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Page 143 of Goodspeed Bros. "1884 History Of Greene & Sullivan Counties,
Indiana..." gives the following account:
"CAPT. BEATY’S COMPANY.
About seventy men from Greene County were in the company (H),
Capt. Beaty, raised in the vicinity of Owensburg, and mustered into the Thirty-first
Regiment on the 20th of September, 1861. The following is the personal record of the
company:" ... "William
Riddle;"
His record is on file at
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
William Riddle (First_Last)
Regiment Name 31 Indiana Infantry
Side Union
Company H
Soldier's Rank_In Wagoner
Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt.
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M540 roll 64
this is the info on his regiment:
UNION INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
31st Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., and mustered in September 15, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky
and camp at Green River till February, 1862. Attached to 13th Brigade, Army of the Ohio,
to December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division, Army Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of
the Tennessee, to April, 1862. 22nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September,
1862. 22nd Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January,
1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October,
1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.
Dept. of Texas to December,1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 11-13, 1862. Investment and capture of
Fort Donelson February 14-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 9-14. Battle
of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
Phillips' Creek, Widow Serratt's, May 21. Bridge Creek before Corinth May 28.
Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign
in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in
pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22.
Battle of Perryville, October 8. Wild Cat October 17. March to Nashville, Tenn., October
22-November 8. Destruction of Goose Creek Salt Works October 23-24. Duty at Nashville till
December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Lavergne December 26-27. Battle of
Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro and
Cripple Creek till June. Action at Spr!
ing Hill, Woodbury, April 2. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7.
Occupation of Middle Tennessee to August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and
Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Lee and
Gordon's Mills September 11-13. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-October 26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. At
Bridgeport, Ala., October 28, 1863, to January, 1864. Regiment Veteranize January 1, 1864,
and on Furlough February and March. At Ooltewah till May. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May
1-September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton, Ga.,
May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May
18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin
Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesa!
w Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15
-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Vining Station July 7. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege
of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of
Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in
North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Nashville Campaign
November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30.
Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28.
Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East Tennessee
March 15-April 22. Duty at Nashville till June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 16, thence
to Texas, July. Duty at Green Lake and San Antonio till December. Mustered out December 8,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 115 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
and 5 Officers and 253 Enlisted men by disease. Total 378.
Goodspeeds has other passing mentions of Samuel, Mary, Stephen and Harrison Riddle. If
any of this is helpful, email me for more details.