eleventh michigan infantry

engagements

TIMELINE

1861

December 9

Left Michigan for Bardstown, Kentucky, and remained on duty there until March 1862.

1862

March - July

Guard duty along the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.

Jul 4-28

Operations against Confederate cavalry commander John Hunt Morgan.

Jul 19th

Engaged with Morgan’s forces at Paris, Kentucky.

Aug 13th

Action with Morgan’s forces at Gallatin, Tennessee.

Aug - Dec 26th

Ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, and engaged in duty there.

Sept 12th

Participated in the Siege of Nashville.

Oct 5th

Encounter at Neeley’s Bend, Cumberland River.

Dec 26 - 30th

Advance and battle at Murfreesboro

Dec 31

Battle of Stones River

1863

Jan 1 - 3rd

Battle of Stones River

Jan - Jun

Duty around Murfreesboro

Jun 23 - Jul 7th

Engaged in the Tullahoma Campaign, occupying Middle Tennessee and Dechard, Alabama.

Aug 16 - Sept 22

Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River in the Chickamauga Campaign.

Sept 11th

Engaged in the Battle of Davis’s Cross Roads near Dug Gap.

Sept 19 - 20

Battle of Chickamauga

Sept 21

Battle of Rossville Gap

Sept 24 - Nov 23rd

Siege of Chattanooga.

Nov 23 - 27th

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign, including Lookout Mountain (November 24), Mission Ridge (November 25), and Pea Vine Valley and Graysville (November 26).

1864

January - March 15th

Outpost Duty at Rossville

May 8 -11th

Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge

May 14 - 15th

Battle of Resaca

May 25 - June 5th

Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek, and battles near Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills.

May 27th

Battle of Pickett’s Mill

June 10 - July 2nd

Operations around Marietta and engagements against Kennesaw Mountain, including Pine Hill (June 11-14) and Lost Mountain (June 15-17).

July 4th

Engagement at Ruff’s Station, continuing to the Chattahoochie River (July 5-17) and Peachtree Creek (July 19-20).

July 22 - Aug 25th

Siege of Atlanta, including battles at Utoy Creek (August 5-7).

August 27th

Ordered back to Chattanooga

Aug 30 - Sept 13th

Pursuit of Confederate cavalry commander Joseph Wheeler to Huntsville, Alabama.

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