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Virginia: 38th Infantry Regiment
(aka Pittsylvania Regiment)

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Unit History

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Organized for state service for one year on June 12, 1861.
Designated as the 38th Infantry Regiment on June 14, 1861, per S.O. #192, Headquarters Virginia Forces.
The regiment transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Reorganized on May 12, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

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Field and Staff

Commander: Edward C. Edmonds (Colonel)
Colonel: George K. Griggs (Major, Lt. Col., Col.), Joseph R. Cabell (Major, Lt. Col., Col.), and Powhatan B. Whittle
Lieutenant Colonel: George A. Martin
Major: Isaac H. Carrington and Henderson L. Lee

Assignments

July 1861: 4th (E.K. Smith's) Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah
July 1861: 5th (Forney's) Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah
July 1861-January 1862: Forney's-Wilcox's Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
January-March 1862: Wilcox's Brigade, G.W. Smith's Division, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia
March-May 1862: Toomb's Brigade, Toomb's Division, Magruder's Command, Department of Northern Virginia
May-June 1862: Early's-Garland's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
June-July 1862: Armistead's Brigade, Huger's-Anderson's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
July-September 1862: Armistead's Brigade, Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
September 1862-February 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
February-April 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
April-May 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department of Southern Virginia
May-September 1863: Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
September-October 1863: Armistead's-Barton's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Department North Carolina
December 1863-February 1864: Barton's Brigade, Department of North Carolina
February-May 1864: Barton's Brigade, Department of Richmond
May 1864-April 1865: Barton's-Steuart's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Companies & Counties of Origin

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Battles, Skirmishes and Engagements

Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
Williamsburg (May 5, 1862)
Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862)
Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
Antietam (September 17, 1862)
Sheperdstown Ford (September 20, 1862)
Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)

Suffolk Campaign (April-May 1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Drewry's Bluff (May 16, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Five Forks (April 1, 1865)
Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)