31st Indiana Infantry Regiment The 31st Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 31st Indiana Infantry was organized and mustered in at Terre Haute , Indiana for a three year enlistment on September 15 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Charles Cruft . The regiment was attached to 13th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 13th Brigade , 5th Division , Army of the Ohio , to February 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Army of the Tennessee , to March 1862 . 3rd Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Tennessee , to April 1862 . 22nd Brigade , 4th Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 22nd Brigade , 4th Division , II Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , Left Wing , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 2nd Division , XXI Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to October 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , IV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to August 1865 . Department of Texas to December 1865 . The 31st Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at San Antonio , Texas on December 8 , 1865 . Detailed service . Ordered to Kentucky and camp at Green River until February 1862 . Moved to Fort Donelson , Tenn . , February 11 – 13 , 1862 . Investment and capture of Fort Donelson February 14 – 16 . Expedition to Crump ' s Landing , Tenn . , March 9 – 14 . Battle of Shiloh , April 6 – 7 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Phillips ' Creek , Widow Serratt ' s , May 21 . Bridge Creek before Corinth May 28 . Occupation of Corinth May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 12 . Buell ' s Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August . March to Louisville , Ky . , In pursuit of Bragg , August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg to London , Ky . , October 1 – 22 . Battle of Perryville , October 8 . Wild Cat October 17 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 8 . Destruction of Goose Creek Salt Works October 23 – 24 . Duty at Nashville until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Lavergne December 26 – 27 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 , and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro and Cripple Creek until June . Action at Spring Hill , Woodbury , April 2 . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Occupation of middle Tennessee to August 16 . Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Lee and Gordon ' s Mills September 11 – 13 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 20 . Siege of Chattanooga , September 24 - October 26 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . At Bridgeport , Ala . , October 28 , 1863 to January 1864 . Regiment veteranized January 1 , 1864 , and on furlough February and March . At Ooltewah until May . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Tunnel Hill May 6 – 7 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton , Ga . , May 8 – 13 . Buzzard ' s Roost Gap May 8 – 9 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Near Kingston May 18 – 19 . Near Cassville May 19 . Advance on Dallas May 22 – 25 . Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Pine Hill June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochee River July 5 – 17 . Vining Station July 7 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy ' s Station September 2 – 6 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . Nashville Campaign November – December . Columbia , Duck River , November 24 – 27 . Battle of Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . Moved to Huntsville , Ala . , and duty there until March 1865 . Operations in eastern Tennessee March 15 - April 22 . Duty at Nashville until June . Moved to New Orleans , La . , June 16 , thence to Texas , July . Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio until December . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 378 men during service ; 5 officers and 115 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 5 officers and 253 enlisted men died of disease .