Company K, 38th Georgia Infantry, Evans' Brigade, Gordon's Division, Valley District, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 9/26/1861 at Camp Kirkpatrick, he was commissioned into (Old) Company G, Wright's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, C.S.A. as 3rd Lieut. (This company subsequently became Company K, 38th Georgia Infantry.)
Absent, sick with measles, 9/26 - 10/31/1861 Roll.
Present on Nov & Dec 1861 to 4/30 - 10/31/1862 Roll when listed as Absent, Sick in Richmond.
Promoted 7/26/1862 to 2nd Lieut.
Promoted 9/8/1862 to 1st Lieut.
Signs as Captain, Commanding Regiment on Nov & Dec 1862 through March & April 1863 Roll.
Signs as 1st Lieut., Commanding Regiment on May & June 1863 and Sept & Oct 1863 Rolls.
Present on all rolls until Killed In Action in 2nd Battle of Kernstown, VA.
The 38th Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion; In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
Residence DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 9/26/1861 at Camp Kirkpatrick, he was commissioned into (Old) Company G, Wright's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, C.S.A. as 3rd Lieut. (This company subsequently became Company K, 38th Georgia Infantry.)
Absent, sick with measles, 9/26 - 10/31/1861 Roll.
Present on Nov & Dec 1861 to 4/30 - 10/31/1862 Roll when listed as Absent, Sick in Richmond.
Promoted 7/26/1862 to 2nd Lieut.
Promoted 9/8/1862 to 1st Lieut.
Signs as Captain, Commanding Regiment on Nov & Dec 1862 through March & April 1863 Roll.
Signs as 1st Lieut., Commanding Regiment on May & June 1863 and Sept & Oct 1863 Rolls.
Present on all rolls until Killed In Action in 2nd Battle of Kernstown, VA.
The 38th Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion; In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
Company K, 38th Georgia Infantry, Evans' Brigade, Gordon's Division, Valley District, Dept. of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 9/26/1861 at Camp Kirkpatrick, he was commissioned into (Old) Company G, Wright's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, C.S.A. as 3rd Lieut. (This company subsequently became Company K, 38th Georgia Infantry.)
Absent, sick with measles, 9/26 - 10/31/1861 Roll.
Present on Nov & Dec 1861 to 4/30 - 10/31/1862 Roll when listed as Absent, Sick in Richmond.
Promoted 7/26/1862 to 2nd Lieut.
Promoted 9/8/1862 to 1st Lieut.
Signs as Captain, Commanding Regiment on Nov & Dec 1862 through March & April 1863 Roll.
Signs as 1st Lieut., Commanding Regiment on May & June 1863 and Sept & Oct 1863 Rolls.
Present on all rolls until Killed In Action in 2nd Battle of Kernstown, VA.
The 38th Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion; In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
Residence DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 9/26/1861 at Camp Kirkpatrick, he was commissioned into (Old) Company G, Wright's Legion, Georgia Volunteers, C.S.A. as 3rd Lieut. (This company subsequently became Company K, 38th Georgia Infantry.)
Absent, sick with measles, 9/26 - 10/31/1861 Roll.
Present on Nov & Dec 1861 to 4/30 - 10/31/1862 Roll when listed as Absent, Sick in Richmond.
Promoted 7/26/1862 to 2nd Lieut.
Promoted 9/8/1862 to 1st Lieut.
Signs as Captain, Commanding Regiment on Nov & Dec 1862 through March & April 1863 Roll.
Signs as 1st Lieut., Commanding Regiment on May & June 1863 and Sept & Oct 1863 Rolls.
Present on all rolls until Killed In Action in 2nd Battle of Kernstown, VA.
The 38th Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion; In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
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