United States Regiments & Batteries > Massachusetts
The 38th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 73 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 151 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862
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August 24 | Organized and mustered in |
August 26-28 | Moved to Baltimore, Md.; Attached to Defences of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
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 |
1863
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February 11 | 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 |
1864
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February | Attached to 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. |
August – December | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign; attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, 19th Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (or Opequon) |
September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October 20 | 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 |
1865
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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 | Mustered out |
June 30-July 5 | Moved to Boston Mass. |
July 13 | Discharged |