31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

31st Regiment Wisconsin Infantry

The 31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They served in the western theater of the war, participating in the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea (Savannah Campaign), and the Carolinas Campaign.
Obituary Civil War Veteran JOSEPH DOCHNAHL
Obituary Civil War Veteran JOSEPH DOCHNAHL
Obituary Civil War Veteran JOSEPH DOCHNAHL
Obituary Civil War Veteran JOSEPH DOCHNAHL
Joseph Dochnahl - Company C of the 31st Wisconsin
Joseph Dochnahl - Company C of the 31st Wisconsin
John Robert Mabbott - 31st Wisconsin - Civil War
John Robert Mabbott - 31st Wisconsin - Civil War

OVERVIEW:
Companies “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” “E” and “F” organized at: Prairie du Chien, Wis., and mustered in October 9 1862. Companies “G,” “H,” “I” and “K” organized at Camp Utley, Bacine, Wis., and mustered in Deeember 24, 1862. Companies “A,” “D” and “F” ordered to Madison, Wis., November 14. Companies “B, “C” and “E” ordered to Racine, Wis., November 14, as guard for draft rendezvous. Companies “A,” “D” and “F” moved to Racine, December 20.

Regiment ordered to Columbus, Ky., March 1, 1863. Attached to District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to October, 1863. Unattached, Dept of the Cumberland, to November, 1863. Post of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Rousseau’s 3rd Division, 12th Army Corps, Dept. of tne Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.

SERVICE:
Duty at Columbus, Ky., March 6-September 24, 1863. Moved to Cairo, Ill., Louisville, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn., September 24-27, thence moved to Lavergne October 5, and railroad guard duty there till October 25. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., October 25, and duty there till April, 1864. Companies “B”, “G” and “K” detached at Stone’s River Crossing, guarding railroad bridge and building fortifications, till April 2, 1864. Assigned to duty by Detachments, guarding Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad from Normandy to Murfreesboro, till June. Regiment ordered to Murfreesboro, thence to Nashville, Tenn., June 6-10, and provost and guard duty there till July 16.

Moved to Atlanta, Ga., July 16-21. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign July 21-September 8. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum’s Cross Roads October 26-29. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Harrison’s Field and Montieth Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Taylor’s Hole Creek, Averysboro , N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville, March 19-21.

Occupation of Geldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh, April 14. Bennett’s House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 17. Grand Review May 24. Companies “A” to “F” mustered out June 20, and Companies “G” to “K” mustered out July 8, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 23 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 86 Enlisted men by disease. Total 112.

The original 1st Regiment Wisconsin was raised at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1861, and mustered into Federal service May 17, 1861. The regiment was moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on June 9. It was assigned to Abercrombie’s 6th Brigade of Negley’s 2nd Division, Patterson’s Army. It spent its service guarding the upper Potomac River crossings. Its only engagement was at the Hoke’s Run on July 2. The regiment was mustered out on August 22, 1861. 

The regiment was reorganized with new 3-year enlistees by Colonel Starkweather at Milwaukee and was mustered into federal service on October 19, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on October 13, 1864.

31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Last Name Birth Death Location Enlisted Regiment Service Co Survive Location of Death POW Remarks Muster Out
Anderson, Ole 1825-12-31 2/6/1905 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Beaumont , George H 1834-xx-xx 7/23/1916 Ridgeway 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Buckingham, Thomas 1828-06-10 11/12/1912 Ridgeway 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Burdick, Ira D 1833-03-25 4/27/1903 Dodgeville 1862-08-28 WI 31st Inf C Yes Resigned 1864-09-27
Carter, Henry 1819-xx-xx 1890-10-28 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes discharged 1865-05-26
Collingwood, William 1843-12-05 10/31/1912 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Collins, Henry Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-07-07
Cowen, Dennis 1842-xx-xx 1863-04-04 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C No KY Columbus Died of disease 1863-04-04
Crook, Peter 1843-03-12 12/1/1906 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Crouse, John 1845-06-22 1/12/1929 Dodgeville 1863-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Cutler, George 1835-xx-xx Ridgeway 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Dale, Alfred 1840-07-06 4/1/1920 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes Deserted 1863-03-03
Dale, William 1838-xx-xx 10/16/1906 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-09
Davies/Davis, Thomas B 1846-05-24 9/3/1912 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Davis, Edward 1841-xx-xx Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes Deserted 1863-02-26
Davis, Thomas 1846-05-24 9/3/1912 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Dean, William Cyrus 1840-11-08 8/22/1901 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-07-29
DeWitt, Joel Mead 1826-08-03 11/18/1904 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Dochnahl, Joseph 1838-11-25 5/3/1927 Dodgeville 1862-08-19 WI 31st Inf C Yes
Joseph Dochnahl - Company C of the 31st Wisconsin
Joseph Dochnahl – Company C of the 31st Wisconsin
1865-06-20
Downs, James 1841-xx-xx 1864-08-29 Mineral Point 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C No Nashville TN Died of wounds 1864-08-29
Dunstan, Samuel 1840-05-15 4/27/1904 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Edmonds, Simon 1846-05-18 5/15/1940 Dodgeville 1864-01-22 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-07-08
Edwards, Alfred 1840-xx-xx 3/24/1907 Dodgeville 1864-01-22 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-07-08
Edwards, Benjamin 1827-04-15 7/6/1911 Dodgeville 1864-01-22 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-10
Edwards, David 1840-04-15 12/16/1916 Dodgeville 1862-08-16 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Elam, Joshua 1838-xx-xx 1877-10-17 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Enoch, Morgan 1864-01-16 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C No TN Murfreeboro Died of disease 1864-01-16
Evans, Ephriams 1838-10-26 1/25/1930 Ridgeway 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Feathers, David H 1835-01-01 4/3/1917 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-12
Frost, David 1831-12-29 1890-03-06 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
George, William W 1820-xx-xx 1865-08-15 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes Disability discharge 1864-04-11
Greene, William Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes POW 1865-06-22
Grenfell, James H 1839-08-27 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes WND 1865-06-16
Griffiths, John D 1842-03-12 5/31/1932 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Griffiths, William H 1842-09-20 1871-04-11 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Holdsworth, John 1863-06-22 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C No KY Columbus Died of disease 1863-06-22
Hunter, William 1843-11-22 3/19/1914 Dodgeville 1862-08-19 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
James, William F 1827-05-02 11/17/1900 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Jeardoe, Richard O 1848-01-10 11/2/1901 Dodgeville 1864-02-17 WI 31st Inf C Yes discharged 1865-05-25
Jones, David 1836-09-26 1873-03-17 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Jones, David D 1836-09-26 1873-03-17 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Jones, Evan D 1841-02-14 5/1/1920 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Jones, James J 1829-03-25 2/6/1911 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Jones, John W Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Jones, Robert Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes Deserted 1863-02-23
Jones, Robert R 1841-xx-xx 1863-10-22 Dodgeville 1862-08-20 WI 31st Inf C No WI Madison Died of disease 1863-10-22
Jones, Thomas M 1827-12-03 1890-06-25 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
LaBarre, Lewis 1843-06-27 1897-03-26 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes POW 1865-05-13
LaBounty, Joseph 1834-08-27 9/26/1930 Dodgeville 1862-08-20 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Lanyon, Peter Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes Disabilty discharge 1863-03-19
Latham, John L 1832-xx-xx 1862-12-20 Ridgeway 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C No WI Madison Died of disease 1862-12-20
Leece, John 1842-06-28 9/15/1915 Dodgeville 1862-08-19 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Level, James 1833-09-29 8/3/1903 Ridgeway 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes WND 1865-05-26
Lewis, Benjamin 1835-07-03 1898-08-27 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes POW 1865-05-13
Mabbott, John R 1836-05-31 12/1/1909 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes
John Robert Mabbott - 31st Wisconsin - Civil War
John Robert Mabbott – 31st Wisconsin – Civil War
1865-06-20
Mabbott, John T 1840-xx-xx 1865-03-19 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C No NC Bentonville Killed 1865-03-19
Magrane/McGrane, Simon Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes Deserted 1863-02-04
Magranes, James 1864-07-27 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C No WI Dodgeville Died of disease 1864-07-27
McMahon, James 1864-11-28 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C No TN Chattanooga Died of disease 1864-11-28
Miner, Lyman P 1841-10-06 9/19/1917 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Mulanphy, George 1863-08-08 Dodgeville 1862-08-18 WI 31st Inf C No WI Madison Died of disease 1863-08-08
Nelson, William B 1840-xx-xx 1918-xx-xx Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Owens, James E 4/11/1914 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-02-11
Parry, Henry 1844-08-24 3/5/1915 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Penberthy, William H 1843-xx-xx Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Perkins, John 1842-01-11 9/10/1919 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Perkins, Philip 1837-11-03 1909-xx-xx Dodgeville 1862-08-19 WI 31st Inf C Yes Disability discharge 1864-02-22
Peterson, Andrew 1834-09-03 1/16/1921 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Peterson, Christopher 1845-01-30 8/6/1928 Dodgeville 1862-08-29 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Polkinghorn, William Dodgeville 1862-08-19 WI 31st Inf C Yes Deserted 1863-02-26
Porter, William 1843-05-23 9/14/1907 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Prideaux, Benjamin T 1842-09-04 4/17/1920 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Prideaux, Richard 1835-02-18 10/24/1912 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes Disabilty discharge 1864-04-11
Ramsden, James 1842-08-10 2/12/1921 Mineral Point 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Rand, George W 1840-xx-xx 5/25/1920 Dodgeville 1862-08-21 WI 31st Inf C Yes Deserted 1863-12-04
Randolph, Chester H 1835-03-07 1894-02-28 Highland 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Richards, Hugh 1863-10-01 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C No IN New Albany Died of disease 1863-10-01
Roberts, Robert W 1825-xx-xx Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes discharged 1862-10-16
Rowe, James 1843-xx-xx 3/11/1914 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Ryall, John 1817-xx-xx 1863-12-17 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C No TN Murfreeboro Died of disease 1863-12-17
Rynart, John 1865-03-19 Dodgeville 1864-01-23 WI 31st Inf C No NC Bentonville Killed 1865-03-19
Shepard, Thornton W 1820-xx-xx 1882-10-22 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Smith, William H 1863-07-25 Ridgeway 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C No WI Ridgeway Died of disease 1863-07-25
Souden, William 3/18/1909 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Stafford, William 1889-02-02 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Standard, John L Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Stevens, Thomas Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Stewart, Oliver H 1844-03-12 2/6/1922 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Stewart, Thomas 1843-xx-xx 1910-xx-xx Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Strong, Orville 1843-03-25 1/21/1931 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-07-08
Teal, Michael 1829-xx-xx 1881-08-27 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes discharged 1865-07-19
Thomas, Benjamin 1843-09-23 8/9/1928 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Thomas, John A 1844-11-23 1898-04-29 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Tyrer, Elisha 1836-10-14 11/30/1914 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Tyrer, Robert 1845-03-10 11/30/1929 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes POW WND 1865-05-13
Villemont, Frank 1842-11-24 5/23/1931 Ridgeway 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Wickham, Daniel 1865-03-19 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C No NC Bentonville Killed 1865-03-19
Wickham, David 1835-xx-xx 1897-xx-xx Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Wiest, John 1836-02-08 3/18/1911 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Wiest, Matthew 1844-12-22 2/10/1924 Dodgeville 1862-08-15 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Williams, Samuel 1865-01-02 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C No TN Chattanooga Died of disease 1865-01-02
Williams, Samuel B 1841-xx-xx 1880-06-09 Dodgeville 1862-08-14 WI 31st Inf C Yes 1865-06-20
Woodward, David 1840-xx-xx 10/18/1902 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes Deserted
Wrigglesworth, Walter J 1844-xx-xx 1887-07-08 Dodgeville 1862-08-13 WI 31st Inf C Yes Disability discharge 1863-09-17
Chilton, James P 1843-02-24 7/2/1900 Clyde 1862-01-12 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-07-08
Dean, Isaac 1867-05-12 Moscow 1862-08-21 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-03-09
Evenson, Hans 1826-06-30 1/13/1923 Moscow 1862-08-18 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-06-20
Frost, Charles 1840-01-16 3/14/1908 Fayette 1862-01-12 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-07-08
Haldorson, Niels 1835-xx-xx 2/18/1911 Moscow 1862-08-18 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-05-15
Knight, David W 1840-04-22 4/16/1918 Clyde 1862-02-12 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-07-08
Statser, John 1828-11-08 1895-04-12 Moscow 1862-08-21 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-06-20
Steele, Miner 1841-06-30 5/3/1914 Moscow 1862-11-08 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-06-20
Thompson, Knudt 1832-04-02 4/10/1910 Moscow 1862-08-18 WI 31st Inf E Yes 1865-06-20
VanNorman, Michael 1835-09-19 3/20/1913 Moscow 1862-08-21 WI 31st Inf E Yes WND Atlanta 1865-06-20
Corbin, Asahel M 1845-09-08 9/24/1921 Moscow 1862-09-25 WI 31st Inf G Yes 1865-07-08
Higgins, Frederick 1845-xx-xx 5/25/1904 Dodgeville 1862-07-11 WI 31st Inf G Yes 1865-07-08
Larson, Ole 1824-03-07 1897-09-25 Moscow 1862-11-27 WI 31st Inf G Yes 1865-07-08
Powers, Francis 1828-xx-xx 1890-12-02 Ridgeway 1862-09-12 WI 31st Inf G Yes 1865-07-08
Wilcox, Miles 1828-xx-xx 4/21/1908 Ridgeway 1862-10-10 WI 31st Inf G Yes 1865-07-23
Francis, Joseph 1843-03-04 6/27/1928 Dodgeville 1862-11-27 WI 31st Inf H Yes 1865-07-24
Adams, John N 1837-xx-xx 1883 (b4) Dodgeville 1864-02-16 WI 31st Inf K Yes discharged for wounds 1865-05-13
Blake, Charles F 1843-xx-xx 7/20/1904 Ridgeway 1862-10-21 WI 31st Inf K Yes 1865-07-08
Porter, Charles William 1833-04-11 1/2/1911 Arena 1864-03-19 WI 31st Inf K Yes 1865-06-02