Mississippi 39th Infantry (Confederate)
10/3/62
Battle - Battle of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Not to be confused with Siege of Corinth. Also known as Second Battle of Corinth.READ MORE
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel W.B. Shelby
ColonelW.B. Shelby
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Isaiah G. W. Steedman
ColonelIsaiah G. W. Steedman
5/21/63
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Franklin Gardner
Major GeneralFranklin Gardner
5/21/63
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
7/20/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Claudius W. Sears
Brigadier GeneralClaudius W. Sears
7/20/64
Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Samuel Gibbs French
Brigadier GeneralSamuel Gibbs French
7/20/64
Battle - Peachtree Creek - Fulton County, Georgia
Weary of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's pattern of retreat through northwest Georgia in the face of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's advancing armies, President Jefferson Davis removed him from command of the Army of Tennessee, replacing him with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood. On July 20th, Hood determined to take the fight to the enemy by setting upon an isolated portion of Sherman's forces in front of Atlanta. Hood's target would be the Union corps of Maj. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and Joseph Hooker from Maj. Gen. Geo…READ MORE
11/30/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Claudius Sears
Brigadier GeneralClaudius Sears
11/30/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Samuel G. French
Major GeneralSamuel G. French
11/30/64
Battle - Franklin (1864) - Franklin, Tennessee
After allowing Maj. Gen. John Schofield's Army of the Ohio to pass him near Spring Hill, Tennessee, the previous morning, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood led his 30,000-man Army of Tennessee to the outskirts of Franklin on November 30th. Schofield's army had constructed a strong defensive line south of the town. Hood took a position two miles south of Schofield, with open, rolling farm land between them, and prepared to attack. At 4:00 p.m., over 20,000 Confederates moved forward east and west of the Columbia Pike…READ MORE
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Claudius W. Sears
Brigadier GeneralClaudius W. Sears
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Samuel G. French, and undefined temporarily attached to Walthall's Division
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Claudius W. Sears
Brigadier GeneralClaudius W. Sears
12/15/64
Leadership Change - Division - Major General Samuel G. French
Major GeneralSamuel G. French
12/15/64
Battle - Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee
Despite a series of defeats in the closing days of November, 1864, Confederate Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood continued to drag his bloodied Army of Tennessee, approximately 30,000 strong, north towards Nashville. The city was protected by 55,000 Union soldiers, which should have precluded further offensive operations, but Hood was determined and his situation was dire. Hood reached Nashville on December 2nd and staked out a position south of the city, hoping to draw the Union forces into a costly attack. Ulys…READ MORE
5/4/65
Mustered Out - Mississippi 39th Infantry - Mississippi
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