39th Iowa Infantry Regimental Service Map

SERVICE-39th IOWA INFANTRY(( 1862 FROM IOWA - TO WASHINGTON D.C. 1865 ))

 SERVICE.Organized at Des Moines (( 1 ))and Davenport (( 2 )) and
mustered in November 24, 1862. Moved to Cairo, Ill ((
 3 )). Defense of Jackson, Tenn (( 4 ))., and pursuit of Forest December
18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Parker's Cross Roads
   (( 5 )) December 30-31, 1862. Moved to Corinth, Miss (( 6 )). 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 (( 7 )).
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 (( 8 )). March 12, and to
  Chattanooga, Tenn., April 30. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to
September 8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13 (( 9 )).
  Snake Creek Gap and Sugar Valley May 9-10. Battle of Resaca (( 10 ))
May 13-14. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River, May
   14-15. Rome Cross Roads May 16. Kingston May 19. Moved to Rome (( 11
)) May 22 and duty there until August 15.
 Expeditions after Wheeler August 15-September 16. Moved to Allatoona
October 4. Battle of Allatoona (( 12 )) October 5.
  Moved to Rome October 9. Reconnaissance and skirmishes on Gave Springs
Road October 12-13. Etowah River October
   13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Ogeechee Canal December
9. Siege of Savannah (( 13 )) 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 (( 14 ))
February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle of
    Bentonville N. C (( 15 )). March 20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro
March 24 Advance on Raleigh (( 16 )) April 9-13.
 Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of
Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C. ((
 17 )) via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 30. Grand Review May 24. Moved to
Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out August 2,
   1865. 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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