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.




