Captain Joseph H. Evans of Co. G, 31st Iowa Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of CongressLieutenant Thomas C. Bird of Co. C, 31st Iowa Infantry Regiment
The 31st Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on October 13, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 27, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1177 men served in the 31st Iowa at one time or another during its existence.[1]
It suffered 1 officer and 27 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 272 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 303 fatalities.[2]
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