31st Indiana Infantry Monument: Shiloh National Military Park

31ST
REGIMENT
INFANTRY

COMMANDED BY
COLONEL CHARLES CRUFT
3RD BRIGADE – GEN. LAUMAN –
4TH DIVISION – GEN. HURLBUT –
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

INDIANA

31ST
INFANTRY

COMMANDED BY

COLONEL CHARLES CRUFT
(WOUNDED)

LIEUT. COL. JOHN OSBORN

THIS REGIMENT TOOK THIS POSITION SUNDAY, APRIL 6TH, 1862, AT 8:30 A.M., AND HELD IT AGAINST REPEATED CHARGES OF THE ENEMY UNTIL 2:30 P.M. DURING THIS TIME THE WOODS IN FRONT CAUGHT FIRE AND MANY DEAD AND WOUNDED WERE BURNED. THE REGIMENT WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE LEFT AND WAS ENGAGED EAST OF THE HAMBURG ROAD UNTIL 4 P.M. WHEN IT SLOWLY RETIRED TO THE SUPPORT OF THE SIEGE GUNS.

ON MONDAY, APRIL 7TH, IT WAS ENGAGED DURING THE DAY ON THE RIGHT CENTER OF THE ARMY.

CASULATIES: KILLED 2 OFFICERS AND 19 MEN; WOUNDED 4 OFFICERS AND 110 MEN; MISSING 3 MEN; TOTAL 138.