Company Unknown
Colonel
Wounded at Fort Donaldson.
Commanded the regiment at the end of the war
Served with his younger brother, Jacob
Union service · Indiana
31st Indiana Infantry
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Company Unknown
Colonel
No family notes have been added.
Company A
Sergeant
Mustered in New Albany and served from 1861 till war's end.
Company B
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company B
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company B
Rank unknown
No family notes have been added.
Company B
Captain
b:6-1-1827 Pickaway county, Ohio d:4-1-1902 Newton, Kansas buried in Greenwood cemetery, Newton.He enlisted in the Union army as a sergeant in Company B. of the 31st Indiana volunteer Infantry September 5, 1861, and was discharged September 29, 1862, on the account of a gunshot wound in the right forearm received in the battle of Fort Donelson. Not sure when he was promoted to captain but is listed as a captain on his government marker.
Company D
Musician
Reportedly a drummer. After the war he married Ann Chase and later operated the Krapp Springs Resort outside Pulaski, TN. Buried at Mt. Moriah near Pulaski.
Company E
Corporal
Served for the duration. Wounded at Shiloh, Stones River. Mustered out at or near Victoria, Texas, late in 1865. Brother of Jeremiah C. France of 43rd Indiana. Married Priscilla Wheeler, the widow of Ira Slack, 85th Indiana, two years after Slack was killed at Resaca, Georgia (1864).
Company E
Corporal
Wounded at Shiloh and Stones River.
Company G
Private
James was from Monroe Co., IN
Company G
Corporal
Cpl John Baxter while on the march on 10 July 1862 in a house 'by the wayside' near the Elk River in Elkmont, AL. He was 20 years old.
Company G
Corporal
William was 34 years old when he enlisted in Co. G, 31st Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His service record described him as being 5 feet, 8 inches tall; Complexion, dark; Eyes, blue; Hair, brown. The record also showed him present for duty January to June 1862. From June 10, 1862 to February 1863, he was listed as absent sick. He was discharged due to disability February 4, 1863.
Company G
Private
David was my gg-grandfather. Enlisted in 1861 in Terre Haute. Mustered out as a Wagoner in Dec. 1865.
Company H
Corporal
On September 5, 1861 he enlisted in Company H, 31st Regiment of the Indiana Volunteers (Infantry) . He saw extensive action in the south and was twice wounded ................
.....April 6, 1862, Battle of Pittsboro (Shilo) , he received a flesh wound in the left hip.
.....December 15, 1864, Battle of Nashville, a mini ball penetrated his wrist.
.....October 1, 1864, promoted to Corporal
.....Discharged December 8, 1865, at Victoria, Texas
Company H
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company H
Rank unknown
was present at siege of Atlanta Ga. Taken prisoner at sometime, was a surgeon during the war, and at prison camp. Moved to Hutchinson KS after war and practiced medicine there until his death in 1893
Company I
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company K
Corporal
Azza was my great-great uncle. He received a wound at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgiain June of 1864. He was transported back to Nashville, Tennessee and died in July of 1964 at Cumberland Hospital. His remains were brought back to Terre Haute, Indiana and he was buried in the Walker Family Cemetery in Southern Parke County, Indiana.
Company K
Private
George was my great-great uncle. He joined the 31st as a recruit. He served with his brother, Azza H. Walker.