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The 39th United States Infantry was a regiment of the regular Army. It was authorized on January 29 1813 and raised in Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. It was commanded by Colonel John Williams who previously led the Mounted Volunteers of East Tennessee. On December 31 1813 Major-General Thomas Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney

Thomas Pinckney was an early American statesman, diplomat and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812....
 ordered the regiment to join Andrew Jackson's
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
 force, providing a disciplined core for his command. The historian Henry Adams
Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams was an United States novelist, journalist, historian and academia. He is best-known for his autobiography book, The Education of Henry Adams....
 speculated that, without this regiment, Jackson would have fared no better in 1814 than he had the previous year.

Jackson welcomed the 39th.






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The 39th United States Infantry was a regiment of the regular Army. It was authorized on January 29 1813 and raised in Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. It was commanded by Colonel John Williams who previously led the Mounted Volunteers of East Tennessee. On December 31 1813 Major-General Thomas Pinckney
Thomas Pinckney

Thomas Pinckney was an early American statesman, diplomat and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812....
 ordered the regiment to join Andrew Jackson's
Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
 force, providing a disciplined core for his command. The historian Henry Adams
Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams was an United States novelist, journalist, historian and academia. He is best-known for his autobiography book, The Education of Henry Adams....
 speculated that, without this regiment, Jackson would have fared no better in 1814 than he had the previous year.

Jackson welcomed the 39th. Since the beginning of his campaign in the Creek War
Creek War

The Creek War , also known as the Red Stick War and the Creek Civil War, began as a civil war within the Creek people nation. It is sometimes considered to be part of the War of 1812....
, Jackson was troubled by serious discipline problems with his militia and volunteers. He told his quartermaster that "I am truly happy in having the Colonel with me. His regiment will give strength to my arm and quell mutiny".

At the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Battle of Horseshoe Bend

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought during the War of 1812 in central Alabama. On March 27, 1814, United States forces and Native Americans in the United States allies under General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Sticks, a part of the Creek people Indian tribe inspired by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, effectively ending the Creek War....
, Jackson placed the regiment in the center of his assault force. Consequently, the 39th suffered significant casualties—20 killed and 52 wounded.