38th Virginia Infantry: Finding the Men in the 1860 Census

Robert Lee Snow

ISBN 10: 1387934767 / ISBN 13: 9781387934768

Published by Lulu.com, US, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 38th Virginia Infantry: Finding the Men in the 1860 Census
• Publisher: Lulu.com, US
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1387934767
• ISBN 13: 9781387934768
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.24W x 2.69H x 22.86D centimeters 15.24 centimeters width by 2.69 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

The 38th Virginia Infantry was organized in May and June of 1861, in the southern Virginia counties of Pittsylvania, Halifax, and Mecklenburg. Seven of the ten Companies were recruited in Pittsylvania, thus it was called the Pittsylvania Regiment. Less than a year prior, census takers unknowingly finished recording for posterity the men who would go to war. An in depth study shows seven Virginia counties and six North Carolina counties bordering the recruitment area of Pittsylvania, Halifax, and Mecklenburg would contribute men to the 38th Virginia. The 38th Virginia Infantry was in the field of battle from Yorktown in April of 1862, to Appomattox on April 9, 1865. The largest losses suffered were at battles of 7 Pines, Malvern Hill, Gettysburg, Chester Station, and the 2nd Battle of Drewry's Bluff. Herein is detail on the orders of battles, the prison camps endured, and the names of parents and wives of the soldiers, with focus on the census of 1860.