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37th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveJune 6, 1861, to June 22, 1863[1][2][3]
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Size939,[4][note 1] 740[5][note 2], 772[6][7][note 3]
Nickname(s)Irish Rifles
EquipmentModel 1842 Springfield Muskets (.58 caliber, rifled)[8][note 4], Enfield Rifled Muskets, Austrian Rifled Muskets[9][10]
Engagements
  • Blackburn's Ford
  • Siege of Yorktown
  • Battle of Williamsburg
  • Battle of Fair Oaks
  • Seven Days Battles
  • Battle of Oak Grove
  • Battle of Glendale
  • Battle of Malvern Hill
  • Battle of Groveton
  • Second Battle of Bull Run
  • Battle of Chantilly
  • Battle of Fredericksburg
  • Battle of Chancellorsville
Commanders
ColonelJohn H. McCunn
ColonelSamuel B. Hayman
Insignia
III Corps (3rd Division) badge
III Corps (1st Division) badge
Winter quarters of 37th New York Infantry Regiment after the Battle of Fredericksburg. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 37th New York Infantry Regiment or the Irish Rifles was formed accepted by the State on May 25, 1861, and organized in New York City. The regiment mustered in the service of the United States on June 6 and 7, 1861 for two years of service to June 22, 1863.[2]

The 75th New York Militia formed the nucleus of the regiment. Several companies were recruited: H at Allegany, I at Ellicottsville, K at Pulaski, and all others at New York City. Men from the 101st New York Volunteer Infantry joined this regiment by transfer on December 24, 1862. An on May 25, 1863, men who had served were consolidated into two companies and these were transferred to the 40th Infantry as Companies I and K.[2]

  1. ^ Civil War in the East, 37th New York Volunteer Infantry.
  2. ^ a b c NYSMM, 37th Infantry Regiment (2019).
  3. ^ CWA, 37th Regiment Infantry "Irish Rifles"(2016).
  4. ^ Hillhouse (1862), p. 11.
  5. ^ Hillhouse (1863), p. 1052.
  6. ^ Sprague, (1864), Vol. I, p. 8.
  7. ^ Sprague, (1864), Vol. II, p. 12.
  8. ^ Hillhouse (1862), p. 15; Hillhouse (1863), p. 1055.
  9. ^ Mink, Armament in the Army of the Potomac, (2008), p.86.
  10. ^ Mink, Armament in the Army of the Potomac, (2018), p.89.


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