31ST
OHIO INFANTRY
1ST BRIGADE,
3RD DIVISION,
14TH ARMY CORPS.
31ST REGIMENT OHIO INFANTRY
Sept. 19th, 1863, about 10: A.M. This regiment, Lt. Col. Frederick W. Lister Commanding, was sent to re-enforce Croxton’s Brigade, then engaged near Jay’s Mill, and went into action on the left of that brigade. It afterward about 11:00 A.M. took part in the recapture of the 4th Indiana Battery, and Continued in Action Till about 2:00 P.M.
Sept. 20th, occupied this position till about 12:00 P.M., when the enemy penetrated our lines to the right of this position, and the regiment was broken and forced to retire. Detachments of the regiment under Captains J. A Cahill and J. H. McCune, and Lieutenants Eli Wilkins, A. S. Scott and J. J. Miller were rallied and fought on Snodgrass hill until the close of the battle.
Loss, Killed 13: Wounded 134: Captured or Missing 22.
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