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The 39th Georgia and the other regiments in Cumming's Brigade (the 34th, 36th, and 56th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiments and for a time the 57th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 2d Georgia State Line Regiment) have been neglected far too long in the annals of the history of the War Between the States and this website is meant to BEGIN to rectify this discrepancy. I have found bits and pieces on the internet regarding the regiment and I believed that a site was needed to act as a clearing house of information for the descendants, historians, and curiousity seekers on these brave defenders of the Confederacy. Enjoy the site and if you can, contribute. This web site is historical and genealogical oriented in nature. It is not affilitated with re-enacting or re-enacting organizations.

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.

M.A. Military History - Civil War Concentration.

War Between the States Historian

This site is dedicated to the memory of not only the 39th Georgia but all Confederate soldiers. This emblem signifies that this website neither promotes nor condones discriminatory speech, or actions based on race, religion, creed, or national heritage. I also take a dim view of those that bring discredit to the Confederate Battle Flag or those who seek to see it abolished and all Confederate Heritage destroyed. Our Confederate heroes include individuals of African ("Uncle" Steve Eberhardt), Native (General Stand Waite), Irish (General Patrick Cleburne), Jewish (Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin), Hispanic (General Santos Benavides), and Creole (General Pierre Gustav Toutant Beauregard) descent. A few are even women (Captain Sally Tompkins). All were proud Confederate-Americans.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!!!, Published Schedule.

November 21, 2009, Saturday, 1:30 PM: Over the River and Through the Woods to Missionary Ridge: Grant and Sherman's Main Effort at Chattanooga- "Attack the Confederate right flank northeast of Chattanooga and drive the rebel army southward and into North Georgia." That was the mission assigned to Major General William T. Sherman by the overall Union commander in the Chattanooga area, Ulysses S. Grant. It was intended to be Grant's main strike at the Southerners arrayed outside of Chattanooga too. But, to accomplish this, Sherman had a number of obstacles before him, most notably a river and a significant wooded ridge. Join Park Historian Jim Ogden and U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and Historian Gerald Hodge for a two hour car caravan tour of some key points associated with Sherman's execution of Grant's main effort. The tour will examine the Tennessee River in the area of Sherman's crossing, progress up onto Missionary Ridge as Sherman did and discuss the Confederate reaction. This program begins at the Tennessee Riverpark Fishing Park on Amnicola Highway just downstream/west of the C.B. Robinson Bridge.

November 22, 2009, Sunday, 1:30 PM: Park Historian Jim Ogden and U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and Cumming's Brigade Historian Gerald Hodge will lead a two hour walking tour of the Tunnel Hill/ Sherman Reservation area of Missionary Ridge Battlefield looking at the ill-fated attacks by Union Major General William Sherman on the carefully positioned and entrenched Confederates of Patrick Cleburne's and Carter Stevenson's divisions. We'll walk the ground to describe a portion of the Southern line and look at how the Confederates dealt with the series of Union attacks on November 25, 1863. This program begins at the Sherman Reservation on Lightfoot Mill Road, just off Crest Road on Missionary Ridge.

This event is free to the public and is presented as an anniversary program by the National Military Park. Please be prepared for inclement weather and expect to walk.