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The following table represents the commander of the 37th Massachusetts infantry regiment, the brigade commander, the division commander, the Corps commander and the overall Union commander during the different battles of the Civil War. It basically shows the chain of command from the Overall commander, down to the regimental commander.

	Army Commander	Corps Commander	Division Commander	Brigade Commander	37th MA Commander
Fredericksburg	Gen. A. Burnside	Gen. W.F. Smith	Gen. J. Newton	Gen. C. Devens	Col. O. Edwards
Chancellorsville	Gen. J. Hooker	Gen. J. Sedgwick	Gen. J. Newton	Col. W.H. Browne Col. H. L. Eustis	Col. O. Edwards
Gettysburg	Gen. G. Meade	Gen. J. Sedgwick	Gen. J. Newton Gen. F. Wheaton	Col. H. Eustis	Col. O. Edwards
Wilderness	Gen. G. Meade	Gen. J. Sedgwick	Gen. G.W. Getty	Col. H. Eustis	Col. O. Edwards
Spotsylvania	Gen. G. Meade	Gen. J. Sedgwick	Gen. G.W. Getty	Col. H. Eustis	Col. O. Edwards
Cold Harbor	Gen. G. Meade	Gen. J. Sedgwick	Gen. G.W. Getty	Col. H. Eustis	Col. O. Edwards

	Ambrose Burnside Commander of the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg
	Joseph T. Hooker Commander of the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville
	George G. Meade Commander of the Army of the Potomac from Gettysburg on.
	William F. Smith Commander of Sixth Corps at Fredericksburg
	John Sedgwick Commander of Sixth Corps at Chancellorsville, Rappahannock Bridge, Mine Run, Wilderness, Gettysburg and Spotsylvania.
	John Newton Commander of Division at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
	George W. Getty Commander of Division at Wilderness, Petersburg, Shenandoah Valley, and Appomattox
	Henry L. Eustis Commander of Brigade for duration of war
	Oliver O. Edwards Commander of Regiment for duration of war