39th Iowa Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Des Moines and Davenport and mustered in November 24, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill., December 12-14; thence to Columbus, Ky., December 16. 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.
SERVICE.--Defense of Jackson, Tenn., and pursuit of Forest 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, 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.
- May 1-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-13, 1864 -
Demonstration on Resaca, Georgia
- Snake Creek Gap and Sugar Valley May 9-10.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 -
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May 14-15.
- Rome Cross Roads May 16.
- Kingston May 19.
- Moved to Rome May 22 and duty there until August 15.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 -
Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
[1] - Expeditions after Wheeler August 15-September 16.
- Moved to Allatoona October 4.
- October 5, 1864 -
Engagement at Allatoona, Georgia
- Moved to Rome October 9.
- Reconnaissance and skirmishes on Gave Springs Road October 12-13.
- Etowah River October 13.
- May 8-13, 1864 -
- November 15-December 21, 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign
- Ogeechee Canal December 9.
- December 10-21, 1864 -
Siege of Savannah, Georgia
- January 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- 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 N. C., March 20-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24
- Advance on Raleigh 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.
- Grand Review May 24.
- Moved to Louisville, Ky., June.
- Mustered out August 2, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 134 Enlisted men by disease. Total 200.
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally referenced on unit homepage
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 705, 707, 720, 721, 723, 834, 1180)