IDENTIFIED CDV PHOTO 37th PENNA OFFICER. POW & EXCHANGED
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This is a CDV of Captain Lewis Waltz that served in the 37th Pennsylvania Infantry together. There is a handwritten name on the bottom back WALTZ. The CDV has no backmark or Tax Stamp.
Lewis Waltz
Enlisted on 6/11/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant.On 6/11/1861 he was commissioned into "F" Co. PA 37th Inf.
He was Mustered Out on 5/26/1864He was listed as:* POW (date and place not stated)* Exchanged 8/27/1862 (place not stated) (Exchanged for Lewis M Slaughter 17th ...VA)Promotions:* Capt 10/30/1863 PENNSYLVANIA
THIRTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Thirty-seventh Infantry. - Cols., George S. Hays, Silas M. Bailey; Lieut.-Cols., S. Duncan Oliphant, William Lemon; Majs., J. B. Gardner, J. W. Duncan, S. M. Bailey, Robert E. Johnston, George S. Gallupe. The 37th, the 8th reserve regiment, was organized at Pittsburgh and there mustered into the U. S. service for a three years, term on June 28, 1861. It rendez-voused at Camp Wright, near Pittsburgh, until ordered to Washington on July 20, and there encamped until Aug. 2, when it reported to Gen. McCall at Tennallytown and was assigned to the 1st brigade, Pa. reserve corps, under Brig.-Gen. John F. Reynolds. Winter quarters were established at Langley, Va., and the brigade encamped there from Oct. 9, 1861, to the spring of 1862, when it was attached to the 1st corps and held at Washington until the other troops had embarked for the Peninsula. Late in May the regiment joined the army and took part in the battle of Mechanicsville, with great loss, and also in the battle of Gaines, mill, but was in reserve at Malvern hill. In August it joined Gen. Pope's army and shared in the battle of the second Bull Run. Then, under McClellan, it fought at South mountain and Antietam, and was at Fredericksburg under Gen. Burnside. In all these fierce engagements the 37th fought nobly and became tried and reliable veterans. In the advance at Fredericksburg the conduct of the command was heroic, but after the day was over only half of the regiment was able to report for duty. On Feb. 8, 1863, the 37th was ordered with the rest of the reserves to the defenses of Washington for a needed rest, and here it was stationed until April 19, 1864, when it left for the front. After a week in camp at Bristoe Station it shared in the battle of the Wilderness, and in the subsequent actions of that campaign until May 17, when it was relieved, the veterans and recruits were transferred to the 191st Pa. infantry, and the remainder ordered home. The regiment was mustered out at Pittsburg, May 24, 1864. Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
Lewis Waltz
Enlisted on 6/11/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant.On 6/11/1861 he was commissioned into "F" Co. PA 37th Inf.
He was Mustered Out on 5/26/1864He was listed as:* POW (date and place not stated)* Exchanged 8/27/1862 (place not stated) (Exchanged for Lewis M Slaughter 17th ...VA)Promotions:* Capt 10/30/1863 PENNSYLVANIA
THIRTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Thirty-seventh Infantry. - Cols., George S. Hays, Silas M. Bailey; Lieut.-Cols., S. Duncan Oliphant, William Lemon; Majs., J. B. Gardner, J. W. Duncan, S. M. Bailey, Robert E. Johnston, George S. Gallupe. The 37th, the 8th reserve regiment, was organized at Pittsburgh and there mustered into the U. S. service for a three years, term on June 28, 1861. It rendez-voused at Camp Wright, near Pittsburgh, until ordered to Washington on July 20, and there encamped until Aug. 2, when it reported to Gen. McCall at Tennallytown and was assigned to the 1st brigade, Pa. reserve corps, under Brig.-Gen. John F. Reynolds. Winter quarters were established at Langley, Va., and the brigade encamped there from Oct. 9, 1861, to the spring of 1862, when it was attached to the 1st corps and held at Washington until the other troops had embarked for the Peninsula. Late in May the regiment joined the army and took part in the battle of Mechanicsville, with great loss, and also in the battle of Gaines, mill, but was in reserve at Malvern hill. In August it joined Gen. Pope's army and shared in the battle of the second Bull Run. Then, under McClellan, it fought at South mountain and Antietam, and was at Fredericksburg under Gen. Burnside. In all these fierce engagements the 37th fought nobly and became tried and reliable veterans. In the advance at Fredericksburg the conduct of the command was heroic, but after the day was over only half of the regiment was able to report for duty. On Feb. 8, 1863, the 37th was ordered with the rest of the reserves to the defenses of Washington for a needed rest, and here it was stationed until April 19, 1864, when it left for the front. After a week in camp at Bristoe Station it shared in the battle of the Wilderness, and in the subsequent actions of that campaign until May 17, when it was relieved, the veterans and recruits were transferred to the 191st Pa. infantry, and the remainder ordered home. The regiment was mustered out at Pittsburg, May 24, 1864. Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
