38th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 38th Indiana Infantry was organized at New Albany , Indiana and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 18 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Scribner . The regiment was attached to Wood ' s Brigade , McCook ' s Command , at Nolin , Kentucky , October – November 1861 . 7th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 7th Brigade , 2nd Division , Army of the Ohio , to March 1862 . 7th Independent Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to July 1862 . 9th Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 9th Brigade , 3rd Division , I Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to April 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to June 1865 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , XIV Corps , to July 1865 . The 38th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 15 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Elizabethtown , Ky . , September 21 , and duty at Camp Nevin on Green River until February 1862 . Advance on Bowling Green , Ky . , and Nashville , Tenn . , February 10 - March 6 , 1862 . Moved to Franklin March 25 , thence to Columbia and Shelbyville . Duty at Shelbyville until May 11 . Action at Rogersville May 13 . Expedition to Chattanooga May 28 - June 16 . Chattanooga June 7 . Guard duty at Shelbyville and Stevenson until August . Moved to Dechard August 17 , thence march to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg , August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 16 - November 7 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stone ' s River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 24 - July 7 . Hoover ' s Gap June 24 – 26 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Davis Cross Roads , Dug Gap , September 11 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Rossville Gap September 21 . Siege of Chattanooga , September 24 - November 23 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Lookout Mountain November 23 – 24 . Missionary Ridge November 25 . Pea Vine Creek and Graysville November 26 . Ringgold Gap , Tay1or ' s Ridge , November 27 . Duty at Rossville , Ga . , and Chattanooga , Tenn . , until February 1864 , and at Tyner ' s Station and Graysville until May . Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8 . Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Operations on Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Pickett ' s Mills May 27 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochee River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 3 – 26 . March to the Sea November 15 - December 10 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April , 1865 . Averysboro , N . C . , March 16 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 411 men during service ; 9 officers and 147 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 254 enlisted men died of disease .