The 31st Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry

Infantry

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 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Union Army

Union Army

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 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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Service

The 31st Wisconsin was organized at Prairie du Chien

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

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 and Racine, Wisconsin

Racine, Wisconsin

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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.

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