title: 38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
text: # 38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
  
  The 38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  
  ## Service
  
  The 38th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on April 15, 1864. The regiment was mustered out on July 26, 1865.
  
  ## Casualties
  
  The 38th Wisconsin suffered 1 officer and 56 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 56 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 113 fatalities.
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Colonel James Bintliff (April 15, 1864 – June 27, 1865) mustered out. Received an honorary brevet to brigadier general.
  * Lt. Colonel Colwert K. Pier (June 27, 1865 – July 26, 1865) was designated colonel after the resignation of Colonel Bintliff, but was never mustered at that rank. He was the first American child born at what is now Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the son of Edward Pier.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Courtland P. Larkin, the son of Charles H. Larkin, was major of the regiment.
  * Solon Pierce was 1st lieutenant in Co. K. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator.
  * Anson Rood was quartermaster for the regiment. After the war he served as a Wisconsin legislator.
  