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38th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry, 9th PA Reserve
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38th
Pennsylvania Infantry, 9th PA Reserve Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Thirty-eighth Infantry. — Cols., Conrad F. Jackson,
Robert Anderson; Lieut.-Cols., Robert Anderson, J. McK. Snodgrass; Majs.,
J. McK. Snodgrass, Charles Barnes. The 38th, or the 9th reserve, was
composed of eight companies from Allegheny county, one from Crawford and
one from Beaver. It was organized at Camp Wright, near Pittsburg, and
left there on July 22 for Washington, where it was mustered into the U.
S. service for a three years' term on the 28th. On Aug. 5, it was sent
to Tennallytown ; was assigned to picket duty at Great Falls for a week
in September; went into winter quarters at Langley, and was attached to
the 3d brigade of the reserve corps under Col. John S. McCalmont. This
brigade, under Gen. Ord, won its first battle at Dranesville, where Ord
recommended 71 officers and men of the 38th "For reward for their
gallant conduct." On Mar. 15, 1862, the regiment left Langley, joined
the army on the Peninsula, took part in the battles of Mechanicsville,
Gaines' mill and Glendale, losing heavily. After a most fatiguing march
the division joined Gen. Pope's army and participated in the second
battle of Bull Run. It was then with Gen. McClellan at Antietam, where
Samuel Johnson of Co. G captured the flag of the Texan Rangers, for
which he was awarded a medal of honor. At Fredericksburg, Gen. Jackson,
the first colonel of the regiment, commanding the brigade, was mortally
wounded. Soon after this battle the reserves were ordered to Washington
to rest and recruit and in June, 1863, the 1st and 3d brigades were
assigned to the 5th corps. Gen. Sykes took command and the division
fought vahantly at Gettysburg, many of the men near their own homes. The
regiment joined in the pursuit of the enemy and the movements of the
Army of the Potomac during the summer and the Mine Run campaign. At the
beginning of the battle of the Wilderness, May 4, 1864, it was relieved
and returned to Washington. It left at once for home and was mustered
out at Pittsburg, May 13, 1864, when the veterans and recruits were
transferred to the 190th Pa. infantry. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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