The 39th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 31st (W.M. Bradford's) Regiment, was organized in March, 1862, and in April contained 363 effectives. It members were from the counties of Sevier, Blount, Jefferson, Hawkins, McMinn, Greene, and Monroe. A detachment of the 39th captured the Federal gun boats Queen of the West and Indianola, and later the regiment spent forty-seven days in the trenches of Vicksburg where it was captured on July 4, 1863. After being exchanged and reogranized as mounted infantry, it was assigned to General Vaughn's Brigade. The unit contained 272 effectives April, 1864, moved to the Valley of Virginia, and lost forty-one percent of the 118 engaged at Piedmont . Later it participated in various engagements and surrendered at Asheville, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865.

Bradford, William M. - Colonel
Humes, James W. - Lieut. Colonel
McFarland, Robert - Major

ASSIGNMENTS:

Department of East Tennessee
A. W. Reynold's Brigade - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
General Vaughn's Brigade

BATTLES:

Capture of the Queen of the West and Indianola
Vicksburg
Piedmont

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

The Civil War in Tennessee
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