The 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment was organized at Jefferson Barracks at

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, and mustered in for three years on August 6, 1861. In its early history, the regiment was known as the "Missouri Rifles". Moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, August 16, 1861. Attached to Military District of Cairo, Ill., Dept. of Missouri, to February 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Mississippi, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, Army of Mississippi, to April 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December 1862. 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to December 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to December 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August 1865. District of Alabama to December 1865.

Detailed service

Duty at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, until February 1862. Expedition to Perryville, Missouri, August 27 – September 2, 1861. Dallas, Missouri, September 2. Expedition against Thompson's Forces and operations about Ironton and Fredericktown October 12–25. Action at Fredericktown October 21. Expedition beyond Whitewater River November 30 – December 5. Moved from Cape Girardeau to Commerce, Missouri, February 26, 1862. Operations against New Madrid, Missouri, February 28 – March 14, and against Island Number Ten, Mississippi River, March 15 – April 8. Pleasant Point March 7. At New Madrid, Missouri, until April 13. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 13–17. Moved to Hamburg Landing April 18–22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Mississippi., April 29 – May 30. Action at

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, May 9. Near Corinth May 24. Pursuit to Booneville, Mississippi, May 31 – June 12, At Clear Creek, near Corinth, until August 18. Expedition to

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, June 30 – July 1. March to Tuscumbia, Alabama, August 18–23. March to

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, September 2–5, and to Clear Creek September 12–13. Reconnaissance to Iuka and skirmish September 14–16. March to

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, September 18. Battle of Iuka September 19. Pursuit of

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September 20–25. At Rienzi until September 30. March to Corinth September 30 – October 3. 2nd Battle of Corinth October 3–4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5–12. At Corinth until November 2. March to Grand Junction November 2–4. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 4, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Moved from Corinth to Germantown, Tennessee, January 20–21, 1863. To

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, February 10; thence to Helena, Arkansas, and Young's Point, Louisiana, and Ducksport, Louisiana, February 13–20, and duty there until May 1863. Moved to Join army in rear of

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, via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2–14. Mississippi Springs May 12.

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, May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18 – July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg and Satartia June 2–8. Mechanicsburg June 4. Satartia June 7. Moved to Young's Point, Louisiana, June. Expedition to Richmond, Louisiana, June 14–16. Action at Richmond June 15. Moved to Big Black River Bridge July 5. Outpost duty there until October. McPherson's Expedition to

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, October 14–20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17. Moved to Memphis, thence to

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, November 8–13. Scout after

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December 1–3. Expedition after Forest December 21–24. At LaGrange until January 26, 1864. Moved to Memphis, Tennessee, thence to Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 2–5. Camp at Big Black until February 27. March to Canton February 27–29, thence to Vicksburg March 1–4. Veterans moved to St. Louis March 10–16. Moved to Memphis, Tennessee, May 2–5. Expedition to Madison, St. Francis County, Arkansas, June 3–7. Guard working party Memphis to LaGrange June 16–27. Smith's Expedition to

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, July 5–21. Pontotoc July 11. Camargo's Cross Roads, near Harrisburg, July 13. Tupelo July 14–15.

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Creek July 15. Expedition to Oxford, Mississippi, August 1–30. Near Abbeville August 12. Hurricane Creek, College Hill, August 21. Abbeville August 23. Moved from Memphis to Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas, September 2–8. Moved to Brownsville September 10–11. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17 – November 13. Moved to

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, November 24 – December 1.

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December 15–16. Pursuit of John Bell Hood's army to the

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December 17–28. At

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, and Eastport, Mississippi, until February 7, 1865. Moved to

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, and its Defenses March 19 – April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26 – April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to

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, April 13–25, thence to

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May 10–14, and to

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, May 18–19. Duty there until July 15. Duty by Detachments at

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, and Uniontown until October. At Demopolis until December 24. Moved to Memphis, Tennessee, December 24–25. Mustered out January 15, 1866.

Casualties

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 179 Enlisted men by disease. Total 285.

Commanders

* Brig Gen David BaylesBelcher, p10 * Colonel Joseph Plummer * Brevt Maj Gen

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* Colonel Andrew J. Webber * Colonel William L. Barnum * Brevt Brig Gen Eli Bowyer

Notes

References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * {{CWR *Belcher, Dannis W., ''The 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War'', McFarland & Co, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2011 *McCall, D., ''Three Years in the Service. A Record of the Doings of the 11th Reg. Missouri Vols.'', Baker and Phillips, Springfield, Missouri, 1864

External links

Web site dedicated to the history of the 11th Missouri Volunteer Infantry. Includes image of the Veteran Color of the regiment. https://web.archive.org/web/20111206041621/http://eleventhmissouriinfantry.org/ Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1866 Units and formations of the Union Army from Missouri 1861 establishments in Missouri