39th Indiana Infantry Regiment
The 39th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Shiloh, Corinth, and Stones River. In April 1863 the unit acquired horses and Spencer rifles and became mounted infantry, serving in the Tullahoma campaign and at Chickamauga. On October 15, 1863, the unit was renamed the 8th Indiana Cavalry Regiment. Service The 39th Indiana Infantry was organized at Indianapolis, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on August 29, 1861. The regiment was attached to Wood's Brigade, McCook's Command, Army of the Ohio, October–November 1861. 6th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland. This was the Horn Brigade, also known as the Dutch Brigade, or the “Iron Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland.” The 39th fought in this brigade (even after conversion to mounted infabtry) in the battles of Shiloh, Stones River, Liberty Gap,