Casualties of Co. I & the 37TH VA INF

**Major General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, running from March through June, was especially devastating to “The Fearnots “of Company I, **

2^ND Lt. James H. Barrett

Co. “I”

37^TH Virginia Volunteer Infantry

Killed In Action

Sharpsburg, Maryland

September 17, 1862

“Here lie men who have not hesitated to seal and stamp their convictions with their blood…”

Anonymous writer for the New York Times, upon seeing the dead of Antietam

During its four years of service to the Confederacy, 1489 men of all ages passed through the ranks of the 37^TH Virginia Infantry, at one time or another. Of this number 124 were Killed in Action or Mortally Wounded. 125 died of other causes. This established a death rate of 16. 7 per cent.

The number of Wounded and POW of the regiment are not available at this time.

The casualty statistics for company “I”, The New Garden Fearnots” are as follows:

112 names appear on the roster for Company “I”.

“The Fearnots”

25 members of the company gave their lives in their term of service

This amounted to 33 % casualties for the company.

Killed In Action: 8

Mortally Wounded In Action: 6

Died Of Disease Or Other Causes: 11

Wounded In Action-Recovered: 12

***The New Garden Fearnots suffered 12 Per Cent of the regiment’s battle deaths, and 9 Per Cent of the regiments Non-battle deaths, for a total of 10.5 Per Cent of the deaths suffered by the entire regiment.***