37th Illinois Infantry Regiment
# 37th Illinois Infantry Regiment

The 37th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed the "Fremont Rifles" and "Illinois Greyhounds", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

## Organization

The 37th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on September 18, 1861.

## Action

### Battle of Elkhorn Tavern / Pea Ridge

The Regiment suffered casualties of the 54 members of Company A: 5 killed, 4 mortally wounded and 24 wounded.

## Disbanding

The regiment was mustered out on May 15, 1866.

## Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 91 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 5 officers and 164 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 267 fatalities.

## Commanders

* Colonel Julius White – mustered on September 18, 1861; promoted to brigadier general on June 9, 1862.
* Colonel Myron S. Barnes – dismissed on disability on November 20, 1862.
* Colonel John C. Black – resigned August 15, 1866 (as brigadier general).
* Colonel Ransom Kennicott – mustered out with the regiment (as lieutenant colonel).
