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31st Wisconsin Infantry

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Company Unknown

Captain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Leland BridgmanDate added 8/8/2008

Company Unknown

Private

Missing in action at Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864
Contributor Fred WalkerDate added 3/15/2007

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

Brother to Montgomery Adolthus Kirkpatrick who was also in the 31 Wisconsin Infantry.
Contributor David P. RothDate added 4/7/2004

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

Brother to John W. D. Kirkpatrick who was also in the 31 Wisconsin Infantry.
Contributor David P. RothDate added 4/7/2004

Company Unknown

Private

came down with malaria on Sherman's march and captured while staying behind with the supply wagons
Contributor Ellenrussell@gmail.comDate added 8/13/2007

Company A

Private

My Great Grandfather was a forager in Sherman's XX corps and was involved in the seige of Atlanta, the March through Georgia and the Carolinas. We have photo copies of two letters he wrote to his father, Alexander McLaren in Brownsville, MN -- one from Atlanta and one from Savannah
Contributor Brent ChristiansonDate added 11/28/2005

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kathy BalanchukDate added 7/28/2008

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ann L ScharDate added 2/22/2005

Company B

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jonn NeurothDate added 6/14/2010

Company C

Private

Richard served with his half brother Thomas and his older brother William. Richard enlisted on Aug. 15, 1862 and was later transfered to H company, he deserted March 3, 1863.
Contributor ShiloDate added 3/24/2007

Company C

Private

Thomas served with his half brothers William and Richard. Thomas enlisted on Aug. 14, 1862 and was later transfered to H company, he was mustered out June 20, 1865.
Contributor ShiloDate added 3/24/2007

Company C

Private

William came to the US from England as a boy with his parents. He served with his half brother Thomas and his younger brother Richard. William enlisted on Aug. 15, 1862 and was later transfered to H company, he was mustered out June 20, 1865. William lived in Ridgeway WI.
Contributor ShiloDate added 3/24/2007

Company C

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Glenn WolenecDate added 12/21/2010

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Glenn WolenecDate added 12/21/2010

Company C

Quarter Master

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Carl SperberDate added 11/11/2004

Company C

Quarter Master

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Carl SperberDate added 11/15/2011

Company C

Corporal

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Patricia MorganDate added 1/19/2008

Company D

Private

1838 to 1868 Enlisted 15 August, 1862 with brother Reuel F. Haskins. Arthur died by accident in Crawford County, Wisconsin on 19 November, 1862
Contributor Mark SalisburyDate added 4/23/2011

Company D

Private

1843 to 1921 Enlisted with brother Arthur on 15 August, 1862. He was promoted to Corporal. Mustered out 20 June, 1865
Contributor Mark SalisburyDate added 4/23/2011

Company E

Private

David Coble was killed in the battle for Atlanta on July 22, 1864.
Contributor Fred WalkerDate added 3/21/2005

Company E

Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor ShannonDate added 4/12/2008

Company F

Rank unknown

David Steiner was born June 6, 1825 in Germany and died on February 26 1903. Buried in Pocahontas County, IA.
Contributor Nate SteinerDate added 2/28/2007

Company G

Private

My great-great-grand uncle Henry Jones mustered in at Racine, WI on December 24, 1862. He mustered-out in Madison, WI on July 8, 1865. He contracted an unspecified lung disease during the Siege of Savannah. He died on May 24, 1894 still ailing from the disease in South Wayne, Lafayette County, WI. He is buried in the Bethel-Hawthorne cemetery in Clarno (Monroe), Green County, WI with a military gravestone.
Contributor Larry JonesDate added 10/14/2007

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill YeckleyDate added 6/14/2009

Company I

Captain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor K.E. GoinsDate added 8/17/2007

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