31st Missouri Volunteer Infantry The 31st Missouri Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 31st Missouri Infantry was organized at St . Louis , Carondelet and Ironton , Missouri from August 11 to October 7 , 1862 . Attached to Cape Girardeau , District of Missouri , Dept . of Missouri , to December , 1862 . 1st Brigade , 11th Division , Right Wing 13t1 Army Corps ( Old ) , Dept . of the Tennessee , December 1862 . 1st Brigade , 4th Division , Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition , to January , 1863 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division 15th Army Corps , Army of the Tennessee , to December 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , 15th Army Corps , to April , 1864 . 3rd Brigade , 1st Division , 15th Army Corp to September , 1864 . 1st Brigade , 1st Division , to November , 1864 . Detailed service . March to Patterson , Mo . , October 21 , 1862 and duty there till November 24 . March to St . Genevieve , Mo . , November 24 , thence moved to Helena , Ark December 1 . Sherman ' s Yazoo Expedition December 2 , 1862 , to January 3 , 1863 . Chickasaw Bayou December 26 – 28 . Chickasaw Bluff December 29 . Expedition Arkansas Post , Ark . , January 3 – 10 , 1863 . Assault and capture of Fort Hindman , Arkansas Post , January 10 – 11 . Moved to Young ' s Point , La . , January 17 – 23 , and duty there till March , and at Milliken ' s Bend till April . Expedition to Greenville , Black Bayou and Deer Creek April 2 – 14 . Demonstrations on Haines ' and Drumgould Bluffs April 29 - May 2 . Moved to join army in rear Vicksburg . Miss . , via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 14 . Mississippi Springs May 12 . Jackson , Miss . , May I Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4 . Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22 . Advance on Jackson , Miss . , July 4 – 10 . Siege of Jackson July 10 – 17 . Bolton ' s Depot July 16 . Briar Creek , near Canton , July 17 . Canton July 18 . At Big Black to September 27 . Moved to Memphis , Tenn . ; thence march to Chattanooga , Tenn . , September 27 - November 21 . Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad In Alabama October 20 – 29 . Cherokee Station October 21 and 29 . Cane Creek October 26 . Tuscumbia October 26 – 27 . Chattanooga - Ringgold Campaign November 23 – 27 . Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23 – 24 . Mission Ridge November 25 . Ringgold Gap , Taylor ' s Ridge , November 27 . Garrison duty in Alabama till May , 1864 . Clayton , Ala . , March 14 , 1864 . Atlanta Campaign May 1 - September 8 . Demonstrations on Resaca May 8 – 13 . Battle of Resaca May 13 – 15 . Advance on Dallas May 18 – 25 . Battles about Dallas , New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25 - June 5 . Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10 - July 2 . Bushy Mountain June 15 – 17 . Assault on Kenesaw June 27 . Nickajack Creek July 2 – 5 . Chattahoochie River July 6 – 17 . Battle of Atlanta July 22 . Siege of Atlanta July 22 - August 25 . Ezra Church , Hood ' s 2nd Sortie , July 28 . Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25 – 30 . Battle of Jonesboro August 31 - September 1 . Lovejoy Station September 2 – 6 . Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29 - November 3 . Ship ' s Gap , Taylor ' s Ridge , October 16 . Consolidated with 32nd Missouri Volunteer Infantry November 12 , 1864 , as Consolidated Battalion 31st and 32nd Missouri Infantry . March to the sea November 15 - December 10 . Clinton November 23 . Statesboro December 4 . Ogeechee River December 7 – 9 . Siege of Savannah December 10 – 21 . Campaign of the Carolinas January – April , 1865 . Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25 . Hickory Hill February 1 . Salkehatchie Swamps , S . C . , February 2 – 5 . South Edisto River February 9 . North Edisto River February 12 – 13 . Columbia February 15 – 17 . Lynch ' s Creek February 25 – 26 . Battle of Bentonville , N . C . , March 20 – 21 . Occupation of Goldsboro March 24 . Advance on Raleigh April 10 – 14 . Occupation of Raleigh April 14 . Bennett ' s House April 26 . Surrender of Johnson and his army . March to Washington , D . C . , via Richmond , Va . , April 29 - May 20 . Grand Review May 24 . moved to Louisville June . Battalion mustered out July 18 , 1865 . Casualties . Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 51 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 228 enlisted men by disease . Total 283