The 37th Indiana Infantry was organized at Lawrenceburg, Indiana and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 18, 1861, under the command of Colonel James S. Hull.
The regiment was attached to 8th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, October to December 1861.
Unattached, Army of the Ohio, railroad guard to September 1862.
7th Brigade, 8th Division, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Center, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863.
The 37th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 25, 1865.
Ordered to Kentucky October, and duty at mouth of Salt River and at Bacon Creek until February 1862.
Advance on Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Nashville, Tennessee, February 10–25, 1862.
Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until August.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22.
Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11.
Scout from Chattanooga to Harrison and Ooltewah January 21, 1864 (detachment).
Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23–25, 1864.
Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.