39th New York Infantry Regiment

"Garibaldi guard" redirects here. Not to be confused with Garibaldi legion.
"Garibaldi guard" redirects here. For the album by U.S. Bombs, see Garibaldi Guard!
39th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveMay 22, 1861 – July 1, 1865
DisbandedJuly 1, 1865
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Garibaldi Guard
Engagements
American Civil War
Commanders
Current
commander		Frederick George D'Utassy
Ceremonial chiefDaniel Woodall
Colonel of
the Regiment		Augustus Funk
Insignia
II Corps (2nd Division) badge
II Corps (3rd Division) badge
II Corps (1st Division) badge
New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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March past of the 'Garibaldi Guard' before President Lincoln and General Scott, 4 July 1861
Col. Frederick George D'Utassy
Captain Carlos Alvarez de la Mesa Company D 39th NY

The 39th New York Infantry Regiment, known as the "Garibaldi Guard" after the Italian revolutionary, Giuseppe Garibaldi, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[1][2][3][4]

Illustrated London News: attack on Garibaldi Guard pickets on the east branch of the Potomac
"Captain Schwartz the Sharpshooter" holding what is possibly a Savage 1861 Navy revolver. A cropped version [1] Appears in Francis Miller's "The Photographic History of the Civil War" Vol 5 "Forts and Artillery" .p.125, this officer was a Lt. Col. in the 39th New York Infantry.[5]
  1. ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1418.
  2. ^ NYSMM, 39th Infantry Regiment, "Garibaldi Guard" (2020).
  3. ^ Civil War in the East, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
  4. ^ NPS 39th Regiment, New York Infantry.
  5. ^ NYSMM, 39th Infantry Regiment, Roster (2015).