31st Indiana Infantry
Lauman's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division
(front)
31st Regiment
Infantry
Commanded by
Colonel Charles Cruft
3rd Brigade - Gen. Lauman -
4th Division - Gen. Hurlbut -
Army of the Tennessee.
Indiana
(back)
Commanded by Col. Charles Cruft.
(Wounded)
Lieut. Col. John Osborn.
This regiment took this position Sunday, April 6, 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 7, 1862, it was engaged during the day on the right center of the army, Casualties--killed, 2 officers and 19 men; wounded, 4 officers and 110 men; missing, 2 men; total, 138.
Marker is on Sunken Road 0.2 miles east of Eastern Corinth Road, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
