UNION WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS
37th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
- Overview:
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Organized at Madison, Wis., April 9, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., April 28 (Cos. "A" to "F"). Two more Companies, "H" and "I," join at Maryland Heights May 17. Duty at Washington, D. C., till May 30. Moved to White House, Va., May 30-June 1, and guard duty there till June 10. Guard supply train to Cold Harbor June 10. Attached to Casey's Brigade, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July 1865.
- Service:
- Movement across James River to Petersburg, Va., June 12-15. Assaults on Petersburg
June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine
Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church
September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road , Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman
, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg
April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 21-24. Grand Review May 23. Provost duty at Washington and Alexandria till July. Mustered out July 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 149 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 89 Enlisted men by disease. Total 247.
