31st Ohio Infantry The 31st Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 31st OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 31st Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio and mustered in for three years service on August 4 , 1861 under the command of Colonel Moses B . Walker . The regiment was attached to Thomas ' Command , Camp Dick Robinson , Kentucky , to November 1861 . 12th Brigade , Army of the Ohio , to December 1861 . 12th Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to January 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , Army of the Ohio , to September 1862 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , III Corps , Army of the Ohio , to November 1862 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , Center , XIV Corps , Army of the Cumberland , to January 1863 . 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XIV Corps , to July 1865 . The 31st Ohio Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville , Kentucky on July 20 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Ohio for Louisville , Ky . , September 27 , then moved to Camp Dick Robinson , Ky . , October 2 , and duty there until December 12 . March to Somerset , Ky . , December 12 , 1861 and to relief of Gen . Thomas at Mill Springs , Ky . , January 19 – 21 , 1862 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , February 10 – 16 , then to Nashville , Tenn . , February 18 - March 2 . March to Savannah , Tenn . , March 20 - April 8 . Advance on and siege of Corinth , Miss . , April 29 - May 30 . Pursuit to Booneville May 31 - June 6 . March to Iuka , Miss . , with skirmishing June 22 , then to Tuscumbia , Ala . , June 26 – 28 , and to Huntsville , Ala . , July 18 – 22 . Action at Trinity , Ala . , July 24 ( Company E ) . Courtland Bridge July 25 . Moved to Dechard , Tenn . , July 27 . March to Louisville , Ky . , in pursuit of Bragg August 21 - September 26 . Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1 – 15 . Battle of Perryville , Ky . , October 8 . March to Nashville , Tenn . , October 22 - November 6 , and duty there until December 26 . Advance on Murfreesboro December 26 – 30 . Battle of Stones River December 30 – 31 , 1862 and January 1 – 3 , 1863 . Duty at Murfreesboro until March 13 , and at Triune until June . Tullahoma Campaign June 23 - July 7 . Hoover ' s Gap June 24 – 26 . Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16 . Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River , and Chickamauga Campaign August 16 - September 22 . Battle of Chickamauga September 19 – 21 . Siege of Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 24 - November 23 . Sequatchie Valley October 5 . Reopening Tennessee River October 26 – 29 . Brown ' s Ferry October 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Orchard Knob November 23 . Missionary Ridge November 24 – 25 . Duty at Chattanooga until February 1864 , and at Graysville until May . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8 – 11 . Battle of Resaca May 14 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 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 Mountain June 11 – 14 . Lost Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kennesaw June 27 . Ruff ' s Station , Smyrna Camp Ground , July 4 . Chattahoochie River July 5 – 17 . Peachtree Creek July 19 – 20 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Utoy Creek August 5 – 7 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Operations against Hood in northern Georgia and northern Alabama September 29 - November 3 . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Near Milledgeville November 23 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865 . Fayetteville , N . C . , March 11 . Battle of Bentonville March 19 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnston and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review May 24 . Moved to Louisville , Ky . , June 5 , and duty there until July . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 233 men during service ; 2 officers and 77 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 153 enlisted men died of disease .