31st Maine Infantry Regiment

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31st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Flag of Maine
Active	April 17, 1864 to July 15, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Battles/wars	Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater

1 Service
2 Total Strength and Casualties
3 See Also
4 External links

[edit] Service

The 31st Maine Regiment was organized at Augusta, Maine in March and April 1864 and mustered into service on April 17, 1864. The 31st Maine left Maine for Washington, D.C. on April 18, 1864 and were attached to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps,Army of the Potomac in which it remained for the remainder of the war.

The 31st Maine absorbed the 32nd Maine Regiment on December 12, 1864.

The regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 23, 1865 and was mustered out of service on July 15, 1865.

[edit] Total Strength and Casualties

1,595 men served in the 31st Maine Infantry Regiment at one point or another during its service. It lost 183 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds. 491 men were wounded in action, 176 died of disease, and 34 died in Confederate prisons, and 18 officer deaths, for a total of 411 fatalities from all causes.[[1]]