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31st Alabama Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

This is my maternal grandfather's uncle.
Contributor Gary BradfordDate added 6/14/2010

Company Unknown

Private

B.F. Guined is my maternal great grandfather to my mothers side. My son Eddie and I try to find as much about him as we can.
Contributor Tom brattonDate added 4/22/2014

Company Unknown

Private

Only one card is on file for James and it states that the died in Georgia. We do not know his company. He was 42 years old. and is buried at Greensboro, Hale Co. Alabama
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 12/23/2013

Company A

Private

I have found out the Edward was in the War three different times and was a captior twice. He also signe a paper witht the North with a x because it did not mean anything to him. He could read and write very well. He enlisted at Oak Hill Alabama and filed for his pension in Etowah County. Born 1840 Died 1919
Contributor Margaret HubbardDate added 8/6/2008

Company A

Captain

Berry , Thomas Battle Unit Name: 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry Side: Confederacy Company: Captain Thomas Berry Birth: Sep. 21, 1821 Maryville Blount County Tennessee, USA Death: Jan. 18, 1887 Rome Floyd County Georgia, USA Berry, Thos. Company: A, 31st Alabama Infantry b:Sept 21, 1821 d:Jan 18, 1887 Burial: Myrtle Hill Cemetery Rome Floyd County Georgia, USA Plot: Section OR, Lot 283 Soldier's Rank In:First Lieutenant Soldier's Rank Out: Captain/Acting Quartermaster Alternate name: Film Number: M374 ROLL 4 Plaque Number: Notes: Company Note - F&S
Contributor William BerryDate added 9/10/2015

Company A

Private

Captured Kennesaw, GA. Survived Rock Island Prison. Buried in an Unmarked Grave at Liberty Cemetery, Hokes Bluff, AL
Contributor Sherry Butler ClaytonDate added 2/18/2011

Company A

Private

Captured in Kennesaw, GA . Survived Rock Island Prison. Buried Liberty Cemetery, Hokes Bluff, AL
Contributor Sherry Butler ClaytonDate added 2/18/2011

Company A

Private

prisoner exchange after surrender at Vicksburg, captured at Big Shanty Georgia July 15, 1864.
Contributor Victor DeVineDate added 1/7/2010

Company A

Private

He enlisted March-1862 in Gadsden Al. and his widow filed for his pension in Etowah County.
Contributor Margaret HubbardDate added 8/6/2008

Company A

Sergeant

George W Loyd enlisted in 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co A on 05 May 1862 in Tallapoosa, AL. He was a prisoner of war. He was one of 64 soldiers captured at Vicksburg, MS, 4 July 1863. CSA. He was born 13 Apr 1829 in Madison, Morgan Co, GA, and died 29 Mar 1902 in Anniston, Calhoun, AL. His wife was Rosannah Stewart. They are buried in Canes Creek Cemetery in Calhoun Co, AL. One of their children was Elijah Lloyd, who married Sarah 'Sallie' Hannah Howard.
Contributor Lena WileyDate added 3/14/2011

Company A

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jeff NelsonDate added 6/16/2008

Company A

Private

hello, if anyone has info on co a, please let me know, thanks mark.....
Contributor mark pentecostDate added 4/2/2011

Company B

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Brent ElrodDate added 2/24/2014

Company B

Private

He was apart of the 31st Alabama company B in the civil war. there are not any records of him but he is one of my friends family.
Contributor Savannah BloodworthDate added 1/30/2025

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Eric Michael BurkeDate added 6/20/2010

Company C

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor DAVID D.GLASSCOCKDate added 2/22/2008

Company C

Private

Joseph Harper, Private, enlisted Mar 20, 1862, red hair, blue eyes, 5'8', fair complexion, age 29, died at Vicksburg, Feb 1, 1863 BURIED AT SOLDIERS REST CEMETARY GRAVE #731
Contributor GregDate added 12/14/2007

Company C

Private

His Compiled Civil War records show the following. He is on a list of 'rebel prisoners' in General Field Hospital, Bridgeport, Ala., Dec. 1, 1863. Remarks: Wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Shell Mound admitted Nov. 27, Transfer Nash(ville). He was on a roll of prisoners of war, captured by forces under Major General Thomas, commanding, Department of the Cumberland. He was taken at Lookout Mtn. Ga. Nov. 25, 1864. In Nashville he was diagnosed with 'intermittent fever' and transferred Jan. 9, 1864 and turned over to the provost marshal. William's name appears on a roll of prisoners of war at military prison, Louisville, Ky. Was received Jan. 13, 1864. Captured Nov. 24, 1863. Discharged Jan. 17, 1864. Sent to Rock Island, Ill. William B. Holmes appears on a record of prisoners of war who died at Rock Island Barracks, Ill. Died Feb. 7, 1864. Died of chron diahr. Grave number 322. Locality: South of Prison Barracks.
Contributor Milly Storey HolmesDate added 10/29/2005

Company C

Private

My G-Great Grandfather, also served in the 7th Alb. Calv.
Contributor Lynn BlackstockDate added 11/24/2005

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bruce ThomasHomepage brucedelane@yahoo.comDate added 2/20/2019

Company C

Private

My Gr-Gr Grandfather, Pvt. William S. Williams,enlisted in March 1862 and served until 1865. He was Born: April 11, 1821 in Newton Co., Ga. and Died: Oct. 25, 1898, buried in Cherokee Co.,Al. at the Friendship Baptist Church Cementary. Wilson T. ( Bud )Williams, his son also enlisted in Company 'B' as a Private, but no record has been found concerning his service.
Contributor Gerald R. JeffersonDate added 4/2/2013

Company D

Private

W.T. Bryant was born 13 May 1846 in Floyd County Georgia. He lived in Calhoun County Alabama when he enlisted in Captain Thompson's Company on the 26th of March 1862. He was wounded at Kinston, North Carolina in March of 1865. W.T. died in Cleburne County Alabama 13 April 1929.
Contributor John A BryantDate added 6/7/2011

Company D

2nd Sergeant

William Kennedy Hudson was enrolled by Col. Hundley on April 2, 1862, in Talladega Co., Alabama. He was a 2 Sergeant in Col. Hundley's Regiment. His actual muster in date was April 16, 1862. Little is known about him after that time except for his death date of June 10, 1863, in Marion, Lauderdale Co., Mississippi, where he is buried.
Contributor SharonDate added 6/17/2007

Company D

2nd Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor CharlesDate added 11/25/2014

Company D

Private

He is buried in the Jacksonville City Cemetery. Their records show birth as 9 May 1940 and death 12 Mar 1917.
Contributor Jack StevensDate added 8/29/2010

Company E

Private

He died near Vicksburg, Mississippi on January 15, 1863. There is a in memory marker for him at Sardis Methodist Cemetery in Clay County Alabama
Contributor Dale EdwardsDate added 4/16/2011

Company E

Private

Native of Mississippi, join 31St in Alabama. Wounded and captured at battle of Champion Hill, Ms.
Contributor William J BarrDate added 2/12/2008

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Judah SimmonsHomepage judahblues@gmail.comDate added 7/11/2026

Company E

Private

Born January 11, 1834 in Cedar Creek, Coweta, Georgia. In April 1862 in Talladega County Alabama he joined the 31st Alabama Infantry of the Confederate States of America. THE THIRTY-FIRST ALABAMA INFANTRY. This regiment was organized at Talladega, April, 1862, and reported at Chattanooga; proceeded with the army at Knoxville, took part in the fight at Cumberland Gap, June 18, 1862, and at Tazewell, August 6th. It was in Kentucky, but not in the midst of the fighting. In Mississippi it fought well and suffered heavy loss at Port Gibson. It suffered all the privations of the long siege of Vicksburg and was surrendered with that place, having lost severely; when exchanged, was assigned to the army of Tennessee and brigaded under General Pettus; took a prominent part in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign. It went with Hood into Tennessee, suffering severely at Columbia and Nashville, and was in the rear guard of the army on its return. Sent into the Carolinas, it fought brilliantly at Bentonville with considerable loss, and finally surrendered at Greensboro, with but a small remnant of the over-full regiment that started out. Battles: Fought on 6 Apr 1862 at Shiloh, TN. Fought on 1 May 1863 at Port Gibson, MS. Fought on 16 May 1864 at Resaca, GA. Fought on 15 Jun 1864 at Big Shanty, GA. On June 13 1863 He was slightly wounded at Champion Hill, Mississippi at the Battle of Bakers Creek. Soldier graves of 31st Alabama Infantry CSA: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=360429
Contributor Eddie BrattonDate added 2/15/2015

Company E

Private

Pvt. John H. Heath was captured at Port Gibson and imprisoned at Alton, Illinois Prison, where he died of Typhoid in June, 1863.
Contributor Reiber HeathDate added 11/30/2008

Company E

Private

Pow Vicksburg Miss.
Contributor Howard MaxwellDate added 4/26/2024

Company E

Private

Buried in Knoxville, Tennessee Lived in Shelby Springs, Alabama
Contributor Bill CollumDate added 9/26/2006

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor J. RileyDate added 10/16/2009

Company F

Private

Enlisted Oct 1861. Captured Champion Hill, Ms May 16, 1863. Exchanged 04 July 1863. Reenlisted in Dalton, Ga 1864 Wagonmaster. Surrendered 1865 NC.
Contributor Jay CassadyDate added 3/17/2017

Company F

Private

He is buried in Mitchell Cemetery in Lauderdale Co., Alabama. He was born 3 Oct 1833 and died 11 Aug 1912.
Contributor Donnie StanfordHomepage YahooDate added 3/22/2008

Company G

1st Lieutenant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor John LyonsDate added 5/15/2009

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Mike HammondsDate added 10/6/2009

Company G

Private

2nd Cousin 4x Removed. Went by "J T" Brother of Newt Hand.
Contributor Charles HandDate added 12/9/2022

Company G

Private

2nd Cousin 4x Removed. Went by "Newt" or Newton. Captain Cobb's Company. Enlisted 04 Apr 1862, Mustered in 04 May 1862. Lost his left leg.
Contributor Charles HandDate added 12/9/2022

Company G

Private

[Private Company G, 31st Alabama Infantry CSA] James Edmond Holmes, survived the Civil War after serving with the 31st Alabama Infantry Regiment, Company G. James was captured at Big Shanty, Georgia and served one year in prison at Rock Island, Ill. He was released after signing an Oath of Allegiance, June 20, 1865.
Contributor Milly Storey HolmesDate added 10/29/2005

Company G

Private

1862 to 1865, died july 4 1915
Contributor james kingDate added 3/9/2012

Company G

Sergeant

My Gr-Gr Grandfather, SGT. Asberry Cooper Leonard, Born: Jan. 29, 1832 in Ashville, St.Clair Co.,Al. and Died: Sep. 15, 1904 in Calera, Shelby Co., Al. and buried in Columbiana City Cementary, Columbiana,Shelby Co., Al.
Contributor Gerald R. JeffersonDate added 4/2/2013

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor John McCainDate added 4/15/2007

Company G

Private

john mccain, james madison mccain, and L.B.(Little Berry)Mccain,(named for his grandmother who was cherokee), were brothers. they enlisted on the same day in talladega, alabama. L.B. McCain died in the atlanta campaigne of pneumonia. the other two brothers survived the war. James Madison McCain was my great great grandfather.
Contributor wayne mccainDate added 6/23/2010

Company G

Private

Little Berry McCain(his service record shows him as L.B. McCain.) was james madison mccain and john mccain's brother. he was named for his grandmother who was cherokee. he died of pneumonia during the atlanta campaign and is buried in one of the numbered graves in the alabama section of the confederate cemetery in marietta, ga. it is unknown which grave he is in due to the name/number records being destroyed. his brothers survived the war and are buried in clay county alabama.
Contributor wayne mccainDate added 6/23/2010

Company G

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jennifer CurryDate added 6/27/2010

Company G

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Billie A. (White) UsryDate added 9/11/2006

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Walter DenneyDate added 7/26/2015

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Greg PreastDate added 8/14/2005

Company H

Captain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Steven AndrewsDate added 8/14/2016

Company I

Private

Born about 1844 in Ramer, Montgomery County, Alabama. Enlisted Apr 1862, Montgomery County, Alabama. 31st Alabama Infantry, Co. I & K (Brall's Rifles) as Private. Died during war, but date/location is unknown. Pension claim filed for on 4 Oct 1862 in Montgomery County, AL by Mary Broadway (mother) who remarried after his fathers death about 1845. Burial location unknown.
Contributor Fred PippinDate added 11/26/2009

Company K

Private

Wounded: Knee and shoulder at the Battle of Baker's Creek May 16, 1863
Contributor SkipDate added 12/13/2009

Company K

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor GregDate added 1/23/2010

Company K

Private

Enlisted in Civil War- Co. K, 31st Alabama Infantry on March 31, 1862 at age of 27 years. Died from disease contracted during Civil War. James is buried in the Soldiers Rest Cedar Hill Cemetery--Grave #740 The following description from Muster Roll: Red Hair, Blue Eyes, Fair Complexion, age 27 years, died Vicksburg Feb. 5, 1863.
Contributor GregDate added 12/14/2007

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor GregDate added 12/14/2007

Company K

Corporal

CORPORAL - CO. K. 31ST ALABAMA INFANTRY C.S.A.
Contributor GregDate added 12/14/2007

Company K

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles ReeseDate added 6/28/2009

Company M

Rank unknown

I have a picture of SC Jetter's grave from Johnson Island POW camp in Ohio for any of his relatives. Contact me...gtgilbert17@yahoo.com.
Contributor GregDate added 1/7/2008

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