31st Maine Infantry

Muster In: April 17, 1864
Muster Out: August 20, 1865
Length of Service: Three Years

Engagements

Wilderness, VA - May 5-7, 1864
Spottsylvania, VA - May 7-20, 1864
North Anna, VA - May 23-27, 1864
Totopotomy, VA - may 26-30, 1864
Bethesda Church, VA - May 30-June 1, 1864
Cold Harbor, VA - May 31-June 12, 1864
Petersbuirgh Seight, VA - June 1864-March 1865
Battle fo the Crater, VA - July 30, 1864 (Petersburgh Camp.)
Weldon Railroad, VA - August 18-21, 1864 (Petersburgh Camp.)
Poplar Spring Church, VA - September 30-October 2, 1864 (Petersburgh Camp.)
Hatchers Run, VA - December 8-9, 1864 (Petersburgh Camp.)
Casualties
1,595 Enrollment
183 killed or died of wounds
491 wounded
176 died of disease
34 in Confederate prisons
18 Officers killed or died of wounds

Civil War Records Common To All Regiments

Civil War Correspondence
Civil War Index for Soldiers and Sailors
Civil War Muster Rolls
Civil War Obituaries
Civil War Photos (Mostly Officers)
Cemetery Index
General Law Pension
Graves Registration Cards

Civil War Records Unique to the Thirty-First Maine Infantry

Recruuits, 1864 (Box 62)

Certificate of Promotion, Edward F. Cobb (Box 172)
Certificate of transfer from 32nd, John Gundlock (Box 172)
Morning Reports, 1864 (Box 172)
Muster In and Descriptive Rolls, 1864-1865 (Box 172)
Quota Rolls, 1864 (Box 172)
Rejected Men, 1864 (Box 172)

Clothing Books, 1864-1865 (4 volumes)
Consolidated Morning Report Book, 1863-1865
Post War Post Office Addresses
Regimental Returns 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd
Single Muster Out Rolls, List of Men
Diary of Lt. Dewitt Clinton Morrill

Service Record of Joseph Sumner Rogers, Co. M, writtenFeb. 19, 1896, Orchard Lake, Michigan (1 page)
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Last Updated November 3, 1997