38th Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the Pittsylvania Regiment

• June 12, 1861 - Organized
• ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service for 1 year
• June 14, 1861 - Designated as the 38th Virginia Infantry per Headquarters Virginia Forces / Special Order #192
• July 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
• May 12, 1862 - Reorganized
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 14, 1862 - South Mountain
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• September 20, 1862 - Shepherdstown Ford
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• May 10, 1864 - Chester Station
• May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
• April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Shenandoah / 4th (E.K. Smith's) Brigade (July 1861)
• Army of the Shenandoah / 5th (Forney's) Brigade (July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 2nd Corps / Forney's/Wilcox's Brigade (July 1861-January 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / G.W. Smith's Division / Wilcox's Brigade (January-March 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Command / Toombs' Division / Toombs' Brigade (March-May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / D.H. Hill's Division / Early's/Garland's Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Huger's/Anderson's Division / Armistead's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Anderson's Division / Armistead's Brigade (July-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (September 1862-February 1863)
• Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (February-April 1863)
• Department of Virginia and North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (April-May 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Armistead's Brigade (May-September 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Armistead's/Barton's Brigade (September-October 1863)
• Department of North Carolina / Barton's Brigade (December 1863-February 1864)
• Department of Richmond / Barton's Brigade (February-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Barton's/Steuart's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Edward C. Edmonds (Colonel)
• Joseph R. Cabell (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Isaac H. Carrington (Major)
• George K. Griggs (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Henderson L. Lee (Major)
• George A. Martin (Colonel)
• Powhatan B. Whittle (Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Gregory, G. Howard, 38th Virginia Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 225-227)