38th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 73 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 151 Enlisted men by disease, a total of 228.
Timeline of the 38th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
August 24, 1862 |
Organized and mustered in |
August 26-28 |
Moved to Baltimore, Md.; Attached to Defences of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept |
September 8 |
at Powhattan Dam |
October 12 |
at Baltimore |
November 10 |
Embarked on steamer "Baltic" for Ship Island, Miss. |
December 14 |
Arrived Ship Island, Miss. |
December 29-31 |
Moved to New Orleans, La. and camp at Carrollton; attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
February 11, 1863 |
Expedition to Plaquemine |
February 19 |
At Carrollton |
March 6-7 |
Moved to Baton Rouge |
March 7-27 |
Operations against Port Hudson |
April 1 |
Moved to Algiers |
April 9 |
to Berwick City |
April 9-May 14 |
Operations in Western Louisiana |
April 11-20 |
Teche Campaign |
April 12-13 |
Fort Bisland |
May 5-14 |
Expedition from Opelousas to Alexandria and Simsport |
May 22-25 |
Moved to Bayou Sara, then to Port Hudson |
May 25-July 9 |
Siege of Port Hudson |
May 27 & June 14 |
Assaults on Port Hudson |
June 3-8 |
Expedition to Clinton |
July 9 |
Surrender of Port Hudson |
July 11 |
Moved to Baton Rouge with Artillery train |
July 15 |
to Donaldsonville |
August 1 |
At Baton Rouge; attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps |
February, 1864 |
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
March 23-May 22 |
Red River Campaign |
March 23 - April 12 |
At Alexandria |
April 23 |
Monett's Bluff, Cane River Crossing |
April 30-May 10 |
Construction of dam at Alexandria |
May 11-20 |
Retreat to Morganza |
May 30-June 6 |
Reconnoissance to Atchafalaya |
July 3 |
Moved to New Orleans, La. |
July 3-29 |
to Fortress Monroe, Va., and Washington, D.C.; attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
August - December |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek, then at Kernstown and Winchester |
January 5-22 |
Moved to Savannah, Ga. and attached to 3rd Brigade, Grover's Division, District of Savannah, Dept. of the South |
March 5 |
Moved to Wilmington, N. C. and attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
March 10 |
to Morehead City |
April 8 |
Moved to Goldsboro and attached to District of Savannah: Ga., Dept. of the South |
May 2-7 |
Moved to Savannah, Ga. |
June 30, 1865 |
Mustered out |
June 30-July 5 |
Moved to Boston Mass. |
July 13, 1865 |
Discharged |
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