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39th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry, 10th PA Reserve
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39th
Pennsylvania Infantry, 10th PA Reserve Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Thirty-ninth Infantry. — Cols., John S. McCalmont,
James T. Kirk, Adoniram J. Warner; Lieut.-Cols., James T. Kirk, Adoniram
J. Warner, James B. Knox, Ira Ayer, Jr.; Majs., Harrison Allen, Sion B.
Smith, Ira Ayer, Jr., C. Miller Over. This was the 10th reserve regiment
and was composed of men from the western part of the state, who
rendezvoused at Camp Wilkins, Pittsburg. It left camp on July 18, 1861,
for Harrisburg, where it was mustered into the U. S. service on the 21st
for a three years' term, and then moved to Washington. On Aug. 1 it was
sent to Tennallytown, and after a short service at Great Falls was
assigned to the 3d brigade. This brigade made its winter quarters at
Langley; fought at Dranesville in December; was ordered to the Peninsula
in the spring of 1862; took part in the battles of Mechanicsville,
Gaines' mill, Glendale, the second Bull Run, South mountain, Antietam
and Fredericksburg and won many laurels. After Fredericksburg the
reserves were ordered to Washington to recuperate, and in June, 1863,
side by side with its old comrades of the 3d brigade, the 39th fought at
Gettysburg, afterward joining in the pursuit of the enemy. The regiment
remained with the Army of the Potomac through the winter; took part in
the Mine Run campaign ; engaged at the Wilderness in May, 1864, and then
fought at Spottsylvania, Totopotomoy, and Bethesda Church. Soon after
the last named action the veterans and recruits were transferred to the
190th and 191st Pa. infantry and the regiment returned to Pittsburg,
where it was mustered out on June 11, 1864. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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