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The 39th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an
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that served in the Union Army during the
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Service

The 39th Iowa Infantry was organized at
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and mustered in for three years of Federal service on November 24, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Moved to Cairo, Ill., December 12–14, 1862; thence to Columbus, Ky., December 16. Defense of Jackson, Tenn., and pursuit of
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December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Parker's Cross Roads December 30–31, 1862. Moved to Corinth, Miss., January 6, 1863, and duty there until November, 1863. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Great Bear Creek and Cherokee Station April 17. Tuscumbia April 22–23. Town Creek April 28. March to Pulaski, Tenn., November 2–12, 1963. Guard duty at Reynolds Station and along railroad until January 21, 1864, and at Pulaski until March 12. Moved to Athens, Ala., March 12, and to Chattanooga, Tenn., April 30, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Demonstration on Resaca May 8–13. Snake Creek Gap and Sugar Valley May 9–10.
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May 13–14. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 14–15. Rome Cross Roads May 16.
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May 19. Moved to
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May 22 and duty there until August 15. Expeditions after Wheeler August 15-September 16. Moved to
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October 4. Battle of Allatoona October 5. Moved to
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October 9, 1864. Reconnaissance and skirmishes on Gave Springs Road October 12–13. Etowah River October 13. March to the Sea November 15-December 10, 1864. Ogeechee Canal December 9. Siege of
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December 10–21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C. February 3–5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12–13. Columbia February 15–17. Lynch's Creek February 25–26.
Battle of Bentonville The Battle of Bentonville (March 19–21, 1865) was fought in Johnston County, North Carolina, near the village of Bentonville, as part of the Western Theater of the American Civil War, Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was the last ...
N. C., March 20–21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 Advance on
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April 9–13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C. via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 30, 1865. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. The regiment was mustered out on August 2, 1865.


Total strength and casualties

A total of 1064 men served in the 39th Iowa at one time or another during its existence. It suffered 6 officers and 58 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 134 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 200 fatalities.


Commanders

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Henry J. B. CummingsIowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1


See also

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List of Iowa Civil War Units This is a list of American Civil War units from Iowa which fought in the Union Army. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four artillery batteries were raised from Iowa. Infantry * 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment * 1st Iowa I ...
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Iowa in the American Civil War The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, troops and officers for the Union army. Prelude to war Iowa had become the 29th state in the Union on December 28, 1846. Settlers had defea ...


Notes


References


The Civil War ArchiveHistory of Iowa RegimentsCivil War Notebook (Blog)
Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa Military units and formations established in 1862 1862 establishments in Iowa Military units and formations disestablished in 1865