38th Alabama Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

May 15, 1862 - Organized at Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
- April 9 - Mustered into Confederate service for 3 years or the war
June 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
November 23-25, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- May 5-11, 1864 - Rocky Face Ridge
- May 14-15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
November 30, 1864 - Franklin (not engaged)
December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)

DESIGNATIONS

Department of Alabama and West Florida / Army of Mobile (May-June 1862)
Department #2 / District of the Gulf / Army of Mobile (July 1862-April 1863)
Department of the Gulf / Western Division / Cumming's Brigade (April 1863)
Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's Division / Clayton's Brigade (April-September 1863)
Army of Tennessee / Buckner's Corps / Stewart's Division / Clayton's Brigade (September-October 1863)
Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / Clayton's/Holtzclaw's Brigade (October 1863-January 1865)
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Holtzclaw's Brigade (January-April 1865)
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Holtzclaw's Brigade (April-May 1865)

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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Alabama. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 107-108)