38th Illinois Infantry Regiment

38th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
38th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
	Illinois state flag
Active	August 15, 1861, to December 31, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Perryville; Battle of Stone's River; Battle of Chickamauga; Siege of Chattanooga; Battle of Resaca; Battle of Atlanta; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Franklin; Battle of Nashville

The 38th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 38th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 15, 1861, for three years service.

The regiment was mustered out on December 31, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 107 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 177 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 294 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

Colonel William P. Carlin - promoted brigadier general on November 29, 1862.
Colonel Daniel H. Gilmer - killed in action at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 23, 1863
Colonel William F. Chapman - died Pulaski, Tennessee, on November 23, 1864.^[2]
1st Lt. Frederick Mortimer Crandal U.S.A. 38th Inf. 28 Jul 1866, Brvt. Capt. for Arkansas Post Ark 2 mar 1867, Brvt. Major. for Arkansas Post Ark 2 mar 1867, Brvt Lt. Col. For Fort Blakely Ala. 2 Mar 1867 <ref Civil War High Commands https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0804780358 Page 189>

Notes

^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#38th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/038-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

References

The Civil War Archive

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[1] ttp://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#38th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

[2] ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/038-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

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