37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 37th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= September 18, 1861 to May 15, 1866
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Pea Ridge
Battle of Prairie Grove
Siege of Vicksburg
The 37th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Fremont Rifles" and "Illinois Greyhounds", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 37th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 18, 1861 for three years service.
The regiment was mustered out on May 15, 1866.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 4 officers and 60 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 168 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 233 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#37th The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel Julius White - promoted brigadier general on June 9, 1862.
*Colonel Myron S. Barnes - discharged on November 20, 1862.
*Colonel John C. Black - resigned August 15, 1865.
*Lieutenant Colonel Ransom Kennicott - Mustered out with the regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/037-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
External links
* [http://www.ketzle.com/diary/ Diary of Sgt. Henry Carl Ketzle, 37th Illinois Infantry, Company B]
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