38th Indiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at New Albany, Ind., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Ordered to Elizabethtown, Ky., September 21, and duty at Camp Nevin on Green River until February, 1862. Attached to Wood's Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Ky., October-November, 1861. 7th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December, 1861. 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. 7th Independent Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 9th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 6, 1862. Moved to Franklin March 25, thence to Columbia and Shelbyville. Duty at Shelbyville until May 11. Action at Rogersville May 13. Expedition to Chattanooga May 28-June 16.

June 7, 1862 - Skirmishes near Chattanooga, Tennessee

Guard duty at Shelbyville and Stevenson until August. Moved to Dechard August 17, thence march to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15.

October 8, 1862 - Battle of Perryville, Kentucky

March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 24-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
- Davis Cross Roads, Dug Gap, September 11.
- September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia^[1]
- Rossville Gap September 21.
September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
- Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
- Mission Ridge November 25.
- Pea Vine Creek and Graysville November 26.
- Ringgold Gap, Tay1or's Ridge, November 27.
Duty at Rossville, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., until February, 1864, and at Tyner's Station and Graysville until May.
May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Pickett's Mills May 27.
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Pine Hill June 11-14.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
- Chattahoochee River July 5-17.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3-26.
November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
- December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
- Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
- Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
  - Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 15, 1865.