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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 2 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirty-eighth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
of members of regiment,— Officers,971–––––––––––80 Enlisted, men, Including non-commissioned staff.9–991041029910010010296989651,010 Totals,–––––––––––––1,090 The 38th Mass. Infantry was organized in the summer of 1862, in response to the President's call for troops in July. Seven companies recruited at Lynnfield, and composed largely of men from Plymouth County, were mustered into service August 21; and the remaining three, recruited from Cambridge, were mustered in on the 22d at Camp Day, North Cambridge. The command left Boston August 26, under Lieutenant-Colonel Wardwell, and was stationed for a time in camp near Baltimore. Col. Timothy Ingraham, at the time of his appointment in the 38th holding a commission as lieutenant-colonel of the 18th Mass. Infantry, took command of the regiment September 3. It moved in November to Hampton Roads, and having remained on transport for a month, sailed for Mississippi and reached Carroll