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Re: John Fuller, Company K, 31st Infantry

John Fuller, 22 year old Farmer, born in Ouachita Parish, enlisted as a Private in Company K, 31st Louisiana Infantry July 11, 1862 at Camp Neayson by F. J. Hundley for 3 years, appointed 4th Corporal January 31, 1863, captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi July 4, 1863, paroled July 9, reported to parole camp for exchange at Vienna, La., sometime before April 1, 1864, surrendered with his company at New Orleans, La., May 26, 1865, paroled at Monroe, La., June 9, 1865, resident of Ouachita Parish, La.

M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana

You may procure his records through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above. They contain three copies of his signed enlistment document.

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31st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry

31st Infantry Regiment [including Morrison's 6th Louisiana Infantry Battalion] was organized at Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the early summer of 1862. Assigned to General Baldwin's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, the unit lost 9 killed and 16 wounded at Chickasaw Bluff and was captured defending Vicksburg. After being exchanged, it was placed in A. Thomas' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and fought in various conflicts in Louisiana. During the spring of 1865 it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Charles H. Morrison, Lieutenant Colonel Sidney H.. Griffin, and Majors James W. Draughon and Thomas C. Humble. [NPS Soldiers & Sailors System]

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