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Pittsylvania County Civil War Records

Submitted by Linda Lewis Lepow

From the book: "57th VA Infantry" abstracted by Charles W. Sublett

Local Casualities at Gettysburg
Published in "Piedmont Lineages"

The 38th Infantry, made up largely of Pittsylvania County men, took part in Pickett's charge at Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863.  The 38th was in Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division.  The information below was taken from a Danville newspaper article published shortly after the battle.  Some of those listed as missing were later learned to be prisioners of the North.  A few probably deserted and others were never accounted for.

Co H Capt Jas E Poindexter

Sgt Wm R Poindexter                                           wounded
Jas C Adkins                                            wounded, breast
James Farthing                                         wounded, thigh
Jas H Gaston                                            wounded
Presley Hardy                                            wounded, leg
Wm J Harris                                             wounded, back
John D Jacobs                                          wounded, leg
John O Lawson                                         wounded
Mallory Martin                                          wounded, thigh
Jas A Pigg (?)                                             wounded
Capt Jas E Poindexter                                missing
Sgt P B Scruggs                                           missing
Linwood Kindrick                                       missing
John T Mann                                               missing
John McCormick                                         missing
Wilson Owen                                                missing

Company H, "Secession Guards"
-- Organized at Pittsylvania Court House on June 7, 1861, by Captain Joseph M. Terry
-- Entered Confederate Service on July 2, 1861
-- Captain Terry resigned on December 13, 1861, he was succeeded by Captain Edgar W. Carrington
-- Captain Carrington was killed at the battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862
-- Captain Carrington was succeeded by Captain James E. Poindexter
-- Captain Poindexter served until July 3, 1863 when he has captured at Gettysburg

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Engagements of the 38th Virginia

Williamsburg, May 5, 1862
Seven Pines, May 31, 1862
Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862
Second Manassas, August 30, 1862
Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862
Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
Chester Station, May 10, 1864
Drewry's Bluff, May 16, 1864
Five Forks, April 1, 1865