37th Mississippi Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Mid-1862 - Organized
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• May 1862 - Farmington
• September 19, 1862 - Iuka
• October 3-4, 1862 - Corinth
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
  • May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    • July 1863 - Paroled at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
    • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• May-September 1864 - Atlanta Campaign
  • May 9, 1864 - Resaca
  • May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
  • July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
  • July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
  • July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
  • August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• February-April 1865 - Carolinas Campaign
• April 26, 1865 - Surrendered by Joseph E. Johnston at Durham Station, Orange County, North Carolina

DESIGNATIONS

• September-October 1862 - Department #2 / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Little's/Hébert's Division / Martin's Brigade
• October 1862 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Army of West Tennessee / Price's Corps / Hébert's/Maury's Division / Martin's Brigade
• December 1862-January 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade
• January-April 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Maury's Division / Hébert's Brigade
• April-July 1863 - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Maury's/Forney's Division / Hébert's Brigade
• February 1864 - Department of the Gulf / Mackall's Brigade
• June-July 1864 - Army of Mississippi / Cantey's/Walthall's Division / Cantey's Brigade
• July-December 1864 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Walthall's Division / Cantey's/Shelley's Brigade
• April 1865 - Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / Loring's Division / Featherston's Brigade

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Robert McLain (Colonel)
• Q.C. Heidelberg (Major)
• Orlando S. Holland (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• John McGee (Major)
• William S. Patton (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Samuel H. Terral (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William W. Wier (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Banks, R.W., The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Mississippi. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 127-128)