CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
38th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Looney's) (8th Infantry)
- Overview:
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38th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 8th (Looney's) Regiment, was organized at Camp
Abington, Fayette County, Tennessee, in September, 1861. The men were recruited in the
counties of Shelby, Madison, and Wilson. Members of Company G were from Alabama, and
Company H, later F, contained men from Georgia. During December it was at Knoxville with
988 men but only 250 arms. As most of these were worthless, the General commanding the
department did not allow the unit to participate in the Battle of Fishing Creek. Later it was
involved in the conflicts at Shiloh
and Perryville. It then was
assigned to General M.J. Wright's,
Strahl's, Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. During the summer of 1863 the 22nd Tennessee
Infantry Battalion merged into the regiment. It was active from Murfreesboro
to Atlanta, endured
Hood's winter operations, and ended the war in North Carolina. The unit lost thirty percent of
the 282 engaged at Murfreesboro, and there were 264 in action at Chickamauga. Only a handful
surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels John C. Carter and Robert F.
Looney; Lieutenant Colonels Andrew D. Gwynne, Edward J. Golladay, and Hugh D. Greer; and
Majors Hardeman A. Abington, Hamilton W. Cotter, and David H. Thrasher.
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