37th Indiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

September 18, 1861 - Organized at Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Ordered to Kentucky October, and duty at mouth of Salt River and at Bacon Creek until February, 1862. Attached to 8th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, October to December, 1861. 8th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862. Unattached, Army of the Ohio, Railroad Guard to September, 1862. 7th Brigade, 8th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Advance on Bowling Green, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., February 10-25, 1862. Moved to Murfreesboro March 18. Reconnaissance to Shelbyville, Tullahoma and McMinnville March 25-28. Moved to Fayetteville April 7. Expedition to Huntsville, Ala., April 10-11. Capture of Huntsville April 11. Advance on and capture of Decatur April 11-14. Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until August.

Elkins' Station, near Athens, May 9 (Co. "E"). Moved to Nashville August 29-September 2, and duty there until December 26. Siege of Nashville September 12-November 7. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

August 16-September 22, 1863 - The Chickamauga Campaign
- Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11.
- September 19-September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- Rossville Gap September 21.
September 24-October 27, 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
- Lookout Mountain November 23-24
- Mission Ridge November 25
Duty at Rossville, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., until May, 1864
Mulberry Village December 23, 1863 (Detachment)
January 21, 1864 - Scout from Chattanooga, Tennessee (detachment)
Demonstration on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864
Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25, 1864.
May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
- May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
- Pickett's Mill May 27.
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Pine Hill June 11-14.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 37.
- Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
- Chattahoochee River July 5-17.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Utoy Creek August 5-7.
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26.
Non-Veterans mustered out October 27, 1864.
- Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of two Companies.
November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
- Near Sandersville November 26.
- December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
- Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
- Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
  - Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 25, 1865.