It seems that there are no other links on the internet to information about this regiment. I am posting some brief information from Confederate Military History and a bibliography on this regiment. I do this in honor and remembrance of the men who served with this regiment, lest they be forgotten.
The Thirty-seventh regiment Georgia volunteers had for its field officers Col. A. F. Rudler, Lt.Col. J. T. Smith, Maj. J. J. Bradford and later Maj. R. E. Wilson, Adjt. G. H. Sherod. The captains were: (A) R. E. Wilson, (B) T. E. Blanchard, (D) J. G. McMullin, who was killed and succeeded by W. M. Clark, (I) M. Kendrick, who died and was succeeded by T. D. Wright and he by William Hutchinson, (K) W. H. H. Phelps.
The Thirty-seventh was formed in part from two splendid battalions, the Third and Ninth, which had been distinguished at Murfreesboro. In Bate's brigade it shared in the Chickamauga and Chattanooga campaigns, ending with Missionary Ridge; also in the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns of 1864. In the spring of 1865 the Thirty-seventh regiment and Fourth battalion of Georgia sharpshooters were consolidated with the Fifty-fourth Georgia, by which number these three commands were known during the campaign in the Carolinas.
The Third battalion Georgia infantry, was organized with eight companies on 8 October 1861 and consolidated with the 9th Infantry Battalion and designated the 37th regiment on 6 May 1863.
The Ninth battalion Georgia volunteers had at first the following officers: Maj. J. T. Smith; Capts. (A) J. G. McMullen, (B) D. L. Gholson, (c) D.C. Young, (D) G. Eberhart, (E) S. G. Pettus. This battalion was sent to east Tennessee in April 1862, and served in that department and in the campaign into Kentucky. Returning to Tennessee it participated in the battle of Murfreesboro, after which it was united with the Third battalion to form the Thirty-seventh regiment.
Organization of the 37th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers
Company A: Murray County men
Company B: Muscogee County men
Company C: Upson County men-Holloway Grays
Company D: Hart County men-McMullan Guards
Company E: Clarke and Madison County men
Company F: Muscogee County men-Jackson Avengers
Company G: Elbert County men-Elbert County Guards
Company H: Columbia, Lincoln and Wilkes County men-Pettus Volunteers
Company I: Campbell, Carroll, Coweta, and Fulton County men
Company K: Muscogee County men-Lulu Guards
Bibliography-37th Georgia Infantry
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 7: Georgia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1987. See pp. 115-16 for a brief unit history.Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books,
1987. Ref. See p. 106 for a concise summary of the regiment's service.Georgia State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of
Georgia, l86l-l865. Vol. 4. Hapeville, GA: Longino & Porter, 1959. pp. 9-116. Unit roster.
Jones, Charles E. Georgia in the War, 1861-1866. Atlanta, GA: Foot & Davies, 1909. See p. 30 for an incomplete list of unit officers.Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies:...Georgia. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 247-48
Bibliography-3d Georgia Infantry Battalion
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 7: Georgia.
Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1987. See pp. 134-35 for a brief unit history.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian,
VA: Derwent Books,
1987. Ref. See p. 84 for a concise summary of the battalion's service.
Jones, Charles E. Georgia in the War, 1861-1866. Atlanta, GA: Foot & Davies, 1909. See p. 34 for an incomplete list of unit officers.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies:...Georgia. NY:
Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 183-84
Bibliography-9th Georgia Infantry Battalion
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 7: Georgia. Wilmington, NC:
Broadfoot,
1987. See p. 136 for a brief unit history.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian,
VA: Derwent Books,
1987. Ref. See p. 90 for a concise summary of the battalion's service.
Jones, Charles E. Georgia in the War, 1861-1866. Atlanta, GA: Foot & Davies, 1909. See p. 35 for an incomplete list of unit officers.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies:...Georgia. NY:
Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 201-02
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