The 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly as part of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The 31st Virginia was organized under William Lowther Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861. The men were recruited primarily from the counties of Barbour, Marion, Pendleton, Harrison, Gilmer, Randolph, Pocahontas, Lewis, and Highland.Mountaineers of the Blue and Gray, The Civil War and West Virginia, George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, Shepherd Univ., 2008, CD-Rom
The unit was active in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign and Jackson's Valley operations. Later it was assigned to General Early's, W. Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 31st participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox.
This regiment reported 13 casualties at Greenbrier River, 37 at Camp Alleghany, 19 at McDowell, and 97 at Cross Keys and Port Republic. It lost 3 killed and 17 wounded at Cedar Mountain, had 5 killed and 20 wounded at Second Manassas, and suffered 1 killed and 7 wounded at Sharpsburg. Of the 267 in action at Gettysburg, ten percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 7 officers and 49 men of which 22 were armed.
The field officers were Colonels John S. Hoffman, William L. Jackson, and Samuel H. Reynolds; Lieutenant Colonels Francis M. Boykin, Alfred H. Jackson, and J.S. Kerr McCutchen; and Majors James C. Arbogast, Joseph H. Chenoweth, and William P. Cooper.
Companies Company A, Marion Guard, Capt. William P. Thompson Company B, Pendleton Minute Men, Capt. Robert H. Bradshaw Company C, Harrison State Guards, Capt. Uriel M. Turner Company D, Gilmer Rifles, Capt. John E. Mitchell Company E, The Highlanders, Capt. Felix H. Hull Company F, Capt. Jacob Currence (Randolph County) Company G, Pocahontas Reserves, Capt. James C. Arbogast Company H, Barbour Greys, Capt. Thomas A. Bradford Company I, Capt. Alfred H. Jackson (Lewis County) Company K, Barbour Mountain Guards, Capt. Henry Sturm Haselberger, Fritz, Yanks from the South, Past Glories, Baltimore, 1987, pg. 87, list of companies
See also
List of Virginia Civil War units List of West Virginia Civil War Confederate units
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References
External links Roy Bird Cook Collection, West Virginia University, 31st Virginia Infantry