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Muster In: Organized at Hartford October 24 to November 14, 1861. Mustered in November 27, 1861.1,2
Muster Out: Mustered out December 21, 1865.3,4
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel William C. Moegling
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Lieutenant Colonel Randall H. Rice
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Major Charles Warren
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Captain Francis T. Brown
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army5,6
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- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)7
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army8,9
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William C. Moegling (June 26,30, 1864)10,11
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)12
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union13,14
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William C. Moegling (July 31, 1864)15
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army16
- Commander: Captain Francis T. Brown (August 31, 1864)17
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Provisional Brigade | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army18
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)19
- Note: An unspecified battalion of the 11th Conncecticut was sent to Eighteenth Corps headquarters prior to October 2, 1864.20
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Provisional Brigade | Provisional Division | Army of the James | Union Army21
- Commander: Captain Francis T. Brown (October 31, 1864)22
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- Note: A detachment of the 11th Connecticut under Captain Morris Kraszynski served with the Siege Artillery, Army of the James.23
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
Provisional Brigade | Provisional Division | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-December 3, 1864)24
First Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-31, 1864)25
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Randall H. Rice (December 31, 1864)26
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- Note: On December 3, 1864, the X Corps and XVIII Corps of the Army of the James were reorganized into the XXIV Corps and the XXV Corps.
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army27,28
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army31,32
- Commander: Major Charles Warren (March 31, 1865)33
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles34:
- Before Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Mine explosion Petersburg July 30, 1864 (Reserve).
- On Bermuda Hundred front August 25 to December, and on north side of the James before Richmond until April, 1865.
- Occupation of Richmond April 3.
- Duty at Richmond and Lynchburg, Va., until December.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- CT AG 64-65: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William H. Moegling, 11th Connecticut, of operations June 15 to June 26, 1864
- Petersburg Medals of Honor: A Message Delivered Under Difficulty
- NP: August 4, 1864 Windham County Transcript: From the Eleventh (CT) Regiment
- OR XL P1 #274: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William C. Moegling, 11th CT, June 18, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #239: Report of Major Charles Warren, 11th CT, April 3, 1865
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1866 (Hartford, CT: A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers, 1866), p. 227 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1866 (Hartford, CT: A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers, 1866), p. 227 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 11th Connecticut Entry, Page 11; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 236 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 555 ↩
- Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Connecticut, for the Year Ending March 31, 1865 (New Haven: Carrington, Hotchkiss & Co., State Printers, 1865), p. 248 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 11th Connecticut Entry, Page 11; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 266 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 740 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 740 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 621: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1304. ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 11th Connecticut Entry, Page 10; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1304. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 468: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 468: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 468: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1125: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1125: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 335: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 749: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 335: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 749: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 578: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 594: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 578: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩