Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Mississippi 39th Infantry Regiment

The Mississippi 39th Infantry Regiment was organized at Jackson Mississippi during the late spring of 1862. About twenty-five percent of this unit was sick in June and there were 29 officers and 541 men present for duty in July. Company I took part in the fight at Baton Rouge then assigned to General Beall's command the regiment was captured at Port Hudson in July 1863. After the exchange in December it totalled 220 effectives. Attached to Ross' and Sears' Brigade it was involved in the Atlanta Campaign Hood's Tennessee operations and the defense of Mobile. The regiment reported 7 casualties at New Hope Church 30 at Kennesaw Mountain 5 at the Chattahoochee River and 48 in the Battle of Atlanta. Few surrendered with the Department of Alabama Mississippi and East Louisiana.