31st New York Infantry Regiment

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31st New York Infantry Regiment
Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg
ActiveMay 14, 1861, to June 4, 1863
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements American Civil War
Maj. Alexander Basezemwski, 31st New York Volunteer Infantry Maj. Alexander Basezemwski, 31st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.jpg
Maj. Alexander Basezemwski, 31st New York Volunteer Infantry

The 31st New York Infantry Regiment, "Baxter's Light Guard" or the "Montezuma Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The regiment was organized in New York City, New York, and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on May 14, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments or who re-enlisted were transferred to the 121st New York on April 19, 1864.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 6 officers and 62 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 1 officer and 29 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 98 fatalities. [1]

Commanders

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Notes

  1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm Archived 2007-12-25 at the Wayback Machine The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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