38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Size:	Regiment
Battles:	American Civil War Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater Battle of Boydton Plank Road
Commander1:	James Bintliff
Commander1 Label:	Colonel
Commander2:	Colwert K. Pier
Commander2 Label:	Lt. Colonel

The 38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 38th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on April 15, 1864. The regiment was mustered out on July 26, 1865.^[1]

Casualties

The 38th Wisconsin suffered 1 officer and 56 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 56 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 113 fatalities.^[2]

Commanders

• Colonel James Bintliff (April 15, 1864June 27, 1865) mustered out. Received an honorary brevet to brigadier general.
• Lt. Colonel Colwert K. Pier (June 27, 1865July 26, 1865) was designated colonel after the resignation of Colonel Bintliff, but was never mustered at that rank. He was the first American child born at what is now Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the son of Edward Pier.

Notable people

• Courtland P. Larkin, the son of Charles H. Larkin, was major of the regiment.
• Solon Pierce was 1st lieutenant in Co. K. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator.
• Anson Rood was quartermaster for the regiment. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator.

See also

• List of Wisconsin Civil War units
• Wisconsin in the American Civil War

Further reading

• Book: Pierce, S. W. . Battle Fields and Camp Fires of the Thirty-Eighth Wisconsin Volunteers . Daily Wisconsin Printing House . 1866 . .

External links

• Wisconsin - 38th Regiment Infantry at Civil War Archive

Notes and References

1. Book: Quiner, Edwin Bentley . The Military History of Wisconsin . 1866 . https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin/page/845/ . Regimental History - Thirty-Eighth Infantry . 845–853 . Chicago, Clarke & co. . November 18, 2021 .
2. Book: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1865 . https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi02wisco/page/632 . Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin . 1886 . Thirty-Eighth Regiment Infantry . November 18, 2021 .