31st Louisiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 11, 1862 - Organized by the increase of (Morrison's) 6th Louisiana Infantry Battalion to a regiment at Monroe
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• November 1862 - (Catahoula) Louisiana Infantry Battalion merged into this regiment at Jackson, Mississippi
• December 27-29, 1862 - Chickasaw Bayou
• May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
• May-July 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg
• May 1, 1863- Port Gibson
  • July 4, 1863 - Surrendered at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
  • Paroled there later that month
  • September 12, 1863 - Declared exchanged
• September 29, 1863 - Stirling's Plantation, Louisiana
• January 26, 1864 - Members of the regiment east of the Mississippi River were consolidated at Enterprise, Mississippi with similar portions of the:
  • 3rd Louisiana Infantry
  • 17th Louisiana Infantry
  • (Smith's/Higgins'/Patton's) 21st Louisiana Infantry
  • (Theard's/Herrick's) 22nd Louisiana Infantry
  • 26th Louisiana Infantry
  • 27th Louisiana Infantry
  • 29th Louisiana Infantry
  • Re-designated as the 22nd (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Company F
  • June 1864 - Those members west of the Mississippi River reorganized at Minden, Louisiana
• May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #1 (June-August 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana (August-November 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Lee's Provisional Division / Thomas' Brigade (December 1862)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Unattached (December 1862-January 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Lee's Brigade (January-April 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 2nd Military District / Smith's Division / Baldwin's Brigade (March-April 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Smith's Division / Baldwin's Brigade (April-July 1863)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Polignac's Division / Thomas' Brigade (June-September 1864)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / 2nd (Polignac's/Thomas') Division / 1st (Thomas') Louisiana Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles H. Morrison (Colonel)
• James W. Draughton (Major)
• Sidney H. Griffin (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Thomas C. Humble (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 118-119, 120)