United States Regiments & Batteries * West Virginia
The 11th West Virginia Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 63 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 148 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861
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October 29, 1861 – October 8, 1862 | Organized at Wheeling, Elizabeth, Burning Springs, Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Kanawha Station and Point Pleasant, W. Va. At Ceredo and Parkersburg, W. Va. Duty at Parkersburg and guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad through counties south of line from Jackson County to Lewis County. |
1862
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May 6 | Skirmishes at Arnoldsburg and Camp McDonald, W. Va. |
May 8-21 | Scout to Roane and Clay Counties |
June 4 | Big Bend |
June 10 | Mouth West Fork |
September 1 | Glenville |
September 2 | Spencer Roane Court House |
October | Attached to Railroad District, West Virginia, Dept. of the Mountains and Middle Department |
1863
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January | Attached to Parkersburg, W. Va. |
March | Attached to 6th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department |
April 21-May 21 | Operations against Jones’ Raid on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
May 6 | West Union (1 Company) |
May 16 | Elizabeth Court House |
May | Duty on the Upper Potomac at Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Grafton, Sutton, Bulltown and Beverly guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad attached to Wilkinson’s Brigade, Scammon’s Division, Dept. West Virginia |
July 2-26 | Operations against Morgan |
August 21 | Glenville (Companies C & H) |
August 27 | Near Glenville (Companies C & H) |
September 8 | Skirmish at Beech Fork, Calhoun County |
September 12 | Roane County |
October 13 | Bulltown, Braxton County |
October 14 | Salt Lick Bridge |
October 26 | Ravenswood |
October 27 | Sandy River near Elizabeth |
December 3 | Hurricane Creek (Detachment) |
December | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia |
1864
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April | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia |
May 2-19 | Crook’s Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad |
May 6 | Princeton |
May 9 | Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain |
May 10 | Cove Mountain or Grassy lack near Wytheville and New River Bridge |
May 12-13 | Salt Pond Mountain and Gap Mountain |
May 26-July 1 | Hunter’s Expedition to Lynchburg |
June 4 | Panther Gap |
June 10 | Middlebrook and Brownsville |
June 11 | Lexington |
June 16 | Otter Creek near Liberty; Spencer |
June 17 | Diamond Hill |
June 17-18 | Lynchburg |
June 19-July 1 | Retreat to Charleston, W. Va. |
June 19 | Buford’s Gap |
June 21 | About Salem |
July | Moved to Shenandoah Valley and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, West Virginia, then 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia |
July 8 | Sandy Hook, Md. |
July 17-18 | Snicker’s Ferry or Gap |
July 24 |
Second Battle of Kernstown |
August 1 | Flintstone Creek, Md. |
August 1 | Cumberland, Md. (4 Companies) |
August 7-November 28 | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
September 3 | Berryville |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan (Third Battle of Winchester) |
September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s HillPrivate George G. Moore of Company D was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism in capturing a Confederate battle flag. |
October 1 and 13 | Skirmishes at Cedar Creek |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October-December | Duty in Shenandoah Valley at Camp Russell |
December 19-23 | Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
December-March | Duty in the trenches before Richmond attached to 3rd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James |
1865
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March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 28-29 | Moved to front of Petersburg |
March 30-31 & April 1 |
Hatcher’s Run |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 | Rice’s Station |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April 12-15 | March to Lynchburg |
April 15-19 | To Farmville and Burkesville Junction |
April 22-25 | To Richmond |
May-June | Duty near Richmond |
June 17 | Mustered out |