37th Virginia Infantry Regiment

{{Short description|Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army}} {{Use American English|date=October 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox military unit | image = 37th VA Inf.jpg | image_size = 280px | caption = [[Military colours, standards and guidons|Regimental color]] of the 37th Virginia | dates = 1861–1865 | disbanded = April 1865 | country = {{flag|Confederate States}} | allegiance = {{flag|Virginia|1861}} | branch = {{army|Confederate States|name=Army}} | type = [[Line infantry|Infantry]] | size = [[Regiment]] | colors = [[Light blue]] | colors_label = [[Facing colour|Facings]] | battles = {{tree list}} * American Civil War **[[First Battle of Kernstown]] **[[Battle of McDowell]] **[[Jackson's Valley Campaign]] **[[Seven Days' Battles]] **[[Second Battle of Bull Run]] **[[Battle of Cedar Mountain]] **[[Battle of Antietam]] **[[Battle of Fredericksburg]] **[[Battle of Chancellorsville]] **[[Battle of Gettysburg]] **[[Battle of Cold Harbor]] **[[Siege of Petersburg]] **[[Battle of Sayler's Creek]] **[[Appomattox Campaign]] {{tree list/end}} | battles_label = Battles }}

The '''37th Virginia Infantry Regiment''' was an [[Line infantry|infantry]] formation of the [[Confederate States Army]] in the [[Eastern theater of the American Civil War|Eastern Theater]] of the [[American Civil War]].

== History == The 37th Virginia was organized in [[Washington County, Virginia]], in May 1861, and accepted in Confederate service in July, when two more units were added. The regiment was in combat at [[Battle of Kernstown I|First Kernstown]] and [[Battle of McDowell|McDowell]], then took part in [[Jackson's Valley Campaign]]. During the war it was assigned to General Taliaferro's, Colston's, Steuart's, and W. Terry's Brigade, [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. The 37th was involved in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, then participated in the final campaign at Appomattox.

[[File:Private Luther Hart Clapp of Company C, 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment, in uniform and two-piece Virginia state seal buckle with Boyle and Gamble sword LCCN2012645975.jpg|thumb|left|Private Luther H. Clapp, Company C, 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment.]]

It totaled 846 men in December 1861, sustained 113 casualties at [[Battle of Kernstown I|First Kernstown]] and had 5 killed and 34 wounded at [[Battle of McDowell|McDowell]]. The regiment reported 12 killed and 76 wounded at [[Battle of Cedar Mountain|Cedar Mountain]], 5 killed and 36 wounded at [[Second Battle of Bull Run|Second Manassas]], and 22 killed, 101 wounded, and 9 missing at [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]]. More than thirty percent of the 264 at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]] were disabled and many from the grossly undermanned regiment were captured at [[Battle of Spotsylvania|Spotsylvania]]. Only 2 officers and 39 men surrendered. at [[Battle of Appomattox Court House|Appomattox Courthouse]].

The field officers were Colonels Samuel V. Fulkerson and Titus V. Williams, Lieutenant Colonels Robert P. Carson and John F. Terry, and Major Henry C. Wood.

==See also== *[[List of Virginia Civil War units]]

==Notes== *{{USGovernment|url=http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm|title=Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System|agency=National Park Service}}

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