37th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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37th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Wisconsin flag
Active April 9, 1864 to July 26, 1865
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Battles/wars Siege of Petersburg
Battle of the Crater
Battle of Boydton Plank Road

The 37th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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[edit] Service

The 37th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service on April 9, 1864.

The regiment was mustered out on July 26, 1865.

[edit] Casualties

The 37th Wisconsin suffered 7 officers and 149 enlistedmen killed or fatally wounded in action and 2 officers and 89 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 247 fatalities.[[1]

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