United States Regiments & Batteries * Massachusetts
The 37th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 165 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 92 Enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1862
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| August 30 | Organized at Pittsfield under Colonel Oliver Edwards |
| September 7 | Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and duty at Downsville, Md. |
| October 20 – November 19 |
Movement to Stafford C. H., Va. |
| December 5 | To Belle Plains |
| December 12-15 | Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| March | Attached to 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May 2 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
| May 3 | Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
| May 3-4 | Salem Heights |
| May 4 | Banks’ Ford |
| July 2-4 |
Battle of GettysburgCommanded by Colonel Oliver Edwards. It brought 593 men to the field, losing two killed, 26 wounded and 19 missing |
| July 30 – October 17 |
Detached for duty at New York and duty at Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor |
| October 17 | Rejoined army at Chantilly, Va. |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign, then at At Brandy Station |
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1864
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| May-June |
Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 |
Before PetersburgAttached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps |
| July 9 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 9-11 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| July 11-12 | Repulse of Early’s attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defences of Washington |
| August |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 21-22 | Near Charlestown |
| September 19 |
Battle of Winchester (Opequan) |
| September 20 | Provost duty at Winchester |
| December 13-16 | Moved to Petersburg, Va. |
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1865
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| March 28 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 | Assault on and fall of Petersburg
The regiment captured the flag of the 37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-27 | Moved to Danville, Va. |
| May 3 | Moved to Wilson’s Station |
| May 18-June 2 | march to Washington, D.C. |
| June 8 | Corps Review |
| June 22-23 | Moved to Readville, Mass. |
| June 30 | Mustered out |