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37th Pennsylvania Regiment - 8th Reserves

Recruited in Butler county, Armstrong County, Allegheny County, Fayette County, Bedford County, Clarion County, Greene County, Washington County, PA


37th PA Regiment Companies




37th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861.
  • Ordered to Washington, D.C., July 30.
  • Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division,
  • Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Corps, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1863.
  • District of Alexandria, 22nd Corps, to April, 1864.
  • 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864.
    Service & Battles - 1861
  • Duty at Tennallytown, Md., August 2 to October 10, 1861,
  • And at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862.
  • Skirmish at Great Falls September 4, 1861.
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862.
  • McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19.
  • Duty at Fredericksburg till June.
  • Moved to White House June 9-11.
  • Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
  • Battles of Mechanicsville June 26;
  • Gaines Mill June 27;
  • Charles City Cross Roads
  • And Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1.
  • At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
  • Movement to join Pope August 16-26.
  • Battles of Gainesville August 28;
  • Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.
  • Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
  • Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14;
  • Antietam September 16-17.
  • Duty in Maryland till October 30.
  • Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
  • Battles of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • Ordered to Washington, D.C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria till April, 1864.
  • Rapidan Campaign.
  • Battles of the Wilderness, Va., May 5-7;
  • Laurel Hill May 8;
  • Spottsylvania May 8-17.
  • Assault on the Salient May 12.
  • Left the front May 17.
  • Mustered out May 24 1864.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 153 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 68 Enlisted men by disease. Total 226.