Service

Companies A, B, C and D of the Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment were mustered into the service of the United States at Camp Randall, Madison, WI, on April 15th, 1864. They left the state on the 3rd of May and went directly to Virginia, reaching White House, VA, on the 1st of June.

The battalion took its place in line before the enemy on June 12th and participated in the various movements about Cold Harbor with the command to which it was attached reaching the trenches in front of Petersburg on June 16, 1864. It remained almost continuously engaged as a part of the Ninth Army Corps until the surrender of Richmond. With this organization the history of the regiment is identical. On October 1, 1864, Companies F, G, H, I and K joined the regiment. The Thirty-eighth led the right of the assaulting column on Fort Mahone April 2, 1865, and participated during its service among others in the battles of the Crater Mine Explosion, July 30, 1864; Weldon Railroad, August 18-21, 1864; Ream's Station, August 25, 1864; Boydton Plank Road (a.k.a. Hatcher's Run), October 27-28, 1864; and the Assault on Petersburg, April 2, 1865, all the above occurred in Virginia.

After the surrender of the Confederates under Gen. Lee (April 9, 1865) the Thirty-eighth marched to Washington and participated in the Grand Review, leading the advance of the column down Pennsylvania Avenue, past the Reviewing Stand.  It remained in camp about the city until the 10th of June, when a portion of the enlisted men were mustered out; the balance on the 26th of July, and were returned to Madison, WI on the 11th of August, 1865, where the regiment was disbanded.

Regimental Statistics

Original strength, 913;

Gain -- By recruits in 1864, 8, in 1865, 104; substitutes, 7; total, 1,032;

Loss -- by death, 108; deserted, 55; transferred, 21; discharged, 208; mustered out, 640.

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