11th Iowa Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Davenport September 28 to October 18, 1861. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., November 1. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Tennessee, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, Army of Tennessee, to July, 1862, and District of Corinth to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., November, 1861, and duty there until March, 1862. Expedition to Booneville December 8, 1861, and to Providence and Booneboro December 14.

Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 10, 1862
April 6-7, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee

Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth and Bolivar until November. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., January 12, 1863; thence to Lake Providence, La., January 18. Expedition to Richmond, La., January 29-31. Richmond January 30. Duty at Lake Providence until April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River Crossing May 17.

May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
- May 19, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
- May 22, 1863 - Assault on Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4.
- July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Advance on Jackson July 5-10.
Guard ammunition and subsistence trains at Vicksburg until February, 1864.
- August 20-September 2, 1863 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Monroe, Louisiana
Expedition to Canton October 14-20.
February 3-March 2, 1864 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Mississippi to Meridian, Mississippi

Veterans on furlough March and April. Non-Veterans garrison duty at Mound City, Ill. Moved to Clifton, Tenn.; thence march to Ackworth, Ga., via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., April 21-June 8.

June 8-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Bushy Mountain June 15-17.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
- Chattahoochie River July 6-17.
- Leggett's or Bald Hill July 20-21.
- July 22, 1864 - Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
- July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
- Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1.
- Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
- Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26.
- Snake Creek Gap October 15-16.
November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
- December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
- Pocotaligo, S.C., January 14-16.
- Salkehatchie Swamps February 3-5.
- River's Bridge February 3.
- Edisto Railroad Bridge February 7.
- South Edisto River February 9.
- Orangeburg February 11-12.
- Columbia February 15-17.
- Cheraw March 3.
- Fayetteville, N. C., March 11.
- Battle of Bentonville March 20-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
  - Surrender of Johnston and his army.
March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, April 29-May 20.
Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June.
Mustered out July 15, 1865.