39th Regiment Infantry, U. S. Colored Troops, Maryland Volunteers

Brief History
Organized at Baltimore, Maryland, between March 22 to 31, 1864 to serve three years.

Muster out December 4, 1865.

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Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices and Staff - see Roster on page 262
 * Company A - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 262 - 264
 * Company B - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 265 - 267
 * Company C - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 267 - 269
 * Company D - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 269 - 271
 * Company E - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 272 - 274
 * Company F - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 274 - 276
 * Company G - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 276 - 278
 * Company H - no cities or counties given - see Rosteron page 279 - 281
 * Company I - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 281 - 283
 * Company K - no cities or counties given - see Roster on page 283 - 285

Wilmer, L. Allison, J. H. Jarrett, and L. Allison Wilmer. 1898. History and roster of Maryland volunteers, War of 1861-65. Volume 366 Baltimore, Md: Press of Guggenheimer, Weil &amp; Co. Archive of Maryland Online  other library

Other Sources

 * 39th Infantry Regiment, United States Colored Troops timeline


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Maryland in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Maryland in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Maryland, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.