Confederate Regiment

38th Georgia Infantry

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  Capt. W. H. Battey
  Capt. Peter Brennan
  Capt. John W. McCurdy

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - Ewell's Division
  Brigade - Lawton's Brigade

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #314: Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM
Tablet #326: Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM
Tablet #343: Lawton's Brigade, Ewell's Division - 16 Sep, 10 PM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #315: Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM

More on the Web

Dale Nichols, who has written a Regimental History, blogs about the unit and its members at his History of the 38th Regiment of Georgia Infantry.

We have 27 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Austin, W. F.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Eidson, William M.	POW 09/17
A	Sgt	Gaddy, Geoge Washington	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Hawkins, John W.	MWIA 09/00
A	Pvt	Miller, David Y.	KIA 09/17
A	Corp	Sellers, John A.	KIA 09/17
A	Pvt	Tucker, John T.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Bruce, Mac V.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Burgess, Lewis	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Herring, Elijah	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Nix, John W.	KIA 09/17
C	Sgt	Coleman, Matthew M.	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Akins, Charles Thomas	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Baxter, Francis M.	KIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Gresham, Josiah Wheeler	KIA 09/17
D	Lt	McCurdy, John Wilson	WIA 09/17
E	Lt	Hawkins, Charles Alexander	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Mathis, Robert H.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Shearer, William S.	MWIA 09/17
E	Sgt	Smith, William J.	KIA 09/17
G	Capt	Battey, William Henry	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Chandler, James E.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Grogan, Gideon F.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Grogan, Joseph D.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Grogan, Josiah T.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Hammond, Joshua T.	KIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Wiggins, Ellis W.	KIA 09/17

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