That  makes  in  all  3o;">  men — over  the  third  of  the
Regiment.  But  the  number  is  much  larger  than  that.
The  wounded  who  were  not  permanently  disabled  are
not  mentioned  in  Terrell's  reports.  The  wounds  that
our  Colonel,  W.  I).  Ward,  received,  are  not  mentioned,
and  of  course  those  of  privates  would  not  be.  Many
men  were  seriously  wounded
more  than  once,  yet  no  men
tion  is  made  of  it.  I  say  this
to  show  that  not  half  the
wounds  received  by  men  of
the  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,
or  any  other  Regiment,  are
given  in  that  report.  It  is  safe
to  say  that  more  than  half  the
men  in  the  Thirty-seventh
Regiment  were  killed  or  seri
ously  wounded.  Col.  Ward
says:  "My  old  Company  'A'
was  composed  of  strong,  young-
men,  the  flower  of  Ripley
county,  Indiana — 101  strong,
service  expired  thirty-four  of  them  were  in  their  graves."
Yet  Terrell's  report  only  names  twenty-four  as  having
been  killed  in  battle,  or  died  of  disease.  But  after  all.
if  our  Regiment  did  not  suffer  enough  it  was  because  it
did  not  have  the  opportunity.  It  was  actively  engaged
in  thirteen  hard  fought  battles,  including  Stone  river.
Chickamauga,  Resaca,  Pumpkinvine  creek  and  twice  at
Rocky  Face  ridge  and  Buzzard  Roost,  and  conducted
itself  heroically  in  every  one  of  them.
John  A.  Cowan.  Co.  K.
Richland.  Ind.
