OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - HISTORY of 31st OVI Regiment (published 1908)
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                       Regiment History      
                  OHIO THIRTY-FIRST INFANTRY 
                        (Three Years) 

Thirty-first Infantry. Col. Moses B. Walker, Lieut. Cols. Cyrus W.
Grant, Frederick W. Lister, Milton B. W. Harmon; Majs. Samuel L.
Leffingwell, John W. Free. This regiment was organized at Columbus, 
in Aug. and Sept., 1861, to serve for three years. It left the state on
Sept. 30 and on Oct. 2 reached Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., where a regular
course of drill began which rendered the regiment more efficient. It
became attached to Buell's army and was in the advance toward Corinth,
during which it was engaged frequently in skirmishing with the
Confederates. It participated in the siege and was engaged at times
quite warmly. In July the regiment was divided into detachments, two
companies being sent to Decatur and one to Trinity. The latter
detachment, consisting of 28 men, was attacked by a force of some 200 or
300 mounted Confederates. The attack was repulsed, but one-half of the
detachment was killed or wounded. Participating in the march to
Louisville the regiment was under fire at the battle of Perryville, but
was not actively engaged. It was actively engaged, however,at the battle
of Stone's river, where it acquitted itself nobly.The regiment then
enjoyed a few months, rest and in June it started on the Tullahoma
campaign. It was engaged at Hoover's gap and, in connection with the
17th Ohio, carried a position defended by two Confederate brigades. The
regiment was engaged on both days at Chickamauga and suffered severely.
Its next engagement was Brown's ferry and then followed Missionary
Ridge, where it was among the foremost regiments to bear the loyal
standard into the enemy's works.About this time the regiment
re-enlisted, received a furlough of 30 days, and in the following spring
it marched on the Atlanta campaign.It was engaged in an assault on the
enemy's line in front of Resaca and lost heavily.It participated in all
the important engagements of the campaign except the battle of
Jonesboro, then moved with Sherman's army to the sea, thence up through
the Carolinas,and was mustered out on July 20,1865. Source: The Union
Army, vol. 2 

The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65
-- Records of the Regiments in the Union Army -- Cyclopedia of Battles -- 
Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. 8 vols. 
Madison: Federal Publishing, 1908.


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