Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
"E" Co. TN 37th Infantry
Enlisted May 1, 1863 at Owens X Roads, Alabama, his last card the Sep/Oct 1864 muster roll records him present, the company then being stationed at Tuscumbia, Alabama, the regiment was paroled at Greensboro, NC May 1, 1865
None of the 8 cards in his service record file record that he was discharged at Bowling Green which you may obtain through the service noted above. From what unit histories I can find, the regiment was never in the area of Bowling Green.
You will find some 8 Moons, 2 McMullens and one Sublett also in Co. E.
37TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY COMPANY E
Capt. Thomas H. Owen's Company was organized in 1861 and was originally comprised almost entirely of men from the southeastern part of Madison Co., Alabama and particularly the communities of Owens Cross Roads, Berkley, and Vienna(New Hope). As the State of Alabama was not prepared to arm the unit, the company on October 8, 1861, was mustered as Company E into the 37th Tennessee Infantry Regiment which was enroute from its own organization site at Camp Ramsey, near Knoxville, Tennessee to Camp Sam Hayes, Germantown, Shelby Co., Tennessee. The original brigade of three regiments and indeed it was for a time known as the 1st East Tennessee Rifles, 7th Tennessee Infantry. However, it too had considerable difficulty securing arms of any sort, much less rifles, so that the latter name was soon dropped. An assortment of old shotguns, country rifles and muskets was finally acquired and the regiment on November 14 started for Knoxville and its eventual joining with General Zollicoffer in southeastern Kentucky.
The regiment was at Mill Springs, Kentucky, on January 16th, but not actively engaged in the nearby Battle of Fishing Creek. After the defeat at Fishing Creek, the regiment was marched across Tennessee and Alabama and was eventually transported by rail to Burnsville, Mississippi, and outpost on the right wing of the Army at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862.
Capt. Owens was replaced by Capt. John W. Grayson in the re-organization of the regiment that took place May 10, 1862. By the fall of the year, the regiment was again in Kentucky where it was engaged in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. It is interesting to note that in December 1861, the regiment reported a strength of 771; ten months later, having been engaged in no major battles, there were only 230 men available for Perryville. This is indicative of the heavy attrition which disease played in the reduction of Confederate regiments.
In the Battle of Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863, the 37th lost 68 men out of 225 engaged. The regiment then moved to Chattanooga to rest and recruit until June 1863 when it was combined into a field unit with the 15th Tennessee. The 15th/37th lost 121 out of 230 engaged at Chickamauga September 19-20, 1863 and lost heavily at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863. As a part of Hardee's Corps, the regiment participated in the Atlanta Campaign and the return to Tennessee under General John B. Hood. It was in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville and as a part of Brigadier General J.B. Palmer's Brigade, was surrendered and paroled at Greensboro,North Carolina, May 1, 1865.
http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/CStn.html#TN-Inf
See also: http://www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa37.html
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37th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (7th Infantry) (1st East Tennessee Rifles)
37th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 7th Tennessee Regiment Provisional Army, [and also called 1st East Tennessee Rifles] was organized at Camp Ramsay, near Knoxville, Tennessee, in October, 1861. Its companies were raised in the counties of Coffee, Bedford, Claiborne, Jefferson, Grainger, Hamilton, Washington, Bradley, Blount, and Sevier. Company E contained men from Alabama. After fighting at Perryville, the unit was assigned to B.R. Johnson's, Bate's, Tyler's, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. In June, 1863, it was consolidated with the 15th Regiment. It fought in many conflicts from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and was active in North Carolina. During December, 1861, this unit contained 771 effectives and lost thirty percent of the 225 engaged at Murfreesboro. The 15th/37th lost fifty-eight percent of the 202 at Chickamauga and totalled 234 men and 148 arms in December, 1863. It was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William H. Carroll and Moses White; Lieutenant Colonels R. Dudley Frayser and Hunter P. Moffett; and Majors Edward F. Hunt, Joseph T. McReynolds, and R.M. Tankesley.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm