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The 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, in First Brigade under Scribner, First Division under Baird, Fourteenth Corps under Thomas, with Lieutenant Colonel Daniel F. Griffin commanding, was one of the first regiments in Baird's Division to engage the enemy on Saturday morning, September 19th, 1863. It also helped withstand the attack of Cleburne's Division that night. From daylight on Sunday morning, September 20th, 1863, until it was ordered to retire at 5:30 p.m., the regiment held this position and repulsed several enemy assaults during the day. Its losses were 13 killed, 57 wounded, and 39 missing.
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