38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
	Flag of Wisconsin
Active	April 15, 1864 – July 26, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater; Battle of Boydton Plank Road; ;
Commanders
Colonel	James Bintliff
Lt. Colonel	Colwert K. Pier

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

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]

Commanders

Colonel James Bintliff (April 15, 1864 – June 27, 1865) mustered out. Received an honorary brevet to brigadier general.
Lt. Colonel Colwert K. Pier (June 27, 1865 – July 26, 1865) was designated colonel after the resignation of Colonel Bintliff, but was never mustered at that rank. He was the first American child born at what is now Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the son of Edward Pier.

Notable people

Courtland P. Larkin, the son of Charles H. Larkin, was major of the regiment.
Solon Pierce was 1st lieutenant in Co. K. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator.
Anson Rood was quartermaster for the regiment. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator.

References

^ Quiner, Edwin Bentley (1866). "Regimental History–Thirty-Eighth Infantry". The Military History of Wisconsin. Chicago, Clarke & co. pp. 845–853. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
^ "Thirty-Eighth Regiment Infantry". Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865. Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin. 1886. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

External links

Wisconsin - 38th Regiment Infantry at Civil War Archive

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[quiner-1] Quiner, Edwin Bentley (1866). "Regimental History–Thirty-Eighth Infantry". The Military History of Wisconsin. Chicago, Clarke & co. pp. 845–853. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

[roster-2] "Thirty-Eighth Regiment Infantry". Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865. Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin. 1886. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

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