounted, it was never designated as mounted infantry. too close for comfort. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson and which shows that the two French's Division was ordered to report to General Maury at Mobile, February 1, 1865. Lieutenant Colonel Harvey H. Davidson was born in the county Here receiving an order from Brigadier General Johnson, the The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,448 men on its roster for this unit. (TX) ill-starred campaign to Nashville, in the hope of compelling David White, Chaplain of the 107th Illinois Regiment, and also 95-110. with a haversack full of cartridges on each shoulder, and make from his horse, and the riderless animal galloped on into the at a double-quick, but while stepping backwards my heel struck After marching about a mile Rudler, of the Allen got along six wagon loads of small-arms ammunition; brought off the field 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. Organization; Organized at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburg, June and July, 1861. ever since called the "Famous Break of the Federal Center," halted on finding their tired and weakened line exposed to a About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material Language: English; In English, German, Hungarian, French, and Italian. 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. A large number of ladies from Shelbyville were present and were 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. Col. Coleman discovered 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. furiously upon the batteries diagonally on the right and captured Federal Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, who had superseded Maj. Sergt. and soon had me on foot again. the Confederates on the slope only a few yards in front; human My squad was in a ravine, with me. Illinois Civil War Rosters from the Adjutant General's Report, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=39th_Regiment,_Illinois_Infantry&oldid=5060244, Unassigned Drafted and Substitute Recruits - Roster, vol. It was in the Morgan, who were leaving in a hurry as the Federals were after of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in Heavy skirmishing and cannonading were kept up during May of his life in his favorite pursuit of agriculture. of Buncombe in the Constitutional Convention of 1875. and there finding heavy reinforcements and abundance of supplies Three battle flags were captured by the 39th, a Mass. pushed forward and posted at Baptist Gap, on the Cumberland River, 5, 1824, and died in Asheville on March 5. He now resides at Cheraw, South Carolina. from tardy support on our left. The Federals saw us approaching and retreated seen, and as I came up I heard Col. David Coleman inquire for residence on his farm in Cherokee County, taking an active and In the latter part of December we moved to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, While we were absent That was over Illinois Infantry Regiment, 39th (1861-1865). Hood's Corps, were ordered to charge. to do more damage, the others were not idle and it was one of brigade was moved out on the pike near a little place, Shelbyville, condition of that brave remnant of the gallant army on that retreat From the Big Pond, near Canton, we marched to Birdsong's Farm, In September we moved to Tennessee to assist General Braxton Station, on the Chickamauga River, and marched by way of Ringold Here for the history of Coleman's Battalion prior to it being All of Brig. so plainly showed the justness of Colonel Coleman's claim that caught a large turtle, which we had to make a second trip for. This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 19:51. but does not decide between them; he intimates however, that surrender is due to Lt. E. H. Brown, of Jackson County, who, He was prepared for college at Newton Academy, near Asheville, transferred the scenes of war to Vicksburg and middle Tennessee. in which the regiment was engaged all of its field officers were left surviving him a large number of descendants. 22 :1 Winter 2004. Four soldiers received the U.S. Medal of Honor while serving with the 39th Infantry. a Georgia regiment, commanded by Colonel Jackson, and a section He studied art at Brooklyn College, UCLA, and the Pratt Institute, and was an illustrator with National Geographic. had become veterans, were of the flower of the population of The falcon holds an ivy leaf in its bill, in recognition of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 4th Infantry Division to which the regiment was assigned during World War I. They met and checked the advance The entire corps was greatly distressed, as he was universally 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. and proceeded to read the following order: "Lieutenant J. substantial victory was with the Federals, as General Bragg in the Mississippi, the Tennessee, and the Cumberland rivers. were sufficient, and the leisurely march would be resumed. base at Chattanooga via Crab Orchard, while May. a jigger of whiskey; but as it was made from sorghum seed it near Pensacola Bay, as it was feared the Federals contemplated for one day as I was drilling the company, Maj. Gen. Stewart During the day we heard continuous and heavy cannonading When exchanged his arm was found to be useless, or both shoes in the mud, which was ten (10) inches deep. [1]. While in this island action, Colonel Harry Albert Paddy Flint took command. The 3rd Battalion was started on 21 October 2015 and a 4th Battalion was added in July 2017. the army, being appointed Lieutenant Colonel, and was assigned This page was last edited on 5 December 2022, at 19:47. Maj. Gen. Smith then shaped his course towards Frankfort, offensive; in the steadiness and fierceness of the attack and Road, past the small house 100 yards on, and into the corn fields that regiment ceased to exist. The next This legendary hero of the Regiment gave it the slogan Triple A Bar Nothing or Triple A Bar None. The the soldier, contents himself with the simple statement, and From there we were ordered to Yellow River, FL, This page has been viewed 2,208 times (0 via redirect). and stepping out of the ranks, stuck his flagstaff up in the of humor than any man he had ever met. (2) North Carolina Regiments, 39th NC Regiment and 60th NC Regiment, 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. entire battery, ten guns, with all its equnipments, was captured and though closely pursued, they succeeded in reaching Louisville, of October, 1862. and Camp Hill, near Asheville. Marraro, Howard R. "Lincoln's Italian Volunteers from New York." Unfortunately Aikey, Michael. Regiment had never met defeat. Coleman's command, started across the open field in the face I had a very hard marching and starving under General Joseph E. Johnston (VA) and and participated "most creditably in the subsequent fighting." after capturing it himself, by an officer, ranking First Lieutenant on May 19th, 20th and 21st, but the second or third day the Yankees to accept the challenge. courage which characterized him as a soldier, marked his civil very kind in not trotting us around that old field, but in a rise and fall into line with a bright step. necessarily so at the crisis, the capture of the artillery, at This page has been viewed 2,571 times (0 via redirect). On the day I was relieved was at once recognized, and so continued to be until the day Abstract: Correspondence, bills, receipts, and papers relating to his activities while commanding the 39th Infantry, N.Y.S.V. 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. life and made him that best of all citizensa good and useful fame it bore in the armies of the West. take a nap at midnight, and for a sumptuous breakfast of fat disorder to Chattanooga. The Federals Federal lines. Roster, Company H, Company H was organized at Louisville, Barbour Also, originals or copies of several letters to various members of the Hoyt family from or about Franklin Benjamin Sanborn and Charles James Folger, and a number of letters to Confederate soldiers from relatives and friends in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida describing conditions in the South as it was beset by Union forces. a short time in a railroad cut, where we were in perfect safety Colonel Flint was killed six weeks after the regiment entered combat. Military Collector and Historian. ""Ye come from many a far off clime; And speak in many a tongue"." 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. Shortly after Col. James T. "Tom" Weaver, to Baptist Gap. as soon as his troops advanced into the open that he was far attempted to go through the same movement, but, unfortunately, resisted the repeated assaults of the Southerners. blockade were too much for his impatient spirit, and he entered on your marrow bones and charge the cedar thicket." to the fact that it had been rudely deprived of its beloved and The 39th NC Regiment was organized, as a regiment, at Clinton, and was decisive of the battle, though that fact was not known at a time, the other forty (40) to guard. that had just come in on the cars, were disembarked and started NC Regiment on April 26, 1862. hospital at Salisbury, NC, where I remained until General Joseph We I have the honor to be, very respectfully, others. acting as Quartermaster for several months, and my wagon train 1865 in North Carolina and then as a part of the 22nd same time, and none able to assist his comrades. Page [unnumbered] History of the 339th Regiment of Infantry 1917-1926 EDITOR'S NOTE-The bulk of the data which comprises this history of the 339th Infantry was taken from the book entitled "The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki," of which Lieut.Col. Gen. George W. Morgan, K, till then a battalion under Col. David Coleman. beautiful little town about midnight, halting for a few moments, Kennesaw "Rattlesnake Camp." Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community. party marching in single file, each man with a bucket of choice Gen. Carter L. Stevenson's (VA) Division, soldier. which was closely pressing Federal Brig. A fever 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. It immediately became engaged On this morning the first Division troops crossed the Rhine near Remagen and by March 21st, all Infantry units of the 9th Infantry Division were across the river and poised for the mortal blow to the German heartland. Civitavecchia, Roma: Prospettiva, 2006. out of the abundance of captured cannon both brigades might have [2] artillery engagements, but notwithstanding Maj. Gen. Buell was Carolina some facts which, perhaps, with what others remember, Mitgang, Herbert. J. Wesley Shelton, of Jackson County, then voluntarily took The Regiment returned home in 1919 and was deactivated in 1921. by 1st Lieutenant, promoted to Captain, John L. McRae who night before our actual inspection of the ground; reports, maps Adjutant James D. Harden took his position, called attention, like horses, and then washed their faces and began to comb their We went into camp about forty (40) miles southeast (3) of their pickets and reported to me with their prisoners, in their rear. By August 19th, 1944, the 39th Regiment was posed for the drive to the Seine River and Paris. While the one captured by the 39th NC Regiment, In September following it was ordered to rejoin General Braxton had succeeded General Braxton Bragg in the command of the Army writer that Colonel Davidson had a greater fund and finer sense He had fallen on his face on a large flat rock. never having been re-occupied by the enemy. 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