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From: "Barbara Dunn" <>
Subject: [ALWALKER-L] CSA units
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 11:48:54 -0500

Some interesting info at this site on the 38th TN which included
some companies from the AL counties of Walker (26/50th)
Tuscaloosa, & Fayette. Some excerpts below from this site.
Address is:

http://members.aol.com/JSully7/bobfain.html

Barbara Dunn


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FROM Tennesseans in the Civil War: A Military History of
Confederate and Union Units with Available
Rosters of Personnel, In Two Parts, Part I; Published by the Civil
War Centennial Commission; Nashville,
Tennessee, 1964, pages 255 through 258.

38th TENNESSEE INFANTRY REGIMENT

Also called 8th (Looney's) Tennessee Infantry, Provisional

Army of Tennessee

Organized September 23, 1861 at Camp Abington, Fayette
County, Tennessee; reorganized May, 1862; formed
Company "B", 3rd Consolidated Tennessee Infantry Regiment April
9, 1865; paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina,
May 1, 1865.

FIELD OFFICERS

Colonels—Robert F. Looney, John C. Carter.

Lieutenant Colonels—Edward J. Golladay, Andrew D. Gwynne, H.
D. Greer (declined ) .

Majors—D. H. Thrasher, H. A. Abington (declined), Hamilton W.
Cotter.

This regiment at one time or another had 15 companies attached to
it, five of which were transferred to
other organizations, and most of which bore two or more company
letters. The original companies, with the
letters used after the reorganization indicated, are shown in the list
below.

CAPTAINS—J. A. Lea, Thomas W. Rice, 1st Co. "A". "The Sumter
Grays." Reorganized April, 1862 as Rice's
Tennessee Artillery Battery. Men from Memphis, Shelby County.

Robert F. Looney, John C. Carter, Edward F. Lee, Co. "B", later
"L". "The Gayoso Guards." Originally assigned to
22nd Tennessee Infantry, but transferred to 38th when the 38th was
organized. Men from Memphis, Shelby County.

Job Umphlett, W. C. Robinson, Co. "C", later "E". "The Jeff Davis
Guards." Men from Madison County.

H. A. Abington, Thomas H. Koen, William N. Nevill, Co. "D". Men
from Shelby County.

Edward J. Golladay, J. W. Hardy, Thomas G. Cook, Co. "E", later
2nd "H". Men from Wilson County.

Hamilton W. Cotter, F. Pugh, Co. "F", later 2nd "A". Men from
Shelby County.

James J. Mayfield, Samuel H. Sartain, Co. "G". "The Tuscaloosa
Plough Boys." Men from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

James C. Thrasher, J. P. M. Harper, Co. "H", later "F". A Georgia
Company.

D. H. Thrasher, Allen B. Lovejoy, Co. "I", later 2nd "K". Men from
Shelby County.

John C. Hutto, Co. "K". Transferred to Golladay's 5th Alabama
Infantry Battalion in March, 1862. Later Co. "K",
26th/50th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Men from Memphis and
Shelby County.

Benjamin M. Long, James M. Wooten, Co. "L". Enrolled at Camp
Abington September 23, 1861. Transferred to
Golladay's 5th Alabama Infantry Battalion March, 1862. Later Co.
"I", 26th/50th Alabama Infantry Regiment.

John C. Clements, Co. "M", also called "K". Joined regiment
November 28, 1861. Transferred to Golladay's 5th
Alabama Infantry Battalion March, 1862. Became Co. "G",
26th/50th Alabama Regiment.

Captain not identified, 2nd Co. "B". No muster roll. A note in the
regimental file states this company was detached by
General Ruggles at Corinth, Mississippi, and was serving with
General Pemberton in Mississippi. It was supposed to be
a member of the reorganized regiment, but never served with it.

B. H. Holland, J. C. Miller, 2nd Co. "K", later "C". "Donelson's
Avengers." Organized March 4, 1862. Men from
Moscow, Fayette County.

W. B. Wright, O. M. Alsup, H. M. Neely, 2nd Co. "L", later "I".
Organized March 5, 1862. Men from Morning Sun,
Shelby County.

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