Service
The majority of the 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry was organized at Glasgow, Kentucky. Companies A, B and C were mustered into service at Glasgow on September 17, 1863. Companies D, E, F, and G were mustered October 24, also at Glasgow. Captain Stroub's company, which was originally intended for the 51st Kentucky Infantry, was mustered into service at Covington, Kentucky on September 4, and afterward consolidated with the regiment as Company H. Companies I and K were mustered at Glasgow on December 21–22. It was mustered in under the command of Colonel Charles S. Hanson.
The regiment was attached to District of South Central Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to January 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, 1st Division, XXIII Corps, to April 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, XXIII Corps, Department of the Ohio, to December 1864.
The 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry mustered out of service on December 29, 1864.
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