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212 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH

part taken by the Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana Veteran Vol-
unteer Infantry in the recent campaign commencing January
20, 1865, and ending March 23, date at which the command
reached Goldsborough, N. C. :

January 20, the Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana Veteran
Volunteer Infantry, forming part of the Third Brigade, First
Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, Lieut. Col. D. Miles,
Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry,
commanding, broke camp near Savannah,. Ga., and moved
six miles north, going into camp, remaining in same till
morning January 25, when the command moved northeast,
passing through Springfield, Ga., and arriving near Sister'r
Ferry, on Savannah River, January 29, where it remained
until the 5th of February, when it crossed river into South
Carolina.
From this date the march was continued northward,
passing through Barnwell, striking Charleston and Augusta
Railroad at White Pond, which the command assisted in
destroying near this point ; continuing march, moving north-
east, crossed the Edisto River, arriving at Lexington, S. C,
February 15; resuming march, crossed the Saluda and Broad
rivers, passing through Winnsborough, assisting in destroy-
ing Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad at Black Stocks;
frorn this place marched to Catawba River, which was crossed
February 28.
