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of the 37th Massachusetts Regiment, was credited with capturing Confederate Major General George Washington Custis Lee, eldest son of the famed General Robert E. Lee.
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units known as the "Tremont Zouaves" under the command of Capt. C.S. Bird. Their uniforms consisted of a dark blue jacket with red trim, a long red wool sash,
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Recollections of the Civil War: with many original diary entries and letters written from the seat of war, and with annotated references (1912)
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trousers of dark blue wool, a red stocking fez cap, and white canvas leggings.
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and served until the end of the war in April 1865. Companies A, B, and C were
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It was formed from volunteers mainly from the far western counties of
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During the Battle of Sailor's Creek Virginia, April 6, 1865, Private
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The regiment was formed in September 1862 at Camp Briggs under
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The 37th Massachusetts saw action at many battles including
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Massachusetts
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Massachusetts U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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37th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment

United States of America
Union
Infantry
36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
38th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
infantry
regiment
Union
American Civil War

Major
Oliver Edwards
Zouaves
chasseur
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
New York City
draft riot
Siege of Petersburg
Robert E. Lee

Spencer repeating rifle
Massachusetts
7th
10th Massachusetts
Spencer repeating rifle
David Dunnels White
"History of the Thirty-Seventh Regiment, Mass. Volunteers in the Civil War of 1861-1865 : with a comprehensive sketch of the doings of Massachusetts as a state, and of the principal campaigns of the war : Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive"

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