United States Regiments & Batteries > Illinois
“Yates Phalanx”
The 39th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 129 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 130 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| The 39th Illinois Infantry Regiment was organized at Chicago, Illinois | |
| October 11 | Mustered in |
| October 13 | Left state for St. Louis, Mo. |
| October 29 | Ordered to Williamsport, Md. Attached to R. R. Guard, Dept. of West Virginia |
| December 11 | Moved from Williamsport, Md., to Hancock, Md. and guard duty on Baltimore and Ohio R. R. |
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1862
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| January | Attached to 1st Brigade, Lander’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
| January 3 | Action near Bath (Companies D, I, and K); Great Cacapon Bridge (Company G) and Alpine Station (Companies A, B, C, E, F and H). |
| January 5 | Retreat to Cumberland, Md. |
| January | Moved to New Creek, Va., thence to Patterson’s Creek and duty there |
| March 7-15 | Advance on Winchester, Va. attached to 2nd Brigade, Shields’ 2nd Division, Banks’ 5th Army Corps |
| March 18 | Reconnaissance to Strasburg |
| March 22 |
First Battle of Kernstown |
| March 25 |
Battle of Winchester |
| March 26 | Pursuit to New Market, Mt. Jackson |
| March 27 | Strasburg |
| April 1 | Woodstock |
| April 2 | Edenburg |
| April 4 | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of the Shenandoah |
| April 17 | Occupation of Mt. Jackson |
| April | In Luray Valley guarding bridges over South branch Shenandoah River, attached to Department of the Shenandoah |
| May 12-21 | March to Fredericksburg attached to 2nd Brigade, Shields’ Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| March 25-30 | To Front Royal |
| June 29-July 2 | Moved to Alexandria, thence to Harrison’s Landing, Va. |
| July | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| July 3-4 | Chickahominy Swamps |
| July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-22 | Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va. |
| September 1 | Moved to Suffolk, Va. and attached to Ferry’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| October 9 | Skirmish on the Blackwater |
| October 20 |
Zuni |
| October 25 |
Zuni and Skirmish on the Blackwater |
| October 29 & 30 |
Skirmish on the Blackwater |
| December | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| December 1-3 |
Expedition from Suffolk |
| December 2 |
Action near Franklin on the Blackwater |
| December 12 | Zuni |
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1863
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| January 23 | Moved to New Berne, N. C. |
| January 28-February 1 | To Port Royal, S. C. |
| February | Camp at St. Helena Island, S.C. attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South |
| April 7-13 | Expedition against Charleston |
| April 13 |
Occupation of Folly Island, S.C.Attached to U.S. Forces, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South |
| June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, then 1st Brigade, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps |
| July 10 |
Attack on Morris Island, S.C. |
| July 11 and 18 |
Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C.Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S.C. 10th Army Corps |
| July 18-September 7 |
Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S.C., and operations against Fort Sumter and CharlestonAttached to 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps |
| September 7 |
Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg |
| September | Siege operations against Charleston, S.C. attached to Howell’s Brigade, Gordon’s Division, Folly Island, S.C. |
| October-November |
Duty at Folly Island, S.C., |
| December | At Hilton Head, S. C. attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Army Corps |
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1864
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| January 1 to February 3 | Veterans on furlough |
| April | Moved from Chicago to Washington, D.C., thence to Yorktown, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| May 5-June 15 |
Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
| May 5 | Occupation of Bermuda Hundred and City Point |
| May 9 |
Weir Bottom Church |
| May 9-10 |
Swift Creek or Arrow field Church |
| May 12-16 |
Proctor’s and Palmer’s Creeks and Drury’s Bluff |
| May 16-June 15 |
Defenses of Bermuda Hundred |
| May 20 | Weir Bottom Church |
| June 6-7 | Chester Station |
| June 2 and 14 |
Bermuda Hundred |
| June 16-17 |
Bermuda Front |
| June 16 |
On the Bermuda Hundred front. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| August 14-18 |
Demonstration north of the James; Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
| August 16 |
Deep Run |
| August 25-September 27 |
In trenches before Petersburg |
| September 28-30 |
Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October 13 |
Darbytown Road |
| October 27-28 |
Battle of Fair Oaks |
| November-March |
In trenches before Richmond |
| December | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps |
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1865
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| March 27-28 | Moved to Hatcher’s Run |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-31 | Hatcher’s Run |
| April 1-2 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
| April 2 |
Assault on Fort Gregg and fall of Petersburg. |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April-July | Duty at Richmond |
| August | Duty at Norfolk, Va. Attached to District of Eastern Virginia, Dept. of Virginia |
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1864
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| December 6 | Mustered out |
| December 16 | The 39th Illinois Infantry Regiment was discharged at Chicago, Ill. |