This information was copied from "Clayton's (Holtzclaw's) Brigade " website - http://www.history-sites.com/~kjones/clayton.html#38th-Inf - done by Ken Jones. He has graciously allowed us to use this information, and we thank him.

The 38th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Mobile in May 1862, with troops raised in Clarke, Conecuh, Fayette, Mobile, Washington, and Wilcox counties, and it remained at the defences in the vicinity of that city until February 1863. It then proceeded to Tullahoma and was there placed in the brigade of Gen'l Henry D. Clayton of Barbour, with the 18th, 36th, and 58th Alabama regiments. The regiment was first under fire with slight loss at Hoover's Gap, and lost heavily in k and w at Chickamauga (37% casualties out of 490 engaged). At Missionary Ridge, the 38th was again engaged at close quarters, and a large number were captured. It wintered at Dalton and then shared in the operations of the Atlanta Campaign, losing severely (casualties: 12 k, 88 w, 24 missing), particularly at Resaca and Atlanta. From Marietta to the close, Gen'l James T. Holtzclaw of Montgomery commanded the brigade. It fought around the latter city, and at Jonesboro. During the Tennessee campaign of Gen'l John Bell Hood, the regiment participated at Nashville in December 1864, and it was in the rear guard of the retreat. Placed in the defences at Mobile, the regiment went through the ordeal at Spanish Fort where it again suffered severely. With the army, it was surrendered at Meridian, Mississippi, about 80 strong.

Field and staff officers: Cols. Charles Thomas Ketchum (Mobile; resigned); Augustus R. Lankford (Clarke; captured, Resaca); Lt. Cols. Augustus R. Lankford (promoted); Majors Origin Sibley Jewett (Clarke; KIA, Chicamauga); William Jefferson Hearin (Clarke; captured, Missionary Ridge); and Adjutant Alfred R. Murray (Mobile; wounded, Chicamauga, Resaca)

Captains, and counties from which the companies came: