37th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry - Confederate

United States     U.S. Military      Arkansas      Arkansas Military      Arkansas in the Civil War       37th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry

Brief History
37th Infantry Regiment, successor to Pleasant's 29th Regiment, was formed in January, 1863. It served in Fagan's and A. T. Hawthorne's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. The regiment lost fifty-one percent of the 432 engaged at Helena, then skirmished in some minor actions in Arkansas and Louisiana. It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865. Joseph H. Crute, Jr, CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS, "Units of the Confederate States Army", http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm (accessed October 8, 2010).

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.