# 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment

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Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army

37th Virginia Infantry Regiment Regimental color of the 37th Virginia Active 1861–1865 Disbanded April 1865 Country Confederate States Allegiance Virginia Branch Army Type Infantry Size Regiment Facings Light blue Battles 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

Military unit

The **37th Virginia Infantry Regiment** was an [infantry](/source/Line_infantry) formation of the [Confederate States Army](/source/Confederate_States_Army) in the [Eastern Theater](/source/Eastern_theater_of_the_American_Civil_War) of the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War).

## History

The 37th Virginia was organized in [Washington County, Virginia](/source/Washington_County%2C_Virginia), in May 1861, and accepted in Confederate service in July, when two more units were added. The regiment was in combat at [First Kernstown](/source/Battle_of_Kernstown_I) and [McDowell](/source/Battle_of_McDowell), then took part in [Jackson's Valley Campaign](/source/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](/source/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.

Private Luther H. Clapp, Company C, 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment.

It totaled 846 men in December 1861, sustained 113 casualties at [First Kernstown](/source/Battle_of_Kernstown_I) and had 5 killed and 34 wounded at [McDowell](/source/Battle_of_McDowell). The regiment reported 12 killed and 76 wounded at [Cedar Mountain](/source/Battle_of_Cedar_Mountain), 5 killed and 36 wounded at [Second Manassas](/source/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run), and 22 killed, 101 wounded, and 9 missing at [Chancellorsville](/source/Battle_of_Chancellorsville). More than thirty percent of the 264 at [Gettysburg](/source/Battle_of_Gettysburg) were disabled and many from the grossly undermanned regiment were captured at [Spotsylvania](/source/Battle_of_Spotsylvania). Only 2 officers and 39 men surrendered. at [Appomattox Courthouse](/source/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House).

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](/source/List_of_Virginia_Civil_War_units)

## Notes

- This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System*](http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm). [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service).

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