The 31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a

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that served in the

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Service

The 31st Wisconsin was organized at

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and

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, 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.

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.Union - Wisconsin Infantry (Part 3)
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Commanders

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Isaac E. Messmore (August 28, 1862October 2, 1863) resigned. Before the war he was a Wisconsin legislator and judge. * Colonel Francis H. West (October 8, 1863June 20, 1865) was originally lieutenant colonel of the regiment. He received an honorary brevet to brigadier general. Before the war he served in the Wisconsin State Senate, after the war, he served in the Assembly and was appointed U.S. marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Majors

Robert B. Sevenson

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

Notes

References

The Civil War Archive
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