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Thursday, November 19, 2015

39th Infantry Regiment (War of 1812)-- Part 1: Mainly a Tennessee Regiment

From Wikipedia.

This was the regiment in which Gen. Nathaniel Smith served as a lieutenant during the war.

Regular U.S. Army regiment authorized January 29, 1813.  recruited in the east by Col. John Williams of Tennessee and commanded by him.  Col. Williams had previously led the Mounted Volunteers of Tennessee from the eastern region of the state.

On December 31, 1813, he was ordered by Major General Thomas Pinckney to join Andrew Jackson in the Creek War.  Jackson war,y welcomed the 39th as he was having serious problems with the discipline of his militia and volunteers.

--Brock-Perry

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