The 37th lost during service 4 Officers and 165 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 92 Enlisted men to disease, a total of 261. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
August 30, 1862 |
Organized at Pittsfield |
September 7 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and duty at Downsville, Md. |
October 20 -
November 19 |
Movement to Stafford C. H., Va. |
December 5 |
To Belle Plains |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
March |
4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded by Colonel Oliver Edwards. It brought 593 men to the field, losing two killed, 26 wounded and 19 missing |
July 30 -
October 17 |
Detached for duty at New York and duty at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor |
October 17 |
Rejoined army at Chantilly, Va. |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign, then at At Brandy Station |
May-June 1864 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg, attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps |
July 9 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 9-11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 11-12 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defences of Washington |
August |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 21-22 |
Near Charlestown |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester, then Provost duty at Winchester |
December 13-16 |
Moved to Petersburg, Va. |
March 28 1865 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
Moved to Danville, Va. |
May 3 |
Moved to Wilson's Station |
May 18-June 2 |
march to Washington, D.C. |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
June 22-23 |
Moved to Readville, Mass. |
June 30, 1865 |
Mustered out |
