31st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
| 31st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | December 24, 1862 to July 8, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Atlanta Campaign Battle of Bentonville |
The 31st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 31st Wisconsin was organized at Prairie du Chien and Racine, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service December 24, 1862.
Companies A-F were mustered out on June 20, 1865. Companies G-K followed on July 8, 1865.
[edit] Casualties
The 31st Wisconsin suffered 23 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 86 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 112 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Colonels
Isaac E. Messmore
[edit] Majors
Robert B. Sevenson
[edit] Captains
Company A: Henry A. Chase
Company B: Nathaniel B. Treat
Company C: Ira D. Burdick
Company D: Ornsby B. Thomas
Company E: Daniel B. Dibble
Company F: Charles W. Burns
Company G: Farlin Q. Ball
Company H: Edward K. Buttrick
Company I: John B. Vliet
Company K: Edwin Augustus Bottum
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Message of the Governor of Wisconsin Together with the Annual Reports 1863
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