38th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 38th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Iowa state flag |
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| Active | December 4, 1862 to December 12, 1864 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Fort Morgan |
The 38th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 38th Iowa Infantry was organized at Dubuque, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on December 4, 1862.
The regiment was consolidated with the 34th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment on December 12, 1864.
[edit] Total strength and casualties
A total of 1037 men served in the 38th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1] It suffered 2 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 4 officers and 311 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 317 fatalities.[2]
[edit] Commanders
- Colonel D. Henry Hughes - died of disease August 7, 1863.
- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Hudnutt - mustered out upon consolidation of the regiment.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil707.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
- ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf4.htm#36thinf The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
- ^ Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1
