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The 37th Iowa Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Graybeard Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service. The 37th Iowa Infantry was organized at Muscatine, Iowa, and mustered in for three years of Federal service on December 15, 1862.
15 paź 2020 · The 'Graybeards' Were an Infantry Unit Just for Men Too Old for Military Service. Thomas Weatherwax was 55 and had 11 children when he enlisted in the Union Army in 1863. The 37th Iowa Infantry...
Iowa recruited a regiment of men over the age of 45 called the “graybeards,” officially known as the 37th Iowa Infantry Regiment. They served from October 1862 until May 1865. The average age was 57, with more than 100 of the men in their sixties.
It was composed exclusively of men who were exempt from the obligations of military duty. From the date of its organization, it came to be generally known and designated as the "Graybeard Regiment."
28 mar 1992 · The Graybeard Regiment. During the Civil War, one Union regiment, the 37th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, was largely, and deliberately, composed of old men. It was nicknamed the Graybeard Regiment. In 1862, the U.S. War Department authorized the formation of the 37th Infantry to show that men past draft age were willing and able to go to war.
10 paź 2012 · One of the more unusual regiments of the ACW was the 37th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It was purposely and mostly comprised of old men. The regiment was nicknamed the Greybeards. In 1862 the U.S. War Dept. authorized the formation of the 37th to show that men beyond the draft age were willing and able to go to war.
25 maj 2021 · The 37th Iowa Infantry Regiment, also known as the Iowa Graybeards, was drummed up as a way to prove that men past the Army’s 45-year-old age limit could still help the war effort.
