CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
37th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
- Overview:
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37th Infantry Regiment, organized by Colonel C.C. Lee, was assembled at High Point,
North Carolina, in November, 1861. The men were raised in the counties of Buncombe,
Watauga, Mecklenburg, Wake, Ashe, Alexander, and Gaston. The unit fought at New Bern, then moved to Virginia in
the psring of 1862. It was assigned to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern
Virginia. The 37th saw action at Hanover Court House and particpated
in many campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. It continued the fight in
the Petersburg trenches and
around Appomattox. This
regiment reported 125 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 15 at Cedar Mountain, 81 at Second Manassas, 93 at Fredericksburg, and 235 at Chancellorsville. Of the 379 engaged
at Gettysburg, more than
thirty percent were disabled. It surrendered 10 officers and 98 men. The field officers were
Colonels William M. Barbour and Charles C. Lee; Lieutenant Colonel John B. Ashcraft, Charles
N. Hickerson, and William G. Morris; and Majors Jackson L. Bost, Owen N. Brown, John G.
Bryan, Rufus M. Rankin, and William R. Rankin.
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