At the time the 38th regiment was enlisted the following were also enlisted: James D. Thurber, Co. A, 13th Massachusetts regiment, afterwards 2nd lieutenant, 1st lieutenant, captain, brevet major U. S. Vols. in 55th Massachusetts regiment.
Erik Wolff, private, 20th Massachusetts regiment, 2nd lieutenant, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry. In January, 1865, Edward Allsworth credited to Plymouth was added to the 38th regiment, and transferred to the 119th U. S. Cavalry, and commissioned 2nd lieutenant.
The 38th regiment went to Ship Island in November, 1862, and to Carrollton, near New Orleans, then to Bisland, then to Alexandria and Port Hudson. From Port Hudson the regiment went to Baton Rouge, Alexandria, Morganza Bend, Algiers, and Fortress Monroe, where it arrived in July, 1864. It then went to Harper’s Ferry, and the Shenandoah Valley, where it was engaged in the battles of Opequan Creek, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek. In December, 1864, it went to Savannah, Newbern and Goldsboro, where it joined Sherman’s army. In May, 1865, it went to Savannah, and embarking for Boston, June 30, reached Boston July 6, and was discharged July 13, 1865.
Third regiment, nine months. John Morissey, major; Charles A. S. Perkins, 1st lieutenant; Edward L. Robbins, sergeant major.
| Benjamin F. Barnes | James Neal |
| Amasa M. Bartlett | Job B. Oldham |
| Ebenezer N. Bradford | James T. Paulding |
| John F. Chapman | Charles M. Perry |
| Charles S. Cobb | Charles C. Place |
| George H. Doten | Isaac H. Place |
| Harvey B. Griffin | Samuel R. Raymond |
| Isaac S. Holmes | Herbert Robbins |
| Nathaniel Holmes | James H. Robbins |
| Samuel N. Holmes | James F. Sears |
| Ivory W. Harlow | Leander L. Sherman |
| George F. Jackson | Thomas Smith |
| Benjamin F. Jenkins | Wm. F. Spooner |
| Charles W. Johnson |
This regiment sailed from Boston for Newbern, N. C., Oct. 22, 1862, and engaged in the battles of Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro. After various expeditions it returned to Newbern, and June 11th, returned to Boston.
Other Plymouth men in the nine months’ regiments were:
| Schuyler S. Bartlett, 44th | Wm. Hedge, 44th, 1st Lieut. |
| James B. Brewster, 44th hospital steward | James R. McLaughlin, 50th |
| Wm. Burt, 4th | Joseph H. Sears, 6th |
| George H. Cobb, 50th | Winslow B. Sherman, 4th |
| Edward H. Hall, 44th chaplain | Wm. Stevens, 4th |
| Horace Holmes | Sylvester R. Swett |
Under the call of July, 1863, Wm. Ross, commuted, Horace P. Bailey, Jesse Harlow, George A. Whiting, Francis H. Russell, Alfred Maybury, Edward W. Atwood, Wm. J. Dunham, Charles F. Ellis, John T. Stoddard, Lemuel B. Bradford, Lorenzo M. Bennett, Charles F. Harlow and Gustavus G. Sampson, found substitutes, and the following entered the service:
| Jedediah Bumpus, Co. C, 9th regiment | Charles E. Wadsworth, 12th regt. |
| Thomas Dexter, 55th regiment |