Bendick Bendickson - Age 24. Residence Decorah, Winneshiek County. Nativity Norway. Enlisted Aug. 22, 1862, as First Corporal. Mustered Sept. 27, 1862, Company D. Killed on picket, at high noon, June 16, 1863. Based on his brothers memoir, (furnished by Jack Bendickson) and a portion of History of the 38th in the Civil War, provided by Judy Anton ; shot through the head Bendick fell back onto the lap of Lieutenant Humphrey. He was buried in his clothes; his brother Ole, present when his brother died was sick with grief for three days, and then fought with a will to defeat the rebels at Vicksburg. Bendick is buried in National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. Section G, grave 931.

Evelyn Califf - Age 24. Residence Frankville, Fayette County. Nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered Oct. 6, 1862, Company K. Wounded while working on the fortifications above camp on June 19, 1863. Toward evening a detail of several men from companies "D", "F" and "K" were sent to work on a hill near the battery. The rebels, seeing them in the last light of day fired two shells without doing much damage. The third shell struck the hill just above the working party and exploded showering the party with chunks of clay soil and jagged pieces of hot iron. Evelyn was struck on the left side by a piece of shell, tearing his arm - a second piece struck him at the same moment shattering his left leg at the knee. Mortally wounded twenty-four year old Califf will suffer for nearly two weeks before becoming the second and the last soldier of the 38th Regiment to die as a result of combat, on July 1. He is buried among the Unknowns at Vicksburg.

Amos Babcock - Age 18. Residence Fairbank, Fayette County. Nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company F. Amos was severely wounded by the same shell as Evelyn Califf. When a fragment struck him on the head he was knocked senseless; he survived and was sent up the river to Keokuk, Iowa where he was discharged on September 17. Babcock will be diagnosed with mental imbecility and occasional aberrations resulting from an injury to the head, prior to his service. Nineteen years will pass before this diagnosis is overturned, apparently because Babcock's symptoms were the result of the shell fragment striking him on the head. Reference, National Archives. Consolidated Military Service Record.

In researching this regiment, there were comments in letters and diaries of other men wounded slightly by shell fragments during the siege of Vicksburg, but they were not identified.

The 38th was consolidated with the smaller 34th Regiment on January 1, 1865. Although all former members of the Thirty-eighth Regiment, the following casualties were credited to the Thirty-fourth. The enemy fire was intense during the assault on Fort Blakely, and most of the casualties were the result of musket fire. When the Regiment took stock of its loses it was found that of the twelve who had been wounded, seven had been from the old Thirty-eighth - proving that they had been out front during the charge. In this one glorious moment they had proven that they too were gallant soldiers. Private Edson will tell his brother that "Our division was the first on their works and our Regiment's flag the second on their forts." "Now Burt, crow a little for us for we can't crow enough."

Burton Adkins - Age 27. Residence McGregor, Clayton County. Nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1862, as Eighth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company D. Promoted to Fourth Corporal Oct. 1, 1863. Reduced to the ranks Oct. 8, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Burton was killed in action April 9, 1865 during the charge on Fort Blakely. Although how Adkins died is unknown, an incident was described by Brevet Major General C. C. Andrews, in his History of the Campaign of Mobile, 1867, page 210. As the brigade commander, Andrews advanced in the charge near the 34th. As the Regiment crossed a row of rifle pits, "A man of Company H, of the Thirty-fourth, was shot at by a wounded confederate lying in a rifle pit, having been passed by the skirmishers. Another man, of Company H, then dealt him a fatal blow with his clubbed musket." The only casualty in Company H in the assault was Burton Adkins. He is buried in the National Cemetery, Mobile, Ala., section 4, grave 77.

Henry Anderson - Age 18. Residence Fayette County. Nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company G. Transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Wounded slightly April 9, 1865, Fort Blakely, Ala. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas. No further details.

John Brant - Age 18. Residence Bremer County. Nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company C. Transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Wounded slightly April 9, 1865, Blakely, Ala. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas. No further details.

David Burke - Age 28. Residence Janesville, Bremmer County. Nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company B. Transferred to Company I, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated Infantry, Jan. 1, 1865. Wounded severely April 9, 1865, Fort Blakely, Ala. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas. No further details.

Dennis Hart - Age 29. Residence West Union, Fayette County. Nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company A. Transferred to Company F, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Wounded slightly April 9, 1865, Fort Blakely, Ala. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas. No further details.

William Kinsey - Age 21. Residence West Union, Fayette County. Nativity Wales. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Promoted eighth corporal Dec. 21, 1862; Second Corporal Feb. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company F, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Promoted Third Corporal March 17, 1865. Wounded slightly April 9, 1865, Fort Blakely, Ala. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas. No further details.

George Michael - Age 31. Residence Waverly, Bremmer County. Nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, as Fifth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company B. Promoted First Corporal Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company I, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Wounded severely April 9, 1865, Fort Blakely, Ala. Discharged for wounds June 12, 1865, New Orleans, La. No further details.

Martin Steen - Age 28. Residence Decorah, Winneshiek County. nativity Norway. Enlisted. Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant July 1, 1864. Transferred to Company K, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas. Although Martin Steen is not listed in Guy E. Logan's Roster and Record as one of the wounded at Blakely, Steen family history indicates that he was wounded at Blakely. ("Steen Family History" by Orlando C. Scholl, publ. 1964) (Ulvestad p. 261) (DGA obituary) "Stein, Martin."

Henry M. Shoemaker - Age 23. Residence West Union, Fayette County. Nativity Indiana. Appointed First Lieutenant Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Company F. Transferred to Company K, Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. Wounded slightly April 9, 1865, Fort Blakely, Ala. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas. No further details.

William Ashby - Age 20. Residence New Madrid, Missouri. Nativity Missouri. Enlisted June 9, 1864, as Under Cook. Mustered June 9, 1864, Company B. Transferred to Company I Thirty-fourth and Thirty-eighth Consolidated, Jan. 1, 1865. The war had been over for more than one month. As the Regiment marched through Houston, Texas on June 20, 1865, the first Union soldiers to enter that city, a shot rang out and William Ashby fell; he was killed instantly. After having been with the Regiment since New Madrid, William will be the last man of the old 38th to be killed by a hostile act. References: Brickner Memoir, p. 14, "…June 20th, boarded cars and came to Houston, Texas the same day. While marching through the streets of Houston from the cars a negro cook named Bill was shot by a citizen and died immediately. Our Regiment was the first body of Yankee troops that trod the streets of this town." Ropes Diary, June, Wednesday, 21, 1865, "…thair was a negrow shot by a siterson that was a cooking for Co P [B]." There is no mention of a burial with full military honors for William Ashby - we can assume he was buried in a Colored cemetery, or a pauper's grave, regardless of his being a mustered-in member of the regiment.