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31st New York Infantry Regiment
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Organized at New York City |
May 24, 1861 |
Mustered in for two years Federal service under Colonel Calvin E. Pratt, Lieutenant Colonel William H. Brown and Major Addison Dougherty |
June 24, 1861 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Davies' Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 14 |
Reconnaissance from Alexandria on Fairfax Road |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run |
August |
Attached to Franklin's Brigade, Division of the Potomac and duty in the Defenses of Washington |
October |
Attached to Newton's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 3 |
Skirmish at Springfield Station |
December 24-25 |
Scout to Fairfax Court House (Co. "E") |
February 15, 1862 |
Major Dougherty discharged |
March 1 |
Captain Alexander Raszewski of Company C promoted to major |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 15 |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 4-12 |
McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va. |
April 22 |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Va. |
April 24-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown on transports |
May 7-8 |
West Point The regiment lost Captain August Heiss, Lieutenant Frederic Pross and 19 enlisted men killed, Lieutenants Horatio G. Babcock and Charles E. Klein and 3 enlisted men mortally wounded, 2 officers and 28 men wounded, and 27 men missing. |
May |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill The regiment charged and drove the Confederates bac 700 yards, fighting until its anmunition was gone before being withdrawn. It lost Captain Henry Witthack and 20 men killed, 5 enlsted men mortally wounded, Colonel Pratt, 3 other officers and 78 enlisted men wounded, and 26 men missing. |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp, Charles City Cross Roads, and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
July 6 |
Lieutenant Colonel Brown resigns to become colonel of the 36th New York Infantry , Captain Leopold C. Newman of Company B promoted to lieutenant colonel |
August 16-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
August 28-31 |
In works at Centreville |
September 1 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 10 |
Colonel Pratt promoted to brigadier general |
Sepatember 13 |
Lt. Colonel Francis Pinto of the 32nd New York Infantry takes command of the 31st |
September 14 |
Crampton's Gap, South Mountain The regiment lost 1 enlisted men killed and 3 wounded. As the 32nd New York lost both its colonel and major, Lt. Colonel Pinto assumes joint command of the 31st and 32nd. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam The regiment lost 1 officer and 2 enlisted men wounded |
September |
Duty in Maryland |
October 23 |
Lt. Colonel Pinto promoted to colonel of the 32nd New York |
October 4 |
Captain Robert R. Daniel of Company A promoted to major |
October 29- |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
November 25 |
Adjutant Frank Jones promoted to colonel with rank from September 13 |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
February |
At Falmouth attached to Light Division, 6th Army Corps |
April 13 |
Major Daniel dies of disease on leave in New York City |
April 27 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations about Franklin's Crossing The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 9 wounded |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg The regiment lost Lieutenant John Jewsbury and 11 men killed, 5 enlisted men mortally wounded, Captain John Sloan, 1 other officer and 37 men wounded, and 6 officers and 81 men missing. While Colonel Thomas Jones commanded the brigade, Lieut.-Colonel Leopold C. Newman led the regiment and was wounded in the foot, resulting in its amputation and his resulting death. |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights, Banks' Ford The regiment lost 1 officer and 16 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Brown, 1 other officer and 37 enlisted men wounded, and 6 officers and 81 enlisted men (Companies A, C and F) surprised, cut off and captured in a rear guard action at Bank's Ford |
May |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps |
May 9 |
Captain John B. Sloan of Company H promoted to major with rank from April 13 |
June 4, 1863 |
Mustered out, expiration of term, under Colonel Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Newman and Major Sloan. Three years' men transferred to 121st Regiment New York Infantry. |