37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
{{short description|Union Army infantry regiment}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name = 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
| image = Flag of Wisconsin.svg
| image_size = 100
|caption = Flag of Wisconsin
|dates = {{nowrap|April 9, 1864}}{{spaced ndash}}{{nowrap|July 26, 1865}}
|country = United States
|allegiance = Union
|branch = Infantry
|size = Regiment
|battles = American Civil War
|commander1 = Samuel Harriman
|commander1_label = Colonel
|commander2 = John Green
|commander2_label = Colonel
}}
The 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 37th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service on April 9, 1864. Over 40 men from the Menominee Nation enlisted in Company K.
The regiment was mustered out on July 27, 1865.
Casualties
The 37th Wisconsin suffered 7 officers and 149 enlisted men killed or fatally wounded in action and 2 officers and 89 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 247 fatalities.[http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unwiinf2.htm#37th]
Commanders
- Colonel Samuel Harriman
- Colonel John Green
See also
{{Portal|American Civil War}}
References
- [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionwi.htm The Civil War Archive]
External links
- {{Internet Archive|01666961.3303.emory.edu|The sword and gun: a history of the 37th Wis. Volunteer Infantry : from its first organization to its final muster out (1865)}}
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Category:Military units and formations established in 1864
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Wisconsin
Category:1864 establishments in Wisconsin
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