[2] At the battle of Corinth, the regiment was sent to attack the defensive works, taking heavy fire, and the brigade commander Colonel John D. Martin was killed.
Several men of the 38th were killed or wounded during the siege of Vicksburg, coming under fire from sharpshooters or hit by explosions when Union forces set off mines under the fortifications.
[3] Lieutenant Colonel Preston Brent was wounded in the trenches at Vicksburg and command of the Regiment passed to Major R.C.
[2] After skirmishes with Union troops during the Yazoo expedition, Mabry's brigade was assigned to General Nathan Bedford Forrest's command.
[4] This combined unit fought a final skirmish at the Sipsey River on April 6, 1865, before surrendering under General Richard Taylor on May 4.