31st Virginia Infantry Regiment
(Early's Brigade)
Brief History
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:
- Organized in state service for one year in June 1861.
- Transferred to Confederate service on July 1, 1861.
Reorganized on May 1, 1862.
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.
First Commander: William L. Jackson (Lieutenant Colonel)
Field Officers: James C. Arbogast (Major)
Francis M Boykin (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
Joseph H. Chenoweth (Major)
William P. Cooper (Major)
Joseph S. Hoffman a.k.a. John S. Hoffman (Major, Colonel)
Alfred H. Jackson (Lieutenant Colonel)
James S. K. McCuthcen (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
Samuel H. Reynolds (Colonel)
ASSIGNMENTS:
- 1st (H.R. Jackson's) Brigade, Army of the Northwest (September - November 1861)
- Johnson's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Army of the Northwest (November 1861 - January 1862)
- Army of the Northwest (March 1862)
- Conner's Brigade, Army of the Northwest (May 1862)
- Elzey's Brigade, Ewell's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (May - June 1862)
- Elzey's - Early's - Smith's Brigade, Ewell's - Early's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (June 1862 - April 1863)
- Northwestern Virginia Brigade, Department of Northern Virginia (April - June 1863)
- Smith's - Pegram's Brigade, Early's Ramseur's Dvision, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (June 1863 - June 1864)
- Pegram's Brigade, Ramseur's-Pegram's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (June - December 1864)
- Pegram's - Walker's Brigade, Pegram's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (December 1864 - April 1865)
BATTLES:
- Greenbrier River (October 3, 1861)
- Camp Alleghany, West Vriginia (December 13, 1861)
- McDowell (May 8, 1862)
- Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862 (May - June 1862)
- Port Republic (June 9, 1862)
- Seven Days Battles (June 25 - July 1, 1862)
- Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862)
- Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
- Rappahannock Station (August 23, 1862)
- Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862)
- Bristoe and Manassas Junction (August 26 - 27, 1862)
- 2nd Bull Run (August 28 - 30, 1862)
- Chantilly (September 1, 1862)
- Harpers Ferry (September 12 -15, 1862)
- Antietam (September 17, 1862)
- Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
- Jones' and Imboden's West Virginia Raid (April 1863)
- 2nd Winchester (June 14 -15, 1863)
- Gettysburg (July 1 - 3, 1863)
- Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)
- mine Run Campaign (November - December 1863)
- The Wilderness (May 5 - 6, 1864)
- Spotsylvania Court House (May 8 - 21, 1864)
- North Anna (May 22 -26, 1864)
- Cold Harbor (June 1 -3, 1864)
- Lynchburg Campaign (June 1864)
- Monocacy (July 9, 1864)
- Fort Stevens (July 11, 1864)
- 3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864)
- Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864)
- Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
- Petersburg Siege (from December 1864) (June 1864 - April 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
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