38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

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38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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ActiveApril 15, 1864 July 26, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Size Regiment
Engagements American Civil War
Commanders
Colonel James Bintliff
Lt. ColonelColwert K. Pier

The 38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 38th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on April 15, 1864. The regiment was mustered out on July 26, 1865. [1]

Casualties

The 38th Wisconsin suffered 1 officer and 56 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 56 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 113 fatalities. [2]

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References

  1. Quiner, Edwin Bentley (1866). "Regimental HistoryThirty-Eighth Infantry". The Military History of Wisconsin. Chicago, Clarke & co. pp. 845–853. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  2. "Thirty-Eighth Regiment Infantry". Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 18611865. Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin. 1886. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

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