United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts
The 39th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 91 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 183 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| August 13 to Septembr 2 |
Organized at Lynnfield |
| September 6 | Left State for Washington, D.C. Duty in the Defences of Washington from Fort Tillinghast to Fort Craig and attached to Grover’s Brigade, Defences of Washington |
| September 14 | Guard Potomac from Edward’s Ferry to Conrad’s Ferry and Seneca Creek |
| October 20 | At Muddy Branch |
| November 10 | At Offutt’s Cross Roads, Md. |
| December 21 | At Poolesville, Md., |
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1863
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| February | Attached to Jewett’s Independent Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| April 15-17 | Moved to Washington, D.C. and guard and patrol duty there |
| May | Attached to District of Washington, 22nd Army Corps |
| July 9-10 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry and Maryland Heights. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| July 12-13 | To Funkstown, Md. |
| July 14-27 | Pursuit of Lee |
| July 28 | Duty along the Rapidan |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Rappahannock Station |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| December | Duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
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1863
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| March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| May-June | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 8 | Laurel Hill |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 23 | Jericho Ford |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold HarborAttached to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 13 | White Oak Swamp |
| June 16-18 | First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16 | Siege of Petersburg begins |
| July 7 | Colonel P. Stearns Davis was mortally wounded by a piece of exploding artillery shell while sitting with the surgeon at Fort Warren in the Petersburg works. The fort was then renamed Fort Davis in his honor. A wayside marker at the fort tells of the incident. |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
| August 18-21 | Weldon Railroad |
| September 15 | Reconnoissance toward Dinwiddie C. H. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| December 7-12 | Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad |
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1865
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| February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29 | Davis Farm near Gravelly Run |
| March 31 |
Battle of White Oak Road |
| April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army |
| April 10 – May 1 | At Black and White Station |
| May 1-15 | Moved to Manchester, then march to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 1 | Mustered out |