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more Alabamians. Ordered to Columbus, Miss., after a short time the regiment proceeded to Tupelo. There it was placed
in Little's division, and in the brigade of Col. Martin of Tennessee, with three Mississippi regiments; but Gen. D.H. Maury
succeeded Gen. Little, when the latter was killed at Iuka, where the Thirty-seventh was first engaged, with some loss. The
regiment took part in the battle of Corinth, losing heavily in casualties. Its brigade commander fell at Corinth, and the Thirty-
seventh was thrown into a brigade with the Second Texas, and Forty-second Alabama, Hen. John C. Moore commanding.
The winter was spent in Mississippi, - the regiment retreating Holly Springs, and taking part in the repulse of the invaders
at Chicasa Bayou. Early in 1863 the Thirty-seventh was sent to the Sunflower River, but went back in time to take part in the
battles of Port Gibson and Baker's Creek, where its losses were severe. The regiment was then a portion of the garrison
of the Vicksburg, and shared in the perils of that siege, where it was captured with the fortress. Exchanged soon after, the
regiment was in parole camp at Demopolis. Ordered to the Army of Tennessee, it lost heavily at Lookout Mountain, and
quite a number at Mission Ridge. The winter was passed at Dalton, where Gen. Baker of Barbour took charge of the
brigade. At Mill-Creek Gap, Resaca, Noonday Creek, Kennesa, and the series of battles around Atlanta, the colors of the
Thirty-seventh floated at the front, as its long list of casualties shows. In one charge at Atlanta, July 22, its commander and
40 men were killed outright, out of 300 men present. During the fall and winter, the Thirty-seventh was on garrision duty at
Spanish Fort, but moved into North Carolina. It broke the enemy's line at Bentonville, and furled its tattered banner a few
days later, with 300 of its number present of the 1100 with which it took the field.
W.F. Slaton of Macon.
W. F. Slaton; wounded at Corinth; captured at Lookout Mountain; promoted.
Joel C. Kendrick of Covington.
Thomas L. Samford of Macon.
James H. Johnson; wounded at Atlanta.
Jeptha J. Padgett; wounded.
Joel G. Greene; wounded at Atlanta.
S.M. Robertson; wounded; resigned.
C.E. Evans; wounded at Resaca and Atlanta.
H.F. Reynolds.
T.J. Griffin.
Geo. H. Chatfield
Born 21 August 1833 in Merriweather County, Georgia
Died June 1910 in Burr Holly Creek, Alabama
courtsey of Doyle Chastain
Born 9 October 1841 - Died 15 September 1920
Levi was captured at Chattanooga, Tennessee
and sent to the military prison at Rock Island,
Illinois where he remained until the close of the
war.
The photo on the far left is of Levi and his wife
Mary taken just after the war. The photo on the
right was taken in 1920 just before Levis death.
photos courtsey of great grand daughter
Cindy Gantt Campbell
