PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

38th Pennsylvania Regiment - 9th Pennsylvania Reserves

38th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• Thomas Carnahan

38th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861.
• Ordered to Washington, D.C., July 22.
• Mustered into United States service July 27, 1861.
• Attached to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division,
• Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864.

  Service & Battles - 1861

• Camp at Capital Hill, Washington, till August 5, and at Tennallytown, Md., till October 10.
• Picket at Great Falls September 9-16.
• Moved to Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., October 10, 1861, and duty there till March 10, 1862
• . Companies "A," "B," "D," "F" and "G" on reconnoissance to Hunter's Mills November 19.
• Expedition to Gunnell's Farm December 6, and action at Dranesville December 20, 1861.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862.
• McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19.
• Duty at Fredericksburg till June.
• Moved to White House, Va., June 9-12.
• Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
• Battles of Mechanicsville June 26.
• Gaines Mill June 27.
• Charles City Cross Roads or Glendale June 30.
• Malvern Hill July 1.
• At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
• Movement to join Pope August 16-26.
• Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.
• Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
• Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14;
• Antietam September 16-17.
• Duty in Maryland till October 30.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
• Ordered to Washington, D.C., February 6.
• Duty there and at Alexandria till June 25.
• Ordered to rejoin Army of the Potomac in the field.
• Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
• Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
• Rappahannock Station November 7.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• Rapidan Campaign.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864.
• Ordered home while in line of battle.
• Mustered out May 12, 1864.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 131 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 49 Enlisted men by disease Total 187.

38th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipient

• JOHNSON, SAMUEL: Private, Company G, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves. Antietam, Md., 17 September 1862. Citation given: 30 May 1863. Individual bravery and daring in capturing from the enemy two colors of the 1st Texas Rangers (C.S.A.), receiving in the act a severe wound.