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Colonel William Alden Choate of Co. B, 38th Ohio Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. The 38th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] [2] [3]
The 38th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment was formed in 1861 in response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers. As an attorney, Phelps held a position of leadership in his hometown, which extended into his military service. Subsequently, on June 10, 1861, he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 38th Ohio Infantry.
Ohio mustered 230 regiments of infantry and cavalry, as well as 25 light artillery batteries and 5 independent companies of sharpshooters. Total casualties among these units numbered 35,475 men, more than 10% of all the Buckeyes in uniform during the war.
Two soldiers from Ohio regiments who participated in a Civil War locomotive chase were finally awarded the Medal of Honor. Two soldiers from Ohio regiments who participated in a Civil War ...
Tales from the Civil War Charles Aldrich of Fremont signed up at the first call in 1861 and three years later joined the New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Not long after, he was taken prisoner ...
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Jonesborough of the American Civil War on August 31-September 1, 1864. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. See also: Atlanta Campaign Union order of battle (second phase) and Atlanta Union order of battle
The 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Colerain and Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio July 31 through August 13, 1861, [3] and mustered in for three years service under the command of Colonel John Groesbeck [4] on July 31 (seven companies) and August 2 (three companies). [5]
The first 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment served from January 23, 1864, to January 25, 1867. The second 38th Infantry was first established on 28 July 1866, as part of the Regular Army, one of six segregated, all-black regiments created following the Civil War.