37th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry

37th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry
Active	September 17, 1863 to December 29, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Mounted infantry
Engagements	Battle of Cynthiana Battle of Saltville

The 37th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The majority of the 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry was organized at Glasgow, Kentucky. Companies A, B and C were mustered into service at Glasgow on September 17, 1863. Companies D, E, F, and G were mustered October 24, also at Glasgow. Captain Stroub's company, which was originally intended for the 51st Kentucky Infantry, was mustered into service at Covington, Kentucky on September 4, and afterward consolidated with the regiment as Company H. Companies I and K were mustered at Glasgow on December 21–22. It was mustered in under the command of Colonel Charles S. Hanson.

The regiment was attached to District of South Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to January 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, to April 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to December 1864.

The 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry mustered out of service on December 29, 1864.

Detailed service

Duty at Glasgow, Ky., and in District of South Central Kentucky, operating against guerrillas and protecting public property till March, 1864. Attack on Camp at Glasgow October 6, 1863. Moved to Columbia March, 1864. Operations against Morgan May 31-June 20. Mt. Sterling, Ky., June 9. Cynthiana June 12. Operations in Eastern Kentucky till September. Bettier's Gap August 23. Burbridge's Expedition into Southwest Virginia September 20-October 17. McCormick's Gap September 20. Saltsville, Va., October 2. Bloomfield November 5. Owen County November 15. Mustered out December 29, 1864.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 106 men during service; 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 98 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

Colonel Charles S. Hanson

References

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.

Attribution

This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.

Kentucky in the American Civil War

Pre-War	History of slavery in Kentucky Calvin Fairbank

1861	Confederate government of Kentucky Battle of Barbourville Battle of Camp Wildcat Battle of Ivy Mountain Battle of Rowlett's Station Battle of Sacramento

1862	Battle of Middle Creek Battle of Lucas Bend Battle of Mill Springs Battle of Richmond Battle of Munfordville Battle of Perryville Battle of New Haven General Order No. 11

1863	Battle of Somerset Morgan's Raid Battle of Tebbs Bend Battle of Lebanon Battle of Cumberland Gap Camp Nelson

1864	Battle of Paducah Battle of Salyersville Battle of Mount Sterling Battle of Cynthiana American Civil War fortifications in Louisville

Post-War	Monuments Cave Hill Cemetery Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery

See also Timeline Lexington Louisville

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