Fairy,

Here's a little more information for Benjamin F. Conner and the 37th Virginia Infantry (CS):

Name: Benjamin F Connor ,
Enlistment Date: 22 May 1861
Service Record:
Promoted to 1st Sergeant
Enlisted as a Sergeant on 22 May 1861
Enlisted in Company E, 37th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 22 May 1861.
Absent, sick on 15 August 1862 at Monterey, VA (Estimated day)
Wounded on 15 December 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA (Big toe, estimated day)
Admitted on 16 December 1862 at Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA

Here's a short history of this well-fought Virginia regiment:

37th Regiment, Virginia Infantry

37th Infantry Regiment was organized in Washington County, Virginia, in May, 1861, and accepted in Confederate service in July. The unit was active at First Kernstown and McDowell, then took part in Jackson's Valley Campaign. During the war it was assigned to General Taliaferro's, Colston's, Steuart's, and W. Terry's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 37th was involved in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, moved with Early tothe Shenandoah Valley, then participated in the final campaign at Appomattox. It totalled 846 men in December, 1861, sustained 113 casualties at First Kernstown and had 5 killed and 34 wounded at McDowell. The regiment reported 12 killed and 76 wounded at Cedar Mountain, 5 killed and 36 wounded at Second Manassas, and 22 killed, 101 wounded, and 9 missing at Chancellorsville. More than thirty percent of the 264 at Gettysburg were disabled and many were captured at Spotsylvania. Only 2 officers and 39 men surrendered. The field officers were Colonels Samuel V. Fulkerson and Titus V. Williams, Lieutenant Colonels Robert P. Carson and John F. Terry, and Major Henry C. Wood.

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After a brief search of the Virginia Confederate Pension index, I'm not seeing an application for he or his wife/widow for a pension. I'll see if I can't find something in Missouri.

Jim Martin