31st Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union): Difference between revisions

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Brief History[edit | edit source]

Organized at St. Louis, Carondelet and Ironton, Mo., August 11 to October 7, 1862. Attached to Cape Girardeau, District of Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, to November, 1864

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin[edit | edit source]

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles,companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Other Sources[edit | edit source]

WEB SITES

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 9 Dec. 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.

BOOKS AND FILMS

United States. War Department. Record and Pension Office. Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations. (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, c1964).FHL CollectionFHL US/CAN Film 1488552. Other libraries with this microfilm. View Online at Internet Archives.

References[edit | edit source]

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-=== Brief History  ===
+Organized at St. Louis, Carondelet and Ironton, Mo., August 11 to October 7, 1862. Attached to Cape Girardeau, District of Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 11th Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, to November, 1864
-The 31st Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union) was organized at St. Louis, Carondelet and Ironton, Mo., August 11 to October 7, 1862. The regiment consolidated with 32nd Missouri Infantry November 12, 1864, as Consolidated Battalion 31st and 32nd Missouri Infantry.<ref name="cwss">National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 4 January 2011).</ref>
-For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br>
-*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmoinf4.htm#10 31st Regiment Infantry], (accessed 26 July 2012).<br>
-*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_Missouri_Volunteer_Infantry 31st Missouri Volunteer Infantry], (accessed 26 July 2012).
 === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
-Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
+Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles,companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
-Company A - Captain Oscar Dover - Victoria, [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Jefferson_County,_Missouri Jefferson], Missouri
-Company B - 1st Lieutenant Charles McClay, 2nd Lieutenant Samuel R. McClay - [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Washington_County,_Missouri Washington], Missouri
-Company C - Captain William H. Judd - Hopewell, [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Washington_County,_Missouri Washington], Missouri
-Company D - Captain Isaac M. Davidson, Captain Andrew A. Harrison - Greenville, [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Wayne_County,_Missouri Wayne], Missouri<br>
-Company E - Captain William Burch, Captain George L.M. Crevey, Captain Samuel R. McClay, Captain R.M. Swander - Moselle, [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Franklin_County,_Missouri Franklin], Missouri
-Company F - Captain Jonathan W. Evanden, Captain Egbert W. Hill - Canaan, [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Gasconade_County,_Missouri Gasconade], Missouri
-Company G - Captain Mathias Neuner, Captain William Osterhorn - Washington, [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Franklin_County,_Missouri Franklin] , Missouri
-Company H - Captain George A. McGuire, Captain James S. McMurtry - [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Wayne_County,_Missouri Wayne], Missouri<br>
-Company I - Captain Edward Hale, Jr., Captain Andrew Royal - [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/St._Louis_County,_Missouri St.Louis], Missouri <br>
-Company K - Captain Francis Doherty, Captain Roderic O. Doherty - Patterson, [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Wayne_County,_Missouri Wayne], Missouri<br>
-The information about the companies and counties is from Kenneth E. Weant's book, ''Civil War Records, Missouri Volunteer Infantry'', ''Volume 5, Three and One Year Volunteer Regiments 31-33, 35, 38-40 (Arlington, Texas: K.E. Weant, c2011), pages 16-32. {{FSC|1937237|item|disp=FS Library 977.8 M2wkv v. 5}}''
 === Other Sources  ===
-*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Missouri in the Civil War' and 'United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865' (see below). <br>
+WEB SITES
-*National Park Service, [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br>
-*[[Missouri in the Civil War|Missouri in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Missouri, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
+*[http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 9 Dec. 2010) can be searched by soldier's name or by regiment; includes regimental rosters and additional history of the regiment.
-*[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.<br>
+BOOKS AND FILMS
-*Gary L. Scheel. ''Rain, mud, and swamps : 31st Missouri Volunteer Infantry Regiment, marching through the south during the Civil War with General William T. Sherman.'' (Pacific, Missouri : G.L. Scheel, c1998), {{FSC|958070|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.8 M2sg}}
+*United States. War Department. Record and Pension Office. ''Compiled Records Showing Service of Military Units in Volunteer Union Organizations.'' (Washington, District of Columbia: The National Archives, c1964).{{FHL|499078|item}}FHL US/CAN Film 1488552. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/compiled-records-showing-service-of-military-units-in-confederate-organizations-1861-1865/oclc/122654112&referer=brief_results Other libraries with this microfilm]. View Online at&nbsp;[http://www.archive.org/details/volunteerunitsunion Internet Archives].
 === References  ===
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+[[Category:Missouri_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865|Missouri_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]] [[Category:Missouri]]
-[[Category:Missouri_-_Military_-_Civil_War,_1861-1865]]