OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 39th OVI Regiment (published 1908)
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                        Regiment History      
                   OHIO THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY 
                         (Three Years) 

Thirty-ninth Infantry. - Cols., John Groesbeck, Alfred W. Gilbert,
Edward F.Noyes,Daniel Weber;Lieut.Cols.,Henry T. McDowell,Henry A.
Babbitt; Majs. William H. Lathrop,John S. Jenkins, George T. Rice. This
regiment was organized at Camp Dennison, from Aug. 3 to 13, 
1861, to serve for three years. Being fully armed and equipped, it moved
by rail to St. Louis, Mo., to join the forces organizing under Gen.
Fremont. It assisted in all the operations that resulted in the capture
of New Madrid and Island No. 10, after which it embarked on transports
and sailed down the Mississippi to within a few miles of Fort Pillow. It
held the advance of Pope's army on entering Corinth, being one of the
first regiments to occupy the place,and participated in the sanguinary
conflicts at Iuka and Corinth in September and October following.It
fought at Parker's cross-roads in December,when the force under Forrest
was met, defeated and driven across the Tennessee river. It was one of
the regiments that veteranized, and after its furlough home,participated
in the Atlanta campaign.It took part in the battle of Resaca, the action
at Dallas, then moved to Acworth, thence to Big Shanty, pushing the
Confederate army to the base of Kennesaw mountain, where the regiment
remained under con- stant fire until the enemy abandoned his line and
took position near the Chattahoochee river. Then the regiment engaged in
a successful assault on the enemy's works at Nickajack creek and on July
22 assisted in repelling the attack of Hardee's corps on the left flank
of the Army of the Tennessee. This was the most severe engagement in
which the regiment participated during its term of service, losing
one-third of its number in killed and wounded. During this campaign the
regiment lost 24 men killed and 168 wounded. It then marched to the sea
and in Jan.,1865, entered upon the campaign of the Carolinas, being
engaged in the action at Rivers' bridge, and struck the Char- leston
Augusta railroad at Midway. It engaged the enemy 7 miles from Cheraw,
drove him through the town and across the Great Pedee river, and
captured large quantities of ordnance and other stores. It took part in
the action at Bentonville, N. C., with a loss of 4 killed, 17 wounded
and 3 missing. Then came the news of Lee's surrender, the capitulation
of Johnston, the march to Washington, the grand review, and finally the
muster-out on July 9, 1865.

The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.


Bob


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