31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 31st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry
caption=Iowa state flag
dates= October 13, 1862 to June 27, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Jonesboro
March to the Sea
Battle of Bentonville
The 31st Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 31st Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 13, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 27, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1177 men served in the 31st Iowa at one time or another during its existence. [http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/logan/mil515.htm Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1] It suffered 1 officer and 27 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 272 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 303 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uniainf3.htm#31stinf The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel William Smyth
*Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah W. Jenkins [Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1]
ee also
*List of Iowa Civil War Units
*Iowa in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionia.htm The Civil War Archive]
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