 Three members of the 38th, William H. Barnes, James H. Harris, and Edward Ratcliff, were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions at Chaffin's Farm.The unit then served in the trenches north of the James River until the fall of Richmond in April 1865.The 38th occupied Richmond on April 3, 1865, and continued duty in the Department of Virginia through the end of the war and into May.