31st Virginia Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• June 1861 - Organized
  • ? - Mustered into Virginia State Service
  • June 1, 1861 - Transferred to Confederate Service
• October 3, 1861 - Greenbriar River
• December 13, 1861 - Camp Alleghany, West Virginia
• May 1, 1862 - Reorganized
• May 8, 1862 - McDowell
• May-June 1862 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862
• June 9, 1862 - Port Republic
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 23, 1862 - Rappahannock Station
• August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
• August 26-27, 1862 - Bristoe and Manassas Junction
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• April 1863 - Jones' and Imboden's West Virginia Raid
• June 14-15, 1863 - 2nd Winchester
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• October 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• July 11, 1864 - Fort Stevens
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg (from December 1864)
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Northwest / 1st (H.R. Jackson's) Brigade (September-November 1861)
• Army of the Northwest / Jackson's Division / Johnson's Brigade (November 1861-January 1862)
• Army of the Northwest (March 1862)
• Army of the Northwest / Conner's Brigade (May 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Ewell's Division / Elzey's Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's/Early's Division / Elzey's/Early's/Smith's Brigade (June 1862-April 1863)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Northwestern Virginia Brigade (April-June 1863)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Early's/Ramseur's Division / Smith's/Pegram's Brigade (June 1863-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Ramseur's/Pegram's Division / Pegram's Brigade (June-December 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Pegram's Division / Pegram's/Walker's Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: William L. Jackson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James C. Arbogast (Major)
• Francis M. Boykin (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Joseph H. Chenoweth (Major)
• William P. Cooper (Major)
• Joseph S. Hoffman (Major, Colonel)
• Alfred H. Jackson (Lieutenant Colonel)
• James S.K. McCutchen (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Samuel H. Reynolds (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Fields, Frank E., (Jr.), 31st Virginia Infantry
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 217-219)