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Thirty-First Indiana Infantry.
Cruft's Brigade —
Stanley's Division--Fourth Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Company | A | | 13 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 145 |
| | B | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 25 | 25 | 152 |
| | C | | 13 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 166 |
| | D | | 14 | 14 | | 28 | 28 | 132 |
| | E | | 18 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 28 | 161 |
| | F | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 22 | 22 | 166 |
| | G | | 8 | 8 | | 24 | 24 | 147 |
| | H | | 7 | 7 | | 31 | 31 | 152 |
| | I | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 166 |
| | K | | 12 | 12 | | 21 | 21 | 159 |
| Totals | 5 | 115 | 120 | 5 | 253 | 258 | 1,562 |
Total of killed and wounded, 432.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Fort Donelson, Tenn. | 15 | Pine Mountain, Ga. | 1 |
| Shiloh, Tenn. | 31 | Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. | 15 |
| Siege of Corinth, Miss. | 1 | Chattahoochie, Ga. | 1 |
| Stone's River, Tenn. | 11 | Marietta, Ga. | 1 |
| Chickamauga, Ga. | 12 | Jonesboro, Ga. | 4 |
| Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. | 4 | Atlanta campaign | 5 |
| Resaca, Ga. | 1 | Nashville, Tenn. | 18 |
Present, also,
Fort Henry;
Perryville;
Hoover's Gap;
Smyrna Station; Lovejoy's Station;
Franklin.
notes.--Organized at
Terre Haute, Ind., September 20, 1861.
It proceeded soon after to
Kentucky, encamping at
Calhoun, on the
Green River, where it remained until February 11, 1862, when it moved with
General Grant's forces to
Fort Donelson.
It participated in the assault on that stronghold, losing 9 killed, 52 wounded, and 1 missing; the regiment was commanded in this action by
Major Frederick Am,
Colonel Cruft being in command of the brigade, which was then in
Lew Wallace's Division.
At
Shiloh, the regiment was in
Lauman's Brigade of
Hurlbut's Division; loss, 21 killed--including
Major Arn,--114 wounded, and 3 missing. After marching with
Buell's Army on the long and arduous campaigns of 1862, the regiment went into action next at
Stone's River, it being then in
General Cruft's (1st) Brigade,
Palmer's (2d) Division,
Crittenden's Corps, and was commanded in that action by
Colonel Osborn; loss, 5 killed, 45 wounded, and 37 missing. After this battle, the Thirty-first remained quietly encamped near
Murfreesboro until the forward movement of the army in June, 1863.
At
Chickamauga the regiment was commanded by
Colonel Smith; loss, 5 killed, 61 wounded, and 17 missing. In October, 1863, the Army of the Cumberland was reorganized, the regiment becoming part of
Cruft's (1st) Brigade,
Palmer's (1st) Division, Fourth Corps.
During the
Atlanta campaign of 1864, this division was known as
Stanley's Division.
After the evacuation of
Atlanta, the Thirty-first accompanied the Fourth Corps in its pursuit of
Hood, fighting at
Nashville with a loss of 10 killed and 33 wounded. After the war closed the corps moved to
Texas, where the regiment was mustered out December 8, 1865.
