Jasper County, Iowa Civil War Enlistment - 37th Iowa Infantry Transcribed by Joan Achille . Submitted to the USGenWeb Project Archives on June 2nd, 1998. ====================================================================== "1878 History of Jasper County, Iowa", pg. 425 & 426. Thirty-Seventh Iowa Infantry 37th Inf. "Graybeard Infantry" This regiment was known as the "Gray Beard Regiment" from the fact that nearly or quite every member was over forty-five years of age. The regiment was formed during the Summer of 1862. The Thirty-seventh was assigned to guard duty at St. Louis, afterward at Alton, then at Rock Island. from there it went to Memphis, TN, and Holly Springs, AR, where regular duty was performed. It was in numerous skirmishes,but no battles, By doing duty as guards of rebel prisoners, the Thirty-seventh relieved another regiment of younger men. It was in the service about three years, and was mustered out at Davenport. Co C Shelladay, 1st Lt. Stephen B., appt. Sgt Maj. 8 Nov 1862, prom. to 1st Lt. 3 Jan 1863 Co I Lamb, Capt. Caleb, comm. 15 Dec 1862 Blasdell, Sgt. Wj., enl. 23 Sep 1862, d. at Alton Pattison, Cpl. Alex., enl. 30 Sep 1862, disch. 3 Nov 1864 disabled Gardner, Musician, Isaiah, enl. 20 Sep 1862 Gardner, Musician G. L., enl. 20 Sep 1862 Louderbach, Wagoner R. R., enl. 9 Oct 1862, disch. 13 Dec 1863 disabled Cavett, T. H., enl. 26 Sep 1862 Denny, Robert, enl. 14 Nov 1862 Davis, Elijah, enl. 19 Sep 1862, disch. 9 Nov 1864 disabled Guthry, Jacob, enl. 9 Oct 1862 Gardner, Wm., enl. 19 Sep 1862 Heard, N. S., enl. 6 Oct 1862 Herring, Lewis, enl. 20 Oct 1862 Harris, David, enl. 10 Oct 1862, disch. 16 Mar 1865 disabled Hampton, A. Y., enl. 1 Oct 1862 Keating, John, enl. 29 Oct 1862 Lee, S. R., enl. 25 Nov 1862 McGarrah, Alex., enl. 9 Oct 1862 Moffitt, C. D., enl. 7 Oct 1862 Meek, Wm., enl. 3 Sep 1862 Oswalt, Jacob, enl. 24 Sep 1862 Peer, Alex., enl. 24 Sep 1862, disch. 16 May 1863 disabled Purrington, George, enl. 23 Sep 1862 Pease, Andrew, enl. 29 Sep 1862, d. at Alton, IL Robertson, W.J., enl. 14 Oct 1862, disch. 3 Nov 1864 disabled Slater, T., enl. 22 Dec 1862, disch. 8 May 1863 disabled Stewart, Wm., enl. 2 Oct 1862, d. 21 Apr 1863 Thatcher, D. C., enl. 23 Sep 1862, disch. 15 Dec 1864, disabled Wilson, Wm., enl. 8 Sep 1862, disch. 20 may 1864 Wilkinson, R. B., enl. 19 Oct 1862, disch. 28 Feb 1863 disabled ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.