Third German Regiment

37th Ohio Infantry, "The Third German Regiment"

Organization and affiliations:

  • Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, and mustered in October 2, 1861.
  • Ordered to the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia.
  • Attached to Benham's Brigade, District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to October, 1861.
  • District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to March, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to May, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to August, 1862.
  • District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862.
  • Ewing's Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to January, 1863.
  • 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to October, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
  • Dept. of Arkansas to August, 1865.
Service:
  • Ordered to the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia, October 1861.
  • Operations in the Kanawha District and New River Regiment, West Virginia, October 19-November 16, 1861.
  • Duty at Clifton till March, 1862.
    • Expedition to Logan Court House and Guyandotte Valley January 12-23.
  • Demonstrations against Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 10-18.
    • Actions at Princeton May 15, 16 and 17.
    • Charleston May 17.
  • Moved to Flat Top Mountain and duty there till August.
  • Moved to Raleigh Court House August 1.
  • Operations about Wyoming Court House August 2-8.
    • Wyoming Court House August 5.
  • Operations in the Kanawha Valley August 29-September 18.
    • Repulse of Loring's attack on Fayetteville September 10.
    • Cotton Hill September 11.
    • Charleston September 12-13.
  • Duty at Point Pleasant till October 15, and at Gauley Bridge till December 20.
  • Ordered to Napoleon, Ark., December 20; thence to Young's Point, La., January 21, 1863, and duty there till March.
  • Expedition to Rolling Fork via Muddy, Steele's and Black Bayous and Deer Creek March 14-27.
  • Demonstrations on Haines and Drumgould's Bluffs April 27-May 1.
  • Movement to join army in rear of Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14.
  • Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4.
    • Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
  • Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10.
  • Siege of Jackson July 10-17.
  • Camp at Big Black till September 26.
  • Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26-November 21.
  • Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29.
    • Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, October 27.
  • Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
    • Tunnel Hill November 24-25.
    • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • March to relief of Knoxville November 29-December 8.
  • Reenlisted at Larkinsville, Ala., February 9, 1864.
  • Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8.
    • Demonstrations on Resaca May 8-13.
    • Near Resaca May 13.
    • Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
    • Advance on Dallas May 18-25.
    • Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
    • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
      • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
    • Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
    • Ruff's Mills July 3-4.
    • Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
    • Battle of Atlanta July 22.
    • Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
      • Ezra Chapel, Hood's 2nd Sortie, July 28.
    • Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
    • Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
    • Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
  • Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3.
    • Turkeytown and Gadsden Road October 25.
  • March to the sea November 15-December 10.
  • Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
    • Fort McAllister December 13.
  • Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
    • Salkehatchie Swamp, S.C., February 2-5.
    • Cannon's Bridge, South Edisto River, February 8.
    • North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17.
    • Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 20-21.
    • Mill Creek March 22.
    • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
    • Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
    • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
    • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
  • March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
  • Grand Review May 24.
  • Moved to Louisville, Ky., June; thence to Little Rock, Ark., and duty there till August.
  • Mustered out August 7, 1865.
Regimental losses during service:
  • 9 Officers and 102 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded.
  • 1 Officer and 94 Enlisted men by disease.
  • Total 206.