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31st Louisiana Infantry
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Preston Hampton - Private
Preston Hampton was from Winnsboro. Captured and then paroled at Vicksburg MS and then reassigned to the 8th la Cavalry and at Shreveport when the war ended.
Contact Name: Patrick Stewart
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Date Added: 8/10/2009

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Hiram Olive Slay - Private
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Contact Name: Gayle Hennington
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Date Added: 2/19/2004

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Isham Madison WheelisRank Unknown
My husband's gg-grandfather.
Contact Name: Carol Wheelis
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Date Added: 4/20/2006

Company A
theodore george walcott - Private
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Contact Name: David Wilson
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Date Added: 6/9/2021

Company B
David D Fitzgerald - Private
From Caldwell Parish, LA joined Company B, Regt 31 in Columbia, LA and reporting to Monroe 19 Apr 1862. Taken as prisoner of war at the Fall of Vicksburg 4 July 1863. Reported to Vienna, LA for prisoner exchange 1 Apr 1864. Paroled in Monroe 13 June 1865. Died in Grayson, Caldwell Parish, LA 08 Oct 1891.
Contact Name: Nelwyn Madison
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Date Added: 10/9/2021

Company B
Armajer Kent Hall - Private
Died in Vicksburg,Ms.Buried at Oak Ridge Church of Christ cemetary.
Contact Name: Sarah
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Date Added: 2/20/2009

Company B
Harmon Meredith - Private
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Contact Name: Beabe Thompson
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Date Added: 12/30/2014

Company B
WILLIAM MIDDLETON - Private
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Contact Name: MARK MIDDLETON
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Date Added: 11/13/2007

Company B
Isaac Riser - Private
Captured at Vicksburg, July 4, 1963.
Contact Name: Beabe Thompson
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Date Added: 12/31/2014

Company B
Thomas Richard Simmons - Private
Born:1839 Pike Co.Mississippi.Died:Jul 24 1862 Coldwell Parish Louisiania.{Enlisted: Monroe La. apr 19th 1862} Born:1839 Pike Co. Mississippi, Died Jul 24 1862 Coldwell La. Tyephoid Fever.
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Date Added: 11/11/2012

Company B
William Lundy Simmons - Private
B.Mar 31 1832 Pike Co. Mississippi. D. Sep 17 1910 Sikes,Winn Parish LA. Enlisted Apr 19 1862 LA POW. Jul 4 1863 Vicksburg Mississippi.
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Date Added: 11/11/2012

Company B
Willis F. Simmons - Private
B.Mar 23 1834 Pike Co. Mississippi,D.Jul 21 1903 Vernon Parish LA. enlisted Jun 17 1862 Monroe LA. POW Jul 4th 1863 Vicksburg Mississippi.
Contact Name: TrisStrickland
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Date Added: 11/11/2012

Company B
Francis Marion Warner - Private
looking for info about my gr. gr. grandfather
Contact Name: William Warner
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Date Added: 1/19/2014

Company C
Benjamin Franklin Robinson - Private
My Grandpa - Fought in all the battles the 31st participated in. Captured and paroled at Vicksburg - exchanged and rejoined his command with duty along the Red River until surrender May65.
Contact Name: Roy Hammett,Jr.
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Date Added: 11/29/2005

Company C
Blake Thomas Sessums - Private
Enlisted 21 April 1862 at Delhi, Louisiana.
Contact Name: Ella Allbright
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Date Added: 7/9/2004

Company D
Leander Mewhiney - Private
This is my grandmother's great-grandfather. His last name has been misspelled all over the place. The spelling my family landed on is McWhiney. Other spellings: Mewhiney, Mawhiney, Mowhiney, Mawhiny... He died near Vicksburg, MS on November 9, 1862. His son, Thomas Mewhiney/McWhiney, was 1 yr old.
Contact Name: Stephani Adams
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Date Added: 10/7/2023

Company D
Amos WallaceRank Unknown
I haven't confirmed, yet, that this is a relative. However, I have confirmed that he is buried at Soldier's Rest in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg.
Died: 04/08/63.
Contact Name: Barry Wallace
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Date Added: 10/19/2013

Company D
John A. Young - 2nd Lieutenant
Was a SGT in Co.A in the 31st LA Infantry when first joined. He was a 2nd LT. when the unit was imprisoned at Claiborne Co. MS after battle in Vicksburg, after oath to Union he was paroled. Returned to 31LA Infantry and fought until was disbanded at Mansfield LA in 1865. He died in 1879 in Wharton,TX. His name is listed on a CSA Monument At the Wharton County Court House. He enlisted in 1862 in East Carroll Parish LA31st
Contact Name: Ken Young
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Date Added: 3/16/2007

Company E
Shelvy Baucum - Captain
Participated in the following skirmishes or battles. Milikens Bend, Chickasaw Bayou, Port Gibson, Siege of Vicksburg. Regiment disbanded at Mansfield La. in May 1865.
Contact Name: Maxey Baucum
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Date Added: 12/7/2010

Company E
Thomas J Harp - Private
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Contact Name: J. R. Bailey
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Date Added: 12/26/2008

Company E
Petty Haywood Ricks - Corporal
Petty was born 20 Aug 1832 in Greene Co. Alabama. He has 12 items in his archival file. He enlisted 1 May 1862 at Monroe, Louisiana for 3 years in Capt. Baucum's Co. Sworn in by S W Odell for 3 years. Taken as POW at Vicksburg and exchanged 29 Mar. 1864 at Shreveport. After Vicksburg the 31st became attached to General Allen Thomas's command [ which is my ancestor on my direct Thomas line] Supported the defense of forts Buelow and Randolph near Pineville. He died 3 April 1915 at Grand Cane, De Sota Parish La. He is my cousin on my Gandy line.
Contact Name: Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 9/2/2023

Company F
James P. Breazeale(Brazile) - Private
According to his widow's pension application(s), he was discharged from service on July 3, 1865 (June 26, 1865) in Alexandria, LA. He enlisted May 4, 1862 from Catahoula Parish.
Contact Name: Linda Nabors
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Date Added: 2/25/2006

Company F
J. M. Francis - Private
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Contact Name: Dale
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Date Added: 3/8/2005

Company F
J. M. Francis - Private
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Contact Name: Dale McManus
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Date Added: 6/24/2009

Company F
Nicholas Keen - Private
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Contact Name: Bob Epperson
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Date Added: 3/28/2004

Company F
Frank M. Mills - Private
Enlisted 5-4-1862, age 31, from Catahoula Parish.
Contact Name: Travis W. Mills
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Date Added: 5/26/2009

Company F
James J. Mills - Private
Enlisted 5-4-1862, age 37, from Catahoula Parish. Died in Miller County, AR ca. 1880.
Contact Name: Travis W. Mills
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Date Added: 5/26/2009

Company F
Matthew J. Mills - Corporal
Enlisted in Catahoula Parish. Died in Nacogdoches County, Texas 1888.
Contact Name: Travis W. Mills
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Date Added: 5/26/2009

Company F
Burrell Sylvester Pool - Private
Burrell was from Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. He was 25 when he enlisted in the newly formed Regiment at Jackson, in Capt S.F. Rouths Co. F 31st Infantry. Posted for duty around Vicksburg. Picket and patrol duty. Fought the invaders until they were driven into the siege trenches of Vicksburg. Surrendered and taken POW 4 July 1863. Exchanged 29 Mar 1864 at Vienna, Louisiana. Paroled at Alexander, La. 1 July 1865. Note to researchers, do not confuse this B.S. Pool with the CSA soldier B.S. Pool found in Co A 14th Regiment, La. Infantry
Burrell died 30 Sep 1919 and is buried at Squires Cem. Summerville, LaSalle Parish, La.
Contact Name: phillip thomas
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Date Added: 9/10/2019

Company F
Hiram Mendenhall Warwick - Corporal
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Contact Name: C.C.
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Date Added: 3/7/2005

Company F
John A. J. Weatherington - Private
Killed in battle at Chickasaw Bayou either 28 or 29 Dec, 1862. Older brother to George W. and Thomas Benton Weatherington of the 2nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment.
Contact Name: Michael R. Brasher
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Contact Homepage: http://www.2ndmississippi.org/
Date Added: 7/10/2007

Company F
John N Williams - Private
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Contact Name: Bob Epperson
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Date Added: 3/28/2004

Company F
Pleasant L Williams - Private
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Contact Name: Bob Epperson
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Date Added: 3/28/2004

Company G
Milton J. Buie - Private
Enlisted: 5/7/1862 at Monroe, LA. Rolls for 5/7/1862 through 2/1863: Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War: Captured and paroled at Vicksburg, MS on 7/4/1863. Reported in camp for Exchange at Vienna, LA on 3/29/1864. Rolls of Prisoners of War, C.S.A: Surrendered at New Orleans, LA on 5/26/1865; Paroled at Monroe, LA on 6/6/1865. Residence: Franklin Parish, LA. Buried: Buie Cemetery located at Mangham, Richland Parish, LA.
Contact Name: Terry G. Scriber
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Date Added: 7/6/2004

Company G
Charles W Hodge - Captain
Believed to have been wounded at Vicksburg. Buried at Smyrna Cemetery in Union Parish, Louisiana.

UDC dedicated marker at gravesite on November 6, 2004. A very impresive ceremony.
Contact Name: Charles Brumfield
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Date Added: 11/9/2004

Company G
David Lewis Nolen - Private
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Contact Name: Andrew Nolen
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Date Added: 6/21/2004

Company G
James R Patterson - Private
Hoping to find more info about James including his birth day and death day.
Contact Name: Jenna
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Contact Homepage: https://www.facebook.com/jenna.s.hickman
Date Added: 7/10/2013

Company G
Isham Scott Phillips - Private
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Contact Name: Randy Phillips
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Date Added: 9/15/2014

Company H
Needham Byrant Bird/Burd - Private
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Contact Name: Laurie Houle
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Date Added: 5/29/2007

Company H
James Boatright - Private
Enlisted March 16, 1862, died Nov. 29, 1862 of pneumonia in Jackson, MS.
Contact Name: Sandy Boyd
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Date Added: 6/15/2010

Company H
Linier Boatright - Private
Enlisted on May 14, 1862 in Monroe, LA. Died Sept. 10, 1862 in Union Parish, LA. while on sick furlough.
Contact Name: Sandy Boyd
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Date Added: 6/15/2010

Company H
Julius Y. Johnson - Private
Julius Younger Johnson was my great grandfather. He lived in Columbus, Hempstead Co., Arkansas. Some have said that many Southwestern Arkansas men went to Louisiana to enlist in CSA. I would appreciate a look-up in Film # M378 Roll 15.
Thanks, Susan Tidwell Wilburn
Contact Name: Susan Wilburn
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Date Added: 1/11/2009

Company H
John C McCurdy - Private
Trying to find John C McCurdy''s parents names.
Contact Name: Chris McCurdy
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Date Added: 7/28/2004

Company H
James Madison Odom - Private
GGG Uncle, son of James Madison Odom Sr. and Elizabeth Bramlett, grandson of Major Archibald Odom and Pvt. Henry Bramlett, NC Militia (Revolution). Enlisted May 14, 1862 as Pvt.; Nov. 1, 1862 promoted 1st Cpl.; Jan. 1, 1863 promoted 5th Sgt.; Captured July 4, 1863 @ Vicksburg, exchanged March 29, 1864; Surrendered as 2nd Sgt. May 26, 1865 in New Orleans, paroled June 12, 1865 in Monroe

Contact Name: David Hampton Bell, SCV322196
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Contact Homepage: http://www.genlouishebert.com
Date Added: 10/9/2012

Company H
Joseph H. Templeton - Private
Joseph enlisted May 14, 1862 and died about July 14, 1862 probably in Monroe, LA.
Contact Name: Toni Ewing
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Date Added: 10/21/2008

Company I
W. A. Camp - Private
My father Great Uncle, Never Married
Drew pension in Arkansas.
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Date Added: 12/29/2004

Company I
Harmon Kinsey Elkins - Private
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Contact Name: Jim Elkins
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Date Added: 12/3/2005

Company I
Elias E. George, Jr. - Private
My GG-Grandfather, volunteered the first time in 1861, but did not lie about his age (17) and was turned away. He enlisted in Monroe in March, 1862 after he turned 18 in January. After the fall of Vicksburg, he went home for a couple of months, and enlisted again, this time in Company E of the 3rd Louisiana Cavalry, where he served thru the end of the war.
Contact Name: Chuck Kinnison
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Date Added: 11/5/2006

Company I
Felix Grundy Hargis - Sergeant
Trying to find location of death and burial. Died 9/6/1862 from measles. Any help appreciated.
Contact Name: Evelyn Brown
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Date Added: 4/7/2005

Company I
Japhet N Harris - Private
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Contact Name: Mark Harris
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Date Added: 3/6/2009

Company I
William Young McBryde - Private
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Contact Name: J T McBryde
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Date Added: 12/20/2006

Company I
William Smith MizeRank Unknown
killed in civil war. widow applied for pension. listed in Louisiana state confederate archives.One of my great-great-great grandfathers.
Contact Name: Doug DeRouen
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Date Added: 10/29/2007

Company I
William T. Porter - Private
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Contact Name: Billy H. Cranford
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Date Added: 2/17/2011

Company I
William Newton Renfroe - Private
Interested in learning about Company I 31st Louisiana Infantry of Union Parish, Louisiana.
Contact Name: Dee Welborn
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Date Added: 1/6/2013

Company I
Samuel Richard Templeton - Private
Samuel was captured and paroled at Vicksburg, July 4, 1863.
Contact Name: Toni Ewing
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Date Added: 10/21/2008

Company K
James Arther - Private
Enlisted June 10, 1862 Monroe, Louisiana. KIA March 1, 1863 near Vicksburg, MS. Born 1829 Talbert County, Georgia, enlisted at age 33 from Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
Contact Name: Phyllis Wedgeworth
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Date Added: 7/16/2010

Company K
John Carroll - Private
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Contact Name: Mary Anne Carroll Williams
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Date Added: 10/25/2005

Company K
John O. Dowdy - Private
In honour of the brave men from Ouachita Parish. John had his right arm and all the toes on his left foot blown off during the seige of Vicksburg.
Contact Name: Josh Dowdy
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Date Added: 4/25/2004

Company K
John William Fuller - 4th Corporal
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Contact Name: Gina
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Date Added: 6/4/2010

Company K
James Calvin McGrew - Private
Enlisted 14Apr1862 at Monroe, LA. Fought and was paroled at Vicksburg, MS. Born in Ouachita Parish. Enlisted at age 21.
Contact Name: John McGrew
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Date Added: 4/12/2006

Company K
James Calvin McGrew - Private
Regiment Name 31st Louisiana Infantry
Side Confederate
Company K
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Contact Name: Fred Rose
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Date Added: 2/17/2009

Company K
ANDERSON HUEY SIMS - Private
ENLISTED AT MONROE,LA. ON JUNE 14,1862. CAPTURED AT VICKSBURG AND PAROLED ONJULY 4,1863.SURRENDED AT NEW ORLEANS,LA.ON MAY 26,1865 ANDPAROLED AT MONROE,LA. ON JUNE 9,1865.
Contact Name: ROBERT GILL
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Date Added: 4/30/2006

Company K
David H. TakewellRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Michael
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Date Added: 6/26/2004

Company K
John Takewell - Private
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Contact Name: Michael
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Date Added: 12/7/2004

Company K
William Riley TakewellRank Unknown
William Riley Takewell was a U.S. confederate soldier in the 31st La. Infantry, under the command of Sugan Jones. He served as a Pvt. in Co. K, of the 31st Louisiana Inf. En. He is listed on the roll of Camp Mayson taken on 8/1/1862. He reported in camp for exchange at Vienna, La. before April 1, 1865. Resident of Ouachita Parish, La. He was paroled at Plesant Hill, and applied for his military pension on July 30 1913, at age 66. (Application # 7819.) He received 36 dollars for his pension. William was a member of the 'Company K, Tilailleurs of St. James
The regiment was organized at Camp Moore on May 15, 1862, with 804 men. The unit had originally been mustered into state service in New Orleans on December 17, 1861, as the Sumpter Regiment and was transferred to Confederate service for ninety days on March 1, 1862. Upon the evacuation of New Orleans, April 25, three and a half companies remained in the city were captured. The other six and a half companies went to Camp Moore. There General Mansfield Lovell added four new companies to bring the unit back to regimental strength. Company K went home on furlough and never returned, since the enemy controlled that portion of the state. The regiment remained at Camp Moore until August 5, when it participated in the battle of Baton Rouge. In that battle, 58 men of the regiment were killed, wounded, or missing. The remaining men marched to Port Hudson after the battle and became part of the garrison there. They did outpost and picket and helped construct the entrenchments in the area. In February, 1863, the War Department ordered the reduction of the regiment to a battalion of seven companies. On March 4, Companies H and I were disbanded and the men were distributed among other companies. The new 30th Louisiana Battalion retained the regiment's number, and records frequently call it 30th Louisiana Regiment.
Colonel. Charles H. Morrison
Lt. Col. Sidney H. Griffin, killed June 27, 1863
James W. Draughan
Majors Thomas C. Humble died Jan. 7, 1863; James W. Draughan, promoted to lieutenant colonel June 27, 1863; Robert D. Bridger.
Co. K. Commander, Flavius J. Hundley
Some time between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and 1876, William moved to Coweta County Georgia where he is listed on the county tax record. It is not known how long he lived there.

William Riley is buried at Pine Grove Cemetery South under a tree. There is no marker and all the records were destroyed in a fire
Contact Name: Michael
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Date Added: 6/26/2004

Company K
Andrew J Tanner - Private
Great grandfather's brother. Enrolled on 14 APR 1862 at Monroe, Louisiana. Captured at Vicksburg and released on parole to go home to Louisiana to await exchange. He reported into parole camp prior to 1 APR 1864 to be available for exchange. At the war's end, the 31st Louisiana Infantry disbanded and went home a couple of weeks before the final surrender of the Trans-Mississippi. He reported into the Federal parole center at Monroe, Louisiana and was released on parole on 9 JUN 1865
Contact Name: Lou Ann Tanner
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Contact Homepage: latann01@gmail.com
Date Added: 1/17/2017

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