37th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
THIRD BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, TWENTY-FIFTH ARMY CORPS
Organized February 3, 1864, from 3rd North Carolina Colored Infantry.
Attached to U. S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and
North Carolina, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hincks' Colored Division, 18th
Corps, Army of the James, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th
Corps, to July, 1864. Unattached, Army of the James, to August, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 25th Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, Terry's
Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1865. Dept. of
North Carolina, to February, 1867.
SERVICE.-Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., till April, 1864. Expedition
to Westmoreland County April 12-14. Butler's operations on south side of
James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-June 15 Capture of
Fort Powhatan May 5. Duty there and at Wilson's Wharf till September 28.
Moved to Deep Bottom September 28-29. Battle of
Chaffin's Farm,
New Market Heights, September 29-30. Battle of
Fair Oaks
October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till December 7. 1st Expedition
to Fort Fisher,
N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to
Fort Fisher
January 7-15, 1865. Bombardment of Fort Fisher January 13-15. Assault and
capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Hill January 19. Federal Point
February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-20. Capture of
Wilmington
February 22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March
1-April 26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Cox's Bridge March
23-24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at
various points in North Carolina and in the Dept. of the South till
February, 1867. Mustered out February 11, 1867.
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SOURCE: Dyer's Compendium and Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
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