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	2-47th Infantry Regiment
		The Raiders served with distinction in WWI and served as an occupation force in Austria at the war's end; the Regiment was deactivated in 1921.
		In 1940 the Regiment was reactivated as part of the 9th Infantry Division and conducted amphibious training.
		At the war's end, the Regiment took over the Dachau concentration camp and served as part of the occupation force until it was deactivated in 1946.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/2-47inf-reg.htm (401 words)

	39th Infantry Regiment History
		Infantry Regiment was the first to ship overseas, departing New York on 26 September 1942.
		Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Syracuse, New York on 1 June 1917 by transfer of veteran troops from the 30
		Infantry Division and in the spring of 1918, sailed for France as part of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. The regiment fought with such valor and distinction during this war that it earned its famous nickname "Fighting Falcons".
	www.geocities.com /sgtblair/9thist.html (1180 words)

	47th Alabama Infantry Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		The regiment wintered on the Rappahannock and witnessed the repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg.
		Rejoining the Virginia army the regiment fought with severe loss at the Wilderness, and was in the brilliant charge on Warren's corps at Spottsylvania, where the brigade opened the battle.
		In all the subsequent operations around Richmond the regiment took part, and in the grim defences that begirt Petersburg it endured the perils and privations of the last sullen and persistent struggle.
	www.archives.state.al.us /referenc/alamilor/47thinf.html (400 words)

	History of the 47th Infantry Regiment
		The story of the 47th Infantry Regiment is told in the bloodshed on the beaches of French Morocco, Sicily, Normandy; on the battlefields of Tunisia, France, Belgium, and Germany.
		This infantry unit has been in action almost every inch of the way since it participated in the landings at Safi, French Morocco, in November, 1942.The Germans came to know and hate this relentless and indefatigable group of men, who never admitted defeat and were always moving forward with grim determination.
		If you are or were a member of the 47th Infantry, in World War I or II, you either know or should know that this regiment commands the respect of every officer and man with whom it has come into contact.
	oldreliable9_47.tripod.com /47_history.html (289 words)

	The 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment - CSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		On September 7th, the regiment left Chattanooga for LaFayette, Georgia; to Rock Spring Church on the 17th; crossed Chickamauga Creek on the 19th, and attacked the enemy in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863.
		On January 18, 1864, the 47th re-enlisted for the war, along with Strahl’s Brigade, and the 13th and 154th Regiments, which moved General Hindman to issue a proclamation, reading in part: "The spirit in which these brave men enlisted is an eloquent rebuke to the despondent.
		In the final reorganization of General Joseph E. Johnston’s Army April 9, 1865, the 47th was reported in the Second Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel George W. Pease, composed of the 11th / 12th / 13th / 29th / 47th / 50th / 51st / 52nd / 164th Tennessee Infantry Regiments.
	www.michaelragsdale.com /47th (1187 words)

	THE 47TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		The 47th Infantry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1861 - 1862 with men raised in the counties of Mitchell, Randolph, Bulloch, Chatham, Screven, Tattnall, Appling, Bryan, Liberty, and Dodge.
		The 47th was then assigned to General Stovall's and J. Jackson's Brigade and fought with the Army of Tennessee at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and in the Atlanta Campaigne.
		The 47th was then transferred to G. Harrison's command, where it participated in the defense of Savannah, GA, and the North Carolina Campaigne.
	home.g-net.net /~andy/pevey/info/47thinf.htm (194 words)

	Lt. Col. Charles W. Abbott - Allen Infantry, 25th PA Infantry Regiment, 47th PA Volunteer Regiment
		Hastily forming, the regiment marched at double-quick three miles in the direction of the sound, when ambulances were met bearing their mangled freight, and it was ascertained, that through mistake, the Sixty-ninth and Seventy-first Pennsylvania regiments had fired upon each other.
		On the 17th of October, the regiment proceeded on a reconnaissance to Strasburg, and on the 19th, participated in the battle of Cedar Creek.
		The regiment participated in a number of reconnaissances and skirmishes during the winter The command was ordered to proceed up the valley to: intercept the enemies troops, should any succeed in making their escape in that direction.
	www.enter.net /~rocketeer/cwabbott.html (4640 words)

	47th Indiana volunteer Infantry
		It then moved to New Iberia, and while there in December, 1863, the regiment re-enlisted and left Algiers on the 9th of February, 1864, for home on veteran furlough, reaching Indianapolis on the 18th, with four hundred and sixteen veterans.
		At this place the regiment remained until the 23d of October, 1865, when it was mustered out of service.
		Reaching Indianapolis with five hundred and thirty men and thirty-two officers, it was present on the 1st of November at a reception given to the regiment in the Capitol grounds, and was addressed by Gov. Morton, Gen. Slack, and Cols.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /klindsey/47thindiana.htm (615 words)

	Delta Division Page 48
		Camp Syracuse, N.Y., witnessed the birth of the 47th Infantry Regiment on June 1, 1917.
		The 47th then joined with other units of the American Expeditionary Force to deal decisive defeats to the Germans at St. Mihiel and the immortal Meuse-Argonne, thus breaking the German war machine and ending the hostilities.
		On Sept. 21, 1921 the regiment was deactivated after earning five battle streamers for action during World War I. The 47th Infantry Regiment was reactivated on Aug. 1, 1940.
	www.oldreliable.org /octofoil/delta/p48.html (337 words)

	2nd Battalion 39th Infantry Regiment History
		Infantry Regiment was reactivated on 1 February 1966 as part of the 9
		Infantry Division for combat in the Republic of Vietnam.
		The regiment participated in operation Palm Tree, the 1968 TET battle, and the battle of the Plain of Reeds.
	www.jackson.army.mil /239/history.htm (769 words)

	Fort Leonard Wood
		With the reorganization of the Army, the 10th Infantry Regiment dispersed into individual Battalions to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado and the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
		With additional reorganizations, 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment; and 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment moved to Missouri causing the inactivation of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Battalions of the 10th Infantry Regiment.
		With the arrival of the Military Police and Chemical Regiments, and the formation of the Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) in 1999, 3d Training Brigade inactivated the 1st Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment and transferred the 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment to Fort Benning, Georgia.
	www.wood.army.mil /2-10IN/history/fort_leonard_wood.htm (274 words)

	Chester County Hall of Heroes - Albert D. Moses, Jr.
		The 47th Regiment was the first into Cherbourg, and first through the Siegfried Line through Belgium, into Germany.
		Later it was the first complete infantry regiment in the Remagen bridgehead across the Rhine into Germany.
		VZW's Tribute to the 47th Infantry Regiment and 9th Infantry Division
	dsf.chesco.org /heroes/moses_a/moses.htm (656 words)

	Alabama Infantry Regiments, Histories of
		The 27th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Fort Heiman, Tennessee, on 28 January 1862, a number of companies having flocked to that point in the winter of 1861 from Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Mobile, and Morgan counties.
		The regiment passed the winter at Canton, and in the spring of 1864 was sent to the vicinity of Tuscumbia to recruit, being greatly reduced in numbers.
		The 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola in February, 1862, by the addition of two companies to the Fourth Alabama Battalion - a body of eight companies, which had been organized the autumn before at Montgomery.
	www.tarleton.edu /~kjones/alinf.html (8954 words)

	47th NY Infantry Regiment during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
		January 30, 1864, a portion of the Enfants Perdus were transferred to the regiment.
		At the expiration of its term of service, the men entitled thereto were discharged and the regiment retained.
		June 17, 1865, it received 301 officers and enlisted men of the 115th Infantry, not mustered out with their regiment.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /historic/reghist/civil/infantry/47thInf/47thInfMain.htm (185 words)

	History of the 47th Alabama Infantry Regiment
		The 47th was organized at Loachapoka, Alabama, on 22 May 1862 with men recruited from Chambers, Cherokee, Coosa, and Tallapoosa counties.
		The 47th Alabama spent the winter on the Rappahannock and witnessed the repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg.
		In all the subsequent operations around Richmond, the regiment took part, and in the defence of Petersburg, it suffered 49 casualties.
	free.prohosting.com /lburson/regiment.htm (473 words)

	47th Infantry Regiment, Us 9th Division - Wild Bill Guarnere.Community
		The 39th and the 47th regiments had a lineage that included service in the 4th Division during WWI, when they fought in the Aisne-Marne offensive of 1918, at one point relieving the 42nd “Rainbow” Division.
		In the Torch invasion of North Africa in November, 1942,, the 9th’s regiments were used independently, with the 60th RCT landing near Algiers, the 39th at Port-Lyautney, north of Casablanca, and the 47th on the extreme right of the invasion, at Safi.
		The 47th Infantry Regiment would pin the Germans from the front, while the 60th maneuvered through the mountains along the German Northern flank.
	forums.wildbillguarnere.com /index.php?showtopic=1465&hl= (1308 words)

	TNGenWeb Project Tennesseans in the Civil War, 47th TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT
		The 47th Regiment was a West Tennessee organization, organized at Camp Trenton, Gibson County, December 16, 1861, from 10 companies which had been enrolled during November and December.
		On September 7, the regiment left Chattanooga for LaFayette, Georgia; to Rock Spring Church on the 14th; back to LaFayette on the 17th; crossed Chickamauga Creek on the 19th, and attacked the enemy in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863.
		In the final reorganization of General Joseph E. Johnston's Army April 9, 1865, the 47th was reported in the Second Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel George W. Pease, composed of the llth/l2th/l3th/29th/47th/50th/51st/ 52nd/154th Tennessee Infantry Regiments.
	www.tngenweb.org /civilwar/csainf/csa47.html (1170 words)

	Stories by VZW @ VZW's Military Tributes
		Grave of long-remembered 47th Infantry Regiment canine mascot, Hambone Jr.
		Hambone was an infantry regiment's canine mascot, and his duty was to run alongside the soldiers, provide entertainment and keep their thoughts away from battle and pain and death.
		This is where my grandfather, who served with the 47th "Raiders" Infantry Division, 9th U.S. Infantry Division, had been stationed prior to the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, in 1944.
	www.whaley-computer-consulting.com /MilitaryTributes/stories_ww2_01.asp (556 words)

	47th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Organization and Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		AUITHORITY to raise a regiment for three years' service was granted by Governor Curtin to Colonel Tilghman H. Good, of Allentown, Lehigh county, on the 5th of August, 1861, and chiefly through his exertions ten full companies were recruited during the month, as follows:
		On the 17th of October, the regiment proceeded on a reconnoissance to Strasburg, and on the 19th, participated in the battle of Cedar Creek.
		The regiment participited in a utnbaer of reconnoissances and skirmishes during the winter The command was ordered to proceed up the valley to: itercept the enemys troops, should aiy succeed in makin:-their scape in that direction.
	www.pa-roots.com /~pacw/infantry/47th/47thorg.html (4119 words)

	3rd Battalion 60th Infantry Regiment
		3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment conducts Basic Combat Training to provide our Army with trained, disciplined, motivated, and physically fit soldiers who respond to leadership, are focused on teamwork, demonstrate the warrior ethos, and espouse the Army's core values.
		Ranger Regiment to serve as the Regimental Senior Personnel Sergeant from
		Infantry Regiment, he was inducted into Sergeant Audie Murphy Club as an honorary member and inducted into the Order of
	www.jackson.army.mil /360 (563 words)

	47th Ohio Infantry
		After experiencing a great variety of service in the Kanawha Valley and elsewhere in West Virginia, the Regiment finally, in the fall of 1862, went to join the forces operating against Vicksburg.
		The Regiment returned from veteran furlough to fight in the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea, and the assault on Fort McAllister.
		Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 136 Enlisted men by disease.
	www.ohiocivilwar.com /cw47.html (682 words)

	GA 47th Infantry Regiment
		In the spring of 1862, the Forty-Seventh was organized from the Eleventh Infantry Battalion which had previously served on the Georgia coast.
		At various times during the War the regiment served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, the Department of North Carolina, the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and the Army of Tennessee.
		Rigdon, John C., Historical Sketch and Roster of the GA 47th Infantry Regiment - 222 pgs.
	www.researchonline.net /gacw/unit98.htm (803 words)

	AU Archives -- Guide to the Capt. J.Q. Burton Papers, RG 159
		Alabama Infantry Regiment, in November 1862, and served until its surrender at Appomattox in April 1865.
		Biographical Sketch: Burton, from LaFayette, Alabama, enlisted in Company I of the 47th Alabama Infantry Regiment when it was formed in May 1862.
		Alabama Infantry Regiment by Capt. Joseph Quarterman Burton, Capt. Co.
	www.lib.auburn.edu /archive/find-aid/159.htm (209 words)

	Civil War. Samuel Selden Brooke papers. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		In May 1861 he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment; in May 1862 he was promoted to Captain.
		From Samuel to his sister, writing from the camp of the 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment near Orange Court House, VA. "Marching I do detest and fighting I love no better.
		From Samuel to his sister, writing from the camp of the 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment near Orange Court House, VA. "I...do not expect to see you all again until this campaign is over if I am so fortunate as to survive the storm that will soon burst over us.
	www.vmi.edu /archives/Manuscripts/ms0221.html (341 words)

	9th Infantry Division Books @ VZW's Military Tributes
		• The History of the 47th Infantry Regiment was published in 1946 by the 47th.
		This is the most complete history of the 9th Infantry Division and its three regiments -- the 39th Falcons, 47th Raiders, and 60th Go-Devils.
		Seventy-three pages denote the 9th Infantry Division's victories at the Siegfried Line, the Battle of the Bulge, the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany, and many others.
	www.whaley-computer-consulting.com /MilitaryTributes/9thBooks.asp (627 words)

	AWON Fathers/Annear Page
		Lewis (Louie) J. Annear was born 22 August 1918 to Roscoe and Nellie Annear of Richland Center, Wisconsin.
		General M.S. Eddy, Commanding Officer of the Ninth Infantry Division stated it well: "On 31 March 1943 in Tunisia, Private First Class Annear as a platoon runner voluntarily exposed himself to heavy enemy fire, which consisted of machine gun and artillery, to carry Battalion messages in addition to his regular company messages.
		We researched the 9th Division and 47th Infantry campaigns for nine months.
	www.west.net /~awon/awannear.html (988 words)

	9th Division - WWII Living History
		he 47th Infantry Regiment was formed with the intention of preserving not only the artifacts of World War II and the 9th Infantry Division, but also the memory of the common soldier who bore the brunt of the fighting.
		While there is no physical display facility yet, our collection is taken out many times a year and displayed to for the public to enjoy.
		One form of display is our living history recreated rifle squad of Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment, of the 9th Infantry Division.
	oldreliable9_47.tripod.com (511 words)

	9th Infantry Division
		GI's from the 9th Infantry Division in the streets of Cherbourg atop a captured Axis tank on June 28, 1944.
		On May 25th, 1954, the division colors were transferred to Goepengin, Germany, to replace the 28th Infantry Division which had resumed its traditional role with the Pennsylvania National Guard.
		The three original infantry regiments were converted to Battle Groups and the 1st Battle Groups of the 5th Infantry and the 13th Infantry were added to the division.
	9thinfdivsociety.org /wwii.html (992 words)

	New Page 9
		General Hindman said of the 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment when they reenlisted in 1864 that "The spirit, in which these brave men enlisted, is an eloquent rebuke to the despondent.
		With men who thus prefer duty to ease, nothing is impossible in war." These were men that had fought at Shiloh, in Kirby Smith's invasion of Kentucky, at Richmond (Kentucky), Stones Creek or Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga.
		Nelson Adair Cresap joined the 47th Tennessee Infantry Regiment on November 30, 1861.
	www.civilwarfamilyhistory.com /new_page_8.htm (254 words)

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