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Colonel Edward C. Edmonds was given charge of the 38th Regiment on June 12, 1861. He was killed in "Pickett's Charge" at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 (Gregory, 1).

On December 26, 1861 the 38th Regiment marched to the battlefield of First Manassas and started building log cabins for their winter quarters, where they remained through January and February of 1862 (Gregory, 10).

In October of 1861, James Booker was sent to Manassas, VA to guard baggage (Confederate Military Records for John and James Booker).