Illinois 11th Infantry Battalion (Union)
1861-07-30
Organized - Illinois 11th Infantry Battalion - Illinois
1862-02-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. G. Ransom, and Major Garnett Nevin
Lieutenant ColonelThomas E. G. Ransom
MajorGarnett Nevin
1862-02-11
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel William H. L. Wallace
ColonelWilliam H. L. Wallace
1862-02-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. G. Ransom
Lieutenant ColonelThomas E. G. Ransom
1862-02-11
Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Captain L. D. Waddell, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. G. Ransom, and Major Garrett Nevins
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel C. Carroll Marsh
ColonelC. Carroll Marsh
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E. G. Ransom
Lieutenant ColonelThomas E. G. Ransom
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Major Garrett Nevins
MajorGarrett Nevins
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1863-05-01
Battle - Port Gibson - Claiborne County, Mississippi
On April 30, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's army crossed the Mississippi River at Bruinsburg, 30 miles south of his objective of Vicksburg. Grant hoped to move east toward the capital at Jackson to block the Confederate army there under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from reinforcing Vicksburg. Port Gibson, ten miles east of Bruinsburg on the Bayou Pierre River, commanded the best approach routes and was the first Federal objective. A Confederate force there was commanded by Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen. Grant's A…READ MORE
1863-05-16
Battle - Champion Hill - Hinds County, Mississippi
The Battle of Champion Hill was the largest and bloodiest action of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.READ MORE
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Garrett Nevins, and Lieutenant Colonel James H. Coates
Lieutenant ColonelGarrett Nevins
Lieutenant ColonelJames H. Coates
1863-05-18
Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas E.G. Ransom
Brigadier GeneralThomas E.G. Ransom
1863-05-18
Battle - Vicksburg - Vicksburg, Mississippi
In mid-May, 1863, after six months of unsuccessful attempts, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee finally converged on Vicksburg, defended by a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton. Capture of the Mississippi River town was critical to Union control of the strategic river. Vicksburg was located on a high river bluff defended with artillery, and Pemberton's men had constructed a series of fortifications in an 8-mile arc surrounding the city on the landward side. After crossing the…READ MORE
1864-02-03
Battle - Liverpool Heights, Mississippi
1864-08-31
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Wells S. Jones
ColonelWells S. Jones
1864-08-31
Battle - Jonesborough - Clayton County, Georgia
By late August 1865, the city of Atlanta was not yet subdued by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's armies. A few supply lines remained open to the city supporting the army of Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood encircled there. Union cavalry raids inflicted only superficial damage, quickly repaired by the Confederates. Sherman determined that if he could destroy the Macon & Western and Atlanta & West Point Railroads to the south the Rebel army would be forced to evacuate the city. On August 25, Union infantry beg…READ MORE
1865-07-14
Mustered Out - Illinois 11th Infantry Battalion - Illinois
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