service on July 15, 1865. The Regiment, and the Battle of the Crater in general, is portrayed in the film Cold Mountain (2003). Total strength and casualties 1,595 men served in the 31st Maine Infantry Regiment at one point or another during its service. It lost 183 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds. 491 men were wounded in action, 176 died of disease, and 34 died in Confederate prisons, and 18 officer deaths, for a total of 411 fatalities from all causes. Commanders Colonel Daniel White Notable members J. Sumner Rogers, founder of Michigan Military Academy See also List of Maine Civil War units Maine in the American Civil War Notes External links State of Maine Civil War Records Website 31st Maine Regiment Military units and formations established in 1864 1864 establishments in Maine Military units and formations disestablished in 1865