CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
37th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (7th Infantry) (1st East Tennessee Rifles)
- Overview:
-
37th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 7th Tennessee Regiment Provisional Army, [and also called
1st East Tennessee Rifles] was organized at Camp Ramsay, near Knoxville, Tennessee, in
October, 1861. Its companies were raised in the counties of Coffee, Bedford, Claiborne,
Jefferson, Grainger, Hamilton, Washington, Bradley, Blount, and Sevier. Company E contained
men from Alabama. After fighting at Perryville, the unit was assigned to
B.R. Johnson's, Bate's,
Tyler's, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. In June, 1863, it was consolidated with the
15th Regiment. It fought in many conflicts from Murfreesboro
to Atlanta, returned to
Tennessee
with Hood, and was active in North Carolina. During December, 1861, this unit contained 771
effectives and lost thirty percent of the 225 engaged at Murfreesboro. The 15th/37th lost
fifty-eight percent of the 202 at Chickamauga and totalled 234 men and 148 arms in December, 1863.
It was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William H.
Carroll and Moses White; Lieutenant Colonels R. Dudley Frayser and Hunter P. Moffett; and
Majors Edward F. Hunt, Joseph T. McReynolds, and R.M. Tankesley.
- Soldiers:
- View Battle Unit's Soldiers ยป
