38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry

Brief History
This Unit was organized at New Albany, Indiana, and mustered in September 18, 1861. It was ordered to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 20 and Grand Review May 24. They moved to Louisville, Kentucky, June, and there mustered out July 15 1865.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 38th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 9 May 2012).
 * The Wikipedia article, 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, (accessed 21 June 2012).

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.


 * Officer with Staff - see Roster
 * Company A - many men from Orange County - see Rosteron page 197
 * Company B - many men from Floyd and Harrison counties - see Rosteron page 199
 * Company C - many men from Switzerland, and Scott counties - see Rosteron page 202
 * Company D - many men from Washington County - see Rosteron page 204
 * Company E - many men from Harrison and Crawford counties - see Rosteron page 207
 * Company F - many men from Clark County - see Rosteron page 209
 * Company G - many men from Monroe County - see Rosteron page 211
 * Company H - many men from Clark, Boone, Allen, and Posey counties - see Rosteron page 213
 * Company I - many men from Orange County - see Rosteron page 215
 * Company K - many men from Crawford, Allen, and Perry counties - see Rosteron page 218
 * Unassigned Recruits - see Roster

The list of companies with their counties and their rosters are on the 38th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry on CIVIL WAR INDEX web site. (accessed 21 Jan 2011) ______________________________________________________________


 * Company F - many men from Gibson County

Other Sources
WEBSITES


 * Indiana State Digital Achives for Civil Warcan be searched by soldier's name (accessed 1 May 2011)


 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Indiana in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Indiana in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Indiana, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * The Civil War Archive. (accessed 13 Dec 2010) Brief history of the 38th Regiment, Indiana Infanrty.


 * Wikipedia (accessed 13 Dec 2010) article on the 38th Regiment, Indiana Infantry.


 * Union Army Regimental History Index (accessed 14 Dec 2010) Index Of Regimental Histories: Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, and other units, states Alabama to Indiana

BOOKS


 * Company "H", (accessed 31 Dec 2010) was principally made up from St Joseph counties. On page 729 on this book, give person from St. Joseph Country.  Howard, Timothy Edward, A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana  (Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 ) FS Library US/CAN Book 977.289 H2h v.2 pt .2   Other libraries with this book


 * Perry, Henry Fales. History of the Thirty-Eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry One of the Three Hundred Fighting Regiments of the Union Army in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. (Palo Alto, Calif: F.A. Stuart, 1906.)  977.2 M2pe FS Library US/CAN Book    other libraries  Google books